Anyone ever made their own Nismo power brace?

[Nismo_Freak]

So you want me to believe that your crappy version of a brace is better than or equal to mine I doubt that. 150 isnt bad at all considering that the dealer wants 60 bucks for each one of the tension rod brackets. Whats pathetic is that all of you probably say people are stupid for buying some things off of ebay yet you want to make some ghetto brace. If you guys kick *** at welding your own brace start selling them.

Chill out chief. The powerbrace is something anyone with simple welding ability could build themselves. It is a stock brace with boxed in brackets and a bar to tie in brackets laterally. Nothing fancy that requires outrageous amounts of fabrication ability.

I'm not gonna bother with a Nismo brace. You gonna sit there and rant and rave about it some more or just realize you are flipping out over spilt milk.

This isn't like you are ghetto rigging an engine management using parts from your microwave.

[Dori Dori]

There is no hope for any of you.

To be so ignorant...

How do you think race car parts are built buddy?

[nismofly]

im going to get me a roll cage, and none of it will be welded!

wonder how NASA will take that...

bubble gum FTW!!1!

[95_240]

I know it would be easy to make its just that I dont see the point when it is only 150 dollars. And why havent any of you posted pics because you act like you have built one before.

[95_240]

To be so ignorant...

How do you think race car parts are built buddy?

Thats pretty obvious just as all other car parts are built the same way. However these people spend time in engineering the part and are more experienced at building these parts. Yes I understand that it is not hard to build your own brace I knew this from the beginning it just seems more logical to buy a powerbrace. The powerbrace is not overpriced at all, there will be no downtime on the car, and it will always look better than something you made in your backyard.

[chmercer]

the point in making one would be, to not spend 150 dollars.

[Dori Dori]

If an engineer spent more than 1 min on that part, I'd be shocked.

[SPIRONIUM]

If an engineer spent more than 1 min on that part, I'd be shocked.

Agreed.

[eddiec]

so as the topic asks, has anyone done this and do you have pics?

or if you have a p/b post a pic. ive only seen the online catalog pics.

[RB20DETodd]

the point in making one would be, to not spend 150 dollars.

indeed and the other 50 bucks for the shipping to hawaii

[240sxjeff]

the point in making one would be, to not spend 150 dollars.

If an engineer spent more than 1 min on that part, I'd be shocked.

Ditto and Ditto

[raigson]

Damn I'm late, haha. Well check out this thread that I posted back in September. I tried to sell one of my home made power braces. There's a pic. I bought a Nismo original before I got my Mig welder and actually thought about selling the Nismo to use the one I made. And this is for a project car that is mostly for show, meaning a lot of $$$ spent. I could give a damn if it's not Nismo, most people could not tell, plus I can say "I made it"...

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And as far as structural integrity goes for either, the tension rod brackets are the same part, from Nissan. I hopped a curb the other day and the lip below the weld bent some but the welds did not budge. BTW I've got a spare power brace in my garage if anyone is interested.

[RB20DETodd]

check this out somthing cheaper i guess its a bolt in.

http://www.courtesyparts.com/M...X-BAR

And i just bought it.....

[240sxjeff]

I was actually looking at one of those the other day. Seems like it would work like the power brace after you box in your tension rod brackets. Let us know how it worked out

[95_240]

sigh this thread needs to be locked because it looks pretty lame when you whine about 150 dollars

[chmercer]

its pretty lame when you would rather spend 150 on a piece of pipe that does almost nothing (what is is bracing? please, tell me. what kind of loads are your tension rod brackets seeing? why did you feel the need to buy this piece. research? info? anything besides ricer instinct to buy braces?) that you couldve spent on somthing far more useful ie swaybars/bushings/control arms/almost anything

[nismofly]

i asked the ita guys what they thought about a powerbrace

they said the amount of weight it adds far surpasses the advantage

also its pretty sad when you whine about spending so much about something youll actually use and will help your car, instead you sit here and ask us why were whining about spending 150 on "bling" instead of just making it if we wanted to cause its that easy

[SPIRONIUM]

Who is whining about price? A mig welder costs 500$ and an auto diming helmet 100$. Thats something you can ACTUALLY use to help your car. Once you buy the power brace, that is the limit you cant do anything else with it. IT ACTUALLY IS THAT EASY TO MAKE IT TOO

[SPIRONIUM]

Check it out:

If your TC brackets are bent up and you don't plan on buying any other braces or a roll cage or anything then the NISMO powerbrace is worth it to you.

If you're SERIOUS about having a stiff chassis IE: you want the benefit from making custom bracing in places where a bolt in brace isnt possible, or if you eventually think that you want to spot weld your chassis, or if you plan on buying more generic bolt-in braces in the future, or you want a roll cage, etc then you MUST buy a mig because it just makes sense

[eddiec]

yes thanks to my mig welder i'ver changed my exhaust setup 5 times in a couple of years.

and you probably dont need any bracing with a welded unibody.

[unichi]

sigh this thread needs to be locked because it looks pretty lame when you whine about 150 dollars

You are COMPLETELY missing the point. It isn't about complaining about the price of the part. Someone already mentioned that the Nismo brace is only about $30 more expensive than replacing the stock brackets. Everyone here is talking about making their own bracing because they ENJOY making things themselves. It doesn't make them stupid or cheap, it just shows that they would rather spend the time and effort making their own because it is extremely rewarding. I seriously doubt that anything you made yourself would look that crappy either. Additionally, not everyone cares that much about the level of attractiveness of the parts we bolt to the underside of our cars. Others do, and that's totally cool, too. Different strokes, right?