Anyone ever made their own Nismo power brace?

[RB20DETodd]

Hi , i was curious if anyone has ever welded or bolted in a bar between their tension rod supports to make a "Nismo power brace".

Thanks

[AmoebAssassin]

Hi , i was curious if anyone has ever welded or bolted in a bar between their tension rod supports to make a "Nismo power brace".

Thanks

It definitely would NOT be difficult, and now that you mention it i may go try it with some steel tubing if i can find the time.

[Bronze MFP]

tanabe makes a brace that bolts the 2 tension rod brackets together, its ~80 bucks if i remember. or if you had a lift you could weld a bar on yourself, take the whole assembly off, make a jig and mass produce your own

[McRussellPants]

It would be easy balls.

Nismo also boxes the actual brackets.

[chmercer]

people do that all the time. all it is is oem t/c brackets with a pipe between and boxed off the bottom.

[RB20DETodd]

people do that all the time. all it is is oem t/c brackets with a pipe between and boxed off the bottom.

Dont forget the nice paint.

thanks for the info

[Bronze MFP]

what nice paint? my powerbrace started to rust after the first rainstorm it hit.

[Dori Dori]

Damn, I've had mine for 2+ years in Florida (lots o rain) and no rust here!

[95_240]

Buy the powerbrace its worth the money. If you hit a curb the powerbrace will destroy the curb and just scratch the paint on the brace.

[SPIRONIUM]

I vote that you buy a mig welder and an auto diming helmet instead ~600$ and searching through metalsdepot.com WELL WORTH IT! I regret buying any kind of brace, or any metal part before i bought my mig.

[Juujai]

comparing it side by side. the nismo power brace vs oem tc bracket is identical like 100% the same part other than this box added and the bar.

nismo basically took an existing oem part and welded a box and bar to it charging you lazy guys 150-180$. most of nismos parts are pretty crummy. cheap support compared to mugen for honda or like mopar.

a mig welder is probably the best investment ever. screw 250$ fender braces, nismo power braces, 500$ exhausts, XXX$ roll cages etc. the 1 tool = over 5k worth of braces+. stitch welding alone wil pay for itself already.

[chmercer]

nismo control arms are the coolest. stock control arms with bushings and painted silver. lol

[95_240]

You are a moron saying that the powerbrace isnt worth the money. Ok maybe you have seen pictures of it and you thought with the mega zoom you have you can compare the stock with the nismo. The nismo powerbrace is a lot stronger than the stock. Ok so now you think you can just weld boxes on it to make it stronger. Wow you must be proud of the fact that you saved 150 bucks to look like crap. I doubt that you have even made any braces with your welder. So what makes you think that you can just weld crap on your car and call it done. So if you are saying that spending a measely 150 dollars on a powerbrace that doesnt make my car look like your white trash is lazy then I guess your retarded and need to look up the definition for lazy.

[240sxjeff]

he is just saying that when you compare the powerbrace with a homemade one it is a waste of money because it only cost $10 to make one. And welding in plates to box the brackets in DOES make it stronger. Have you ever wondered why old hot rodders "box" in their frame? Its to make it stronger and less prone to flex. And 150 is alot of money that can be spent elsewhere ie. adj. tension rods to compliment your homemade powerbrace

[chmercer]

You are a moron saying that the powerbrace isnt worth the money. Ok maybe you have seen pictures of it and you thought with the mega zoom you have you can compare the stock with the nismo. The nismo powerbrace is a lot stronger than the stock. Ok so now you think you can just weld boxes on it to make it stronger. Wow you must be proud of the fact that you saved 150 bucks to look like crap. I doubt that you have even made any braces with your welder. So what makes you think that you can just weld crap on your car and call it done. So if you are saying that spending a measely 150 dollars on a powerbrace that doesnt make my car look like your is lazy then I guess your retarded and need to look up the definition for lazy.

no **** its stronger than stock. there is no stock brace. yes, any retard with a mig can box off a tc bracket. who ****ing cares what it looks like its a stupid piece of pipe that noone ever sees. looks like crap? WHAT? i guess maybe you could see it if you drove around with no front body panels, but if you do that, people arent going to be calling you white tras* because of a tension rod bracket brace. what makes me think i can just weld crap on my car and call it done? the fact that thats what nismo does. hell you can easily gusset it / box it off more if you want (there is no point to doing that) than the crappy nismo piece. if you want to pay 150$ for a 3 dollar piece of pipe, 2 bucks of flat steel, and a can of silver spraypaint (oh wait dont forget the nismo sticker) then go ahead. so many ricers on this board

sorry you are grumpy about wasting 150 on some junk, but if you are going to call me a moron, ill sling it right back.

[SPIRONIUM]

I own a nismo power brace, and in fact i wish i made my own that looked like complete di ck instead because the power brace is nothing special. Its not just the 150$, you can make any god damn thing you want with a mig and a little practice and know how so therefore a mig > a crappy brace. It can save you much more than a few thousand depending, plus you learn a useful trade

[SPIRONIUM]

Making decent welds is also easier than most ppl think, i bought a mig and taught myself with some scrap metal. It really is rewarding to know that you built your own stuff instead of throwing money away that you could spend on something else. Also its easy to improve on traditional brace designs. Instead of buying a power brace weld an X bar that attaches to the engine crossmember and the tc braces (just an example i dont know if it will clear a sway bar), Boom, and if you paint it yourself it wont look like ***

[teddy]

You are a moron saying that the powerbrace isnt worth the money. Ok maybe you have seen pictures of it and you thought with the mega zoom you have you can compare the stock with the nismo. The nismo powerbrace is a lot stronger than the stock. Ok so now you think you can just weld boxes on it to make it stronger. Wow you must be proud of the fact that you saved 150 bucks to look like crap. I doubt that you have even made any braces with your welder. So what makes you think that you can just weld crap on your car and call it done. So if you are saying that spending a measely 150 dollars on a powerbrace that doesnt make my car look like your white trash is lazy then I guess your retarded and need to look up the definition for lazy.

Somebody's bitter bc he dropped $180 on a brace and then got online and found out he could make it for like $10. If you dont want it to look like junk, just spray paint it. Unless you're entering your car in a hydraulics competition, Im pretty sure no one's gonna see it. A lot of Nismo parts are just stock parts reworked slightly. They're nice yes, but not worth the price tag.

[McRussellPants]

I'll prolly still buy the Nismo peice.

Being a whiney ***** over 100$ isn't my thing and I'd rather have a piece that I know is done right than something BFE Bob made in his back yard with a pepboys Mig welder so he can jerk himself off about saving 100$.

[95_240]

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.

[95_240]

i wasnt calling you a moron i replied to someone else

[chmercer]

its not better than or equal to. its the same ****. exactly the same. a pipe is a pipe is a pipe.

plus who even cares. this is one of thoes parts that hardly makes a difference anyway. like front strut bars. **** that people buy just to have.

[95_240]

Your right it doesnt make a difference at all. The only reason I bought it was because when i got my car the tension rod brackets were bent pretty bad. So instead of spending 120 dollars i spent 150 on a powerbrace. So everyone that is saying that the powerbrace is overpriced is right but everything else is overpriced at the dealership just like the stock brackets. Considering that the powerbrace is only 30 dollars more than the brackets that is actually a good deal.

[Bronze MFP]

yeah i also thought the powerbrace was decently priced for a nismo part. and it did clean up the steering quite a bit, not so much as the front strut tower bar did, but i was happy with it.

[95_240]

yeah i didnt really notice that much of a difference but my steering has totally changed with a strut bar but i dont know if i like it so it may be coming off.

[SPIRONIUM]

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.

AGAIN, I HAVE A NISMO POWER BRACE AND ITS NOTHING SPECIAL. no one is bragging we are just sharing a more practical method. ANYONE WITH A WELDER CAN MAKE A BETTER OR EQUAL TO BRACE.

Also I hope you soon find out that going to the junkyard is a lot more practical than going to the dealership. Dealership is marked up 300-700%(toyota dealership #s) no joke. For ~15 bucks you could have gotten OEM brackets from a junkyard. They're the same thing as the 120$ ones!. Its not being cheap, it just makes sense! Anyway it seems like your obviously new at trying to fix up your car. Absorb as much info as you can starting now.

Lastly ebay has *some* inferior products, you have to know what your doing sometimes to get what you need. (I don't know how ebay came up?) I heart ebay!!

I've been where you are, and i'm glad i've moved on because its allowed me to go a lot further with the money i have. I'm done with this thread

[95_240]

You do not realize how much of a dumb **** you sound like. You tell people that this can be easily done yet you have not done it. You have even purchased a nismo powerbrace as well. You must be new at this fixing cars up thing. Hey why dont you get back to those rucas that you are so good at building because hey thats just welding **** together to. I guarantee that you do not have a single thing worth mentioning that you welded. Oh and another thing 150 on a powerbrace owns money spent on a welder, grinder, and other miscellaneous tools to try to keep you from looking like a tool. Let me guess you drive a flat black s13.

[SPIRONIUM]

Stop stereotyping. Your a di ck. Do a little research. I have a website in my sig. I bought the powerbrace when i was young, before i even thought about welding. Its true the materials get expensive. BUT the possibilities are limited to where your imagination ends making it worth it over a short period of time.

Stop feeling threatened.

[nismofly]

Oh and another thing 150 on a powerbrace owns money spent on a welder, grinder, and other miscellaneous tools to try to keep you from looking like a tool.

yeah because nobody knows how to weld or anything, they just buy the stuff so it can sit there and make them look good

[95_240]

There is no hope for any of you.