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cmr2payne wrote:how can you tell its fake?
bobhatton wrote:cmr2payne wrote:how can you tell its fake?
Anything being sold on Ebay
big_joe wrote:£214 for a sodding strut brace
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Tsia wrote:And this is why replicas are fine
HighwayStar wrote:Obviously without sophisticated measuring gear it's impossible to quantify but I certainly felt a difference after replacing the chocolate wrapper original with my TRD from Fensport some 5/6 yrs ago.Mind you that's on a t-bar.
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I'd assume the effect would be lessened
(though still present) on a tin top.
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HighwayStar wrote:Red, the oem brace that came off mine was bendable(well, flexible) by hand hence me referring to it as made from chocolate wrappers.
My particular example may have already been bent/damaged of course but just saying in my case the difference certainly was noticeable.
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even off the car.
HighwayStar wrote:My point was that I couldn't make the TRD variant flex by hand and so that coupled with(I believe) a noticeable difference in feel when driving leads me to believe the TRD is significantly the stronger of the two.
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