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OMP Strut Brace Differences 850 1994

posted by  someone claiming to be Scott K, formerly Scott Kelly on  Wed Jan 17 17:35 CST 2001 [RELATED]

Adam, I will try and explain some of the most dramatic differences I noticed.

1. Immediately, before I even moved the car and turned the steering wheel, the feel of the wheel was just flat out solid. Before there was some (you wouldn't ever noticed it if you didn't just install the brace) body flex when you turn the wheel left and right.

2. When going into hard turns the front end just didn't flex or pitch nearly as much.

3. At very high highway speeds (safely driven, hey it's a Volvo), the car did not vibrate at all, it use to vibrate lightly around 85-90mph, now it doesn’t at that speed and above.

I’m sure the list is longer, but these differences stood out the most, and I’ve only had the brace since this past Monday (January 15). Overall the car just felt more solid.

Hope this helps,

Scott K





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New Installing OMP Strut Brace [850][1994]
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