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Old 01-17-2012, 01:03 PM
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Default Megan Racing rear lower tie brace REVIEW

So I decided to just cheap out and buy the Megan Racing rear lower tie brace rather than the GTSpec one...bad idea! Upon receiving it, it was well packed and fast on shipping, but fitment was well over 1/2" off. It's too long. Even if I had drilled out the holes for the mounting points, it still wouldn;t work due to the bolts being too big. I paid $53.00 shipped for it....spend the other $50.00 you saved to get this one and buy a GTSpec brace that fits instead...Lesson learned I guess! Iphone pic with one bolt hole as close to the center on the other side as you can get...you can see how far off it is!
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Old 01-17-2012, 01:23 PM
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maybe they sent you the wrong part???
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also: picture looks like it fits???
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Looks like it needs to be ground out a bit to work with toe bolts. Would work perfect for me since i run lockouts. Also it is pointless to have, there is little to no flex in that area. You are just adding weight.
Old 01-17-2012, 07:33 PM
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I'm not worried about an extra 1/2 pound of weight, just for looks. I have a single with a bumper tuck and figured might as well. Even if I ground it down, I wouldn't get the bolts on due to the flare on the bolts themselves.
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Looks like the wrong part was sent. Sure you're not jumping to conclussions here?
Old 01-17-2012, 07:56 PM
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Yea I'm sure, they confirmed it was the right part earlier.
Old 01-17-2012, 09:48 PM
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i read a lot of bad things about megan products, and usually it involves crappy quality. thanks for the feed back
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Umm I think you may have bought the wrong part...Last I checked on the Megan site, all their tie bars are all Red, not blue...

The only ones that are blue are on Ebay, and may be fakes...

IDK just an idea..
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bought from megan! no worries tho, it's not like its a high dollar part...
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Originally Posted by FATPUBUS
bought from megan! no worries tho, it's not like its a high dollar part...
sorry to sound Cuban, but can you drill out a bit of both holes so it fits?
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