Anyone ever fitted a strut brace? (Although technically not a strut mounting)

Nothing anywhere on net & no fitting instructions from Ultra Racing!

Just can't see how it mounts?

 

Edited January 24Jan 24 by cockneyrick

New to Audi's but not tower bar's as I have fitted to quite a few to my cars in the past and they are always fitted  directly onto the top suspension mounts as the whole idea of them is to tie the two strut towers together.

Looks like yours would further back under the windscreen scuttle panel

You would normally use the original bolts.

I agree, but this is clearly not made to fit the top strut mounts.

The photo on their website shows it as it's laid on my car at present. Poor pic to zoom in on, but the  angles & attachment to each end of the brace itself appears to hide inside the gap between the top of inner wing & just below. 

In my pic (LHS) you can see it obstructed by the plastic trim directly above headlamp, below the 2 screws that are visible (clearly not strong enough for a brace mount IMO) 

If the brace does not fit the struts, what is its function in the position shown? What do the suppliers claim for it? It does not look as if it would add to the structural integrity of the car.

I have just had a look at the Ultra Racing website and can see that they are showing it fitted where you have got it placed.

As has already been said this is a waste of time and money and will do nothing to tighten up your car and will just add to the weight. 

Every other tower bar they have for Audi's apart from the A1 at least fits to the strut towers although I don't think I would be going out of my way to buy one.

If it was me I would be sending it straight back and using the money towards one that is actually going to do a job or even upgrading your arbs

I will wait till Monday & their reply, then quite likely send it back

A: because there's no instructions to its fitting

B: because there's clearly no obvious benefit

😄 bolting to the inner wing provides no structural advantage & quite possibly will do the exact opposite.

The tower bar you have from Ultra Racing will not make a bit of difference to tightening up the chassis of your car

Even the ones they do have have on there website that do fit Audis from strut tower to strut tower would not be my choice.

On one of my other cars (not an Audi) I have a tower bar with a master cylinder stopper (which none of the Ultra Racing tower bars have) plus an additional 7 underbody braces, which whilst not so bling as a tower bar as unless you get under the car no one can see them do a far better job than just a tower bar which by its self will make a minimal difference

All of these have been bought secondhand from various sources although all are made by either Cusco or Carbing and both of which in my opinion  are far better than the ones on offer from Ultra Racing although I do not know whether they make for a A1 as they are Japanese makes

Rather than the Tower bar you have got if you want to tighten up your chassis and want to stay with Ultra Racing you could look at there underbody braces as these would at least have some effect on tightening up your chassis.