My targa brace

[DaemoN]

Do you pretty well just take off your targa, slap that on, and throw a couple nuts onto the targa bolts? Or does it sustain itself fine just sliding over the bolts? I assume the targa will *not* fit over it with it still on?

 

[ValgeKotkas]

Woah, that is a cool thing!:aigo:
Can you also make pictures from more distance maybe, so you could see the big picture?:icon_bigg

 

[Wendigo]

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!! GBGBGBGBGBGBGBGBGBGB!!!!! If you got the original for a hundred bucks (I understand about the prep and paint) AND you keep your price about there, you'll have one of the best sellers EVER!!

 

[suprahero]

I am trully impressed Weez. I love your design and the way it curves so it is open over your head. Very sweeet design and love the way it looks in your car. Great job..................:bowdown: ......................:eek3dance

 

[malloynx]

me want one!!!

 

[Facime]

Do you pretty well just take off your targa, slap that on, and throw a couple nuts onto the targa bolts? Or does it sustain itself fine just sliding over the bolts? I assume the targa will *not* fit over it with it still on?

Well, Ive only had it for a day, and I got a sub box I will need to redo, but the way I see it I can keep this in the targa holder for when needed, and yes it just slaps on with a couple bolts at the back, (the front has acorn nuts built in...or will anyways).

No, the targa can not go on over it, its an either or situation.

 

[Facime]

right on pete , that looks pretty dang good,

cant wait to see it in person.

got the motor and tranny yanked out of that white one already!. :biglaugh:

wow, you got that out fast...you guys gonna rebuild that one?

yeah I'll be puttin on the sunscreen and flyin north with it on, so see ya this afternoon with it!

 

[Facime]

Woah, that is a cool thing!:aigo:
Can you also make pictures from more distance maybe, so you could see the big picture?:icon_bigg

yeah I'll take some beauty photos of it today at the Portland meet, I'll try to post em up later tonight.

 

[dbsupra90]

i really like the design. it contours really nice w/ the body and doesnt take away from the open targa feel.

good job!

 

[bigal0043]

too bad you couldnt design one so that targa could go on top of it...

 

[LEGNA]

Me want one too..

 

[swaq]

Looks good WeezL!

First off. Targas = chick magnet(all I care about) and I like wind!

I already got the girl so a hardtop is fine for me

 

[Mo87NA]

That's pretty nice. I'm def in for a group buy. Let us know ASAP.

Mo

 

[Bishop92t]

Very nice. Doesn't detract from the open air feeling too much, plus it looks like it belongs.

 

[ValgeKotkas]

Also, one other benifit of this design is that it fits where the Targa stores when your not using it.

Or am I mistaking something?:icon_razz

 

[927mgtepat]

nice

 

[mkiiSupraMan18]

I wish I could see the pics here at work... :nono:

I'm painting a kick-ass picture in my head from all the replies though.

 

[robbo185]

i agree with a previous poster that if its possible to have the targa fit over it without removing it

 

[Adjuster]

That is pretty dang nice. I like your idea of the "supra" logo in the middle, but it's also nice and clean the way it is now.

Make it from chromemoly tube, or aluminum, and you'd have a winner for sure. This same fabricator needs to build us a great front upper brace... (Hint hint)
There is one out there, but it's quality/appearance is lacking IMHO. This is a fixed brace, one with no flex joints, and it should tie the strut tower tops to a triangulated brace at the fire wall/cowl area. I think one that clamps to the pinch weld there would be best as the struture of the cowl is best at that point. (Or it could do both, bolt to the cowl, and clamp the pinch weld.)
Another kick ass feature to incorporate would be a brake master cyc. brace on the left tower. This just takes a threaded nut tapered at the end to fit into the dimple machined on your MC, and you preload the nut so it's just touching the end. When you step on the brake, the firewall/cowl flexes some, and this prevents that flex, so you get better brake feel. The left tower mounting bracket could incorporate the brace mount very easy. (I've see a few custom ones on the boards over the years..)

Going from one tower to the other like the cusco/hks etc. bars does little or nothing for our cars. The strut towers do not provide any alignment values like on a basic strut front end. (We have upper and lower control arms, and only use the struts to locate the coil springs, so camber, castor, toe and SAI are not affected when/if the towers flex, but "feel" is affected by chassis flex, so tying the towers to the cowl does improve the feel.)

 

[DyslexicSquirrel]

DUDE!!! i saw the x brace as well and thought exactly like you did.... I wouldn't be able to stand up in my car and stick my tongue out like a dog in the wind... BUT WITH THIS I CAN.

I really do think that if you get a group buy going and you keep the price cheap... it WILL be one of the best GB's ever.