E86 Front Triangulation Braces Retrofit

[Maxhouse97]

To Heinzboehmr - how much of a difference did you notice in structural integrity after you implemented this? Was it noticeable?

[Bry5on]

Another thought for you all considering this that aren’t handy with a weld torch - since we have scans of the strut tower brackets and CAD for the triangulation attach points, why not design an aluminum printable set of strut tower mounts? These would probably come in lighter and something like $300/ea. Just fanning the flame with more ideas.

[heinzboehmer]

SendCutSend just approved the shared cart for the strut tower brackets. Added the link to the doc, but posting here as well:

https://cart.sendcutsend.com/ee8v3l59uxpb

Looks like the price per set (of 4 parts) drops by roughly 35% if you order 5 sets. You guys could lump this one in with the CNC group buy for extra savings.

George Hill

[YoitsTmac]

+1 if this is basically a group buy now

[discoelk]

Protolabs seems like the play here depending on quantity. $120 and $350 at a quantity of 5.

[0-60motorsports]

Im in for a GB too depending on price! this is awesome.

[heinzboehmer]

Yes, $466 plus tax and potentially cheaper depending on the revisions. I'm not sure what they would want to revise on it too, there would be some leg work on my end, but if we venture down that route even if we end up not following through I'll keep you posted.

That's an amazing price. And yes, please keep me posted! I'm very curious to know what someone who actually knows what they're doing will modify.

This is awesome! Thank you for this impressive contribution to the community! A couple comments come to mind after perusing the document:
1. I don’t have the stock strut bar and after seeing the fabrication required I wonder if it would be feasible to have mounts made rather than buying and modifying a set.

You definitely could do that and the end result would likely be lighter, since you could probably make it work with 6061. My simulations did not close with 6061 sheet metal parts under the cast aluminum brackets, hence the step up to SS. Billet one piece would be a different story, though.

But I haven't modeled the entire mount, so there would be some extra design work required.

2. Is removing the blower housing entirely necessary? I recently changed the blower motor and removal / reinstall was a very annoying process.

Yeah it really does suck. That's one of the worst parts of the job for sure.

It's not entirely necessary, but it does make your life a lot easier. Especially when prepping the chassis for the adhesive.

[///M3RIC]

This is awesome! Thank you for this impressive contribution to the community! A couple comments come to mind after perusing the document:
1. I don’t have the stock strut bar and after seeing the fabrication required I wonder if it would be feasible to have mounts made rather than buying and modifying a set.
2. Is removing the blower housing entirely necessary? I recently changed the blower motor and removal / reinstall was a very annoying process.

[Obioban]

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[George Hill]

Ah my bad! Missed uploading those. Fixed.

I'll paste in a link to a premade sendcutsend cart once that's ready.

Awesome, thanks!

That's $500 for both parts? If so, that's an awesome deal.

I'd be interested in knowing how your CNC shop wants to modify the windshield mount.

Yes, $466 plus tax and potentially cheaper depending on the revisions. I'm not sure what they would want to revise on it too, there would be some leg work on my end, but if we venture down that route even if we end up not following through I'll keep you posted.

By all means go ahead with the group buy if there's interest. The whole point of sharing this is that it gets adopted by as many people as possible!

I figured that was in the spirit of this project but wanted to get your blessing.

[discoelk]

Protolabs will do volume discounts also. I was going to investigate pricing as soon as I had a chance to open h CAD. I can report back in a day or two

[heinzboehmer]

Heinz, I didn't see the sheet metal brackets (that would be cut by SCS) for the strut towers in the files, am I blind or not understanding?

Ah my bad! Missed uploading those. Fixed.

I'll paste in a link to a premade sendcutsend cart once that's ready.

Re: the firewall/billet mounts, SCS is offering CNC services and they are not terribly far off Heinz price and adding multiple quantities brings the price down.

I reached out to my CNC shop that makes our parts and asked them for a quote. They want to modify the windshield mount (I'm assuming to make fixturing easier, but waiting for a reply) and so both of these items at qty 1x are far and above what Heinz paid or quoted by SCS.

BUT if we increased the qty to 5x then my shop comes out ahead. My cost would be $500.11 (with tax) per set for (5) sets ordered. I Imagine we'd be able to get the SCS sheet metal parts cheaper by increasing the qty too.

I think this is in the spirit of what Heinz wanted, there is no money to be made by me, so if he approves and there are enough of us interested but are held back by the price we could look at something like a Group Buy for the parts.

That's $500 for both parts? If so, that's an awesome deal.

By all means go ahead with the group buy if there's interest. The whole point of sharing this is that it gets adopted by as many people as possible!

I'd be interested in knowing how your CNC shop wants to modify the windshield mount.

[George Hill]

Sendcutsend recently added CNC to their list. Might be worth pricing them out.

... SCS is offering CNC services and they are not terribly far off Heinz price and adding multiple quantities brings the price down.

[Obioban]

Sendcutsend recently added CNC to their list. Might be worth pricing them out.

[George Hill]

Heinz, I didn't see the sheet metal brackets (that would be cut by SCS) for the strut towers in the files, am I blind or not understanding?

Re: the firewall/billet mounts, SCS is offering CNC services and they are not terribly far off Heinz price and adding multiple quantities brings the price down.

I reached out to my CNC shop that makes our parts and asked them for a quote. They want to modify the windshield mount (I'm assuming to make fixturing easier, but waiting for a reply) and so both of these items at qty 1x are far and above what Heinz paid or quoted by SCS.

BUT if we increased the qty to 5x then my shop comes out ahead. My cost would be $500.11 (with tax) per set for (5) sets ordered. I Imagine we'd be able to get the SCS sheet metal parts cheaper by increasing the qty too.

I think this is in the spirit of what Heinz wanted, there is no money to be made by me, so if he approves and there are enough of us interested but are held back by the price we could look at something like a Group Buy for the parts.