E86 Front Triangulation Braces Retrofit

[heinzboehmer]

I really want to do this! Thanks heinzboehmer, and everyone that contributed to this. Lots of good ideas.

Our track car has the IHKA and cabin air intake removed - so I’m in that camp.

Cars like yours and bigjae46's are the perfect candidates for this, since you get to skip the hardest part of the project!

Couple hours to bond the windshield mount in, then just bolt the rest of the parts in and done.

[siamkazi]

Cars like yours and bigjae46's are the perfect candidates for this, since you get to skip the hardest part of the project!

Couple hours to bond the windshield mount in, then just bolt the rest of the parts in and done.

oh man, what's the hardest part outside of these items? lol, was just talking to bigjae46on the carbon pieces, want to make sure i got everything.

[OldRanger]

oh man, what's the hardest part outside of these items?

Many/most track-dedicated cars have the heater/ac and cabin air filter housing removed. For me - that brings the project into reach.

[siamkazi]

Many/most track-dedicated cars have the heater/ac and cabin air filter housing removed. For me - that brings the project into reach.

Ah, thank you! I'm going to keep the cabin air filter housing etc. so will get those printed out via the files provided

[heinzboehmer]

oh man, what's the hardest part outside of these items? lol, was just talking to bigjae46on the carbon pieces, want to make sure i got everything.

Yep, the HVAC plastics are the hardest by far. The geometry is weird (or rather designed for injection molding, not 3D printing), so it's not easy to get quality parts. The gaskets are especially tricky to print.

The other components are easy cause you just pay someone to do the hard part for you and then receive a completed part in the mail

[siamkazi]

Yep, the HVAC plastics are the hardest by far. The geometry is weird (or rather designed for injection molding, not 3D printing), so it's not easy to get quality parts. The gaskets are especially tricky to print.

The other components are easy cause you just pay someone to do the hard part for you and then receive a completed part in the mail

Gotta hand it to you, my brain can't comprehend how you created this to the point where I can just simply pay someone and get a part and just bolt it on