DESCRIPTION
The widely popular Cobalt brand is now expanded with the addition of this 3-Point Shock Tower Brace for the newest fourth generation "ND" MX-5 Miata. As soon as our 2016 car was delivered from Mazda Cobalt went to work, and after crucial design time and many testing hours they are proud to bring this bar to market.
Oval section stainless steel tubing is mated to beautifully crafted tower supports. The welds on this brace are a work of art! Aside from the best craftsmanship available, this brace actually works. Patterned after Le Mans style chassis bracing, this piece mounts in three places tying the front shocks to the firewall. This ensures rigidity that cannot be duplicated by lesser quality braces that simply mount from shock tower to shock tower. Comes complete with instructions and all necessary hardware. INSTALLATION NOTES: Uses the stock hardware. If your ND Miata did not come with factory shock tower brace note you need to add the Mazda Cowl Mounting Bracket for Shock Tower Brace, our item 60-1238ND. Install of 60-1238ND is a challenge for average DIY owner, typically a mechanic will install the 60-1238ND bracket. If your ND Miata already has a stock tower brace then the cowl bracket is factory installed and swapping out just the shock tower brace is very easy, just 14 ft/lbs please on the shock tower and firewall nuts. For installation instructions click the button below.
Weight: 9.3lbs
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Cobalt 3-Point Shock Tower Brace
Well I must say the product is amazing.
Install was a slight challenge as the instructions left a few things out. First of all forget the ft lbs torque part. I followed the instructions to the letter and snapped off one of the rear bolts so now have to deal with that. Once I got the others all set and tightened the brace was in place and totally solid. No slack at all and looks trick. I took it for a drive and now have a knocking at low RPM. Went back under the hood and review all the touch points and found nothing. The knocking persisted which now had me second guessing the entire process. I left the motor running with the hood up and figured it out. There is a metal loop bolted to the block at the top of the block that was rattling the brace at low rpm, once it went to a high rpm the motor cleared the brace. I loosened it and shifted the loop and now its fine.
All in all it looks good and can feel the difference already. The brace is very solid and certainly holds in place. Not sure what I am gluing to do the snapped off bolt issue. It still has the upped part just snapped at the top. One thing I was very surprised on is the stock brace is very light and not much to it, based on that I feel good about the purchase.
I added this and the 4 piece undercarriage brace at the same time... so I can not say which piece did what... but the combination in addition to the Roadster Sport adjustable sway bars have the car ready to take on any road. It does look Great when you pop the hood. It was an EASY install.
After the Hard Dog roll bar (safety first) this was one of my first mods. Every Single Word of the review is true, this is a beautifully built piece which the picture fails miserably to show. Triangulation is key and when you look around at the "competitors" this is probably the best bar on the market. As a free benefit, it knocks the socks off people when you open the hood and they see this thing!
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