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Old 10-20-2009, 12:15 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Nitron rear toe link?

It doesn't look like they're available yet, but the following is on Sector111's site:

Nitron Rear Toe-Link

I'll be upgrading the toe links in my elise soon, and was planning on using the RTD brace from Sector.

Looking at these, am I correct in assuming that these negate the need for the rear brace? Or work in conjunction with it?

The installed pic appears to relocate the arm to a different mounting point, unless I'm looking at it wrong.
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Old 10-20-2009, 02:33 PM   #2 (permalink)
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It's an either / or thing. This Nitron setup goes about it another way as opposed to the factory bar / S111 RTD brace setup. Looks nice. Looks pricey? Lighter weight, minimal tweaking to the heat shielding, no tie-in to the rear mount, easier & more precise to align. Looks nice.

You do need to drill a few extra holes into the subrframe though.
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It looks so much cleaner than the brace.....I'm eager to see it for sale....and scared what it will cost....
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Old 10-23-2009, 11:02 AM   #4 (permalink)
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The inboard mounts are not something that I would want to bolt a tie rod to. The RTD brace appears to be a much better thought out solution. It relies on shear strength of four bolts, not two as the Nitron brace does.
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