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Mason Engineering Strut Braces Order

As part of my reinforcement at the rear of the car I decided I wanted to investigate a Rear Strut Brace. Initially I wanted something that would tie-in as part of my Rear Axle Carrier Panel Reinforcement (to complement the Redish Motorsport RACP Reinforcement plates) so I was drawn in by the Mason Engineering GTR Brace. Unfortunately after referring to the Targa Australia Regulations I found this clause:

M30. Suspension

ii.     The addition of braces for strut/damper towers is permitted, provided they are only connected to each tower, and are not connected at any other point of the chassis or bodywork. Attachment of such a brace must be by bolts. The design of the brace is otherwise free.

As a result I was not going to be able to run a brace which triangulated from the strut towers down to the Rear Axle Carrier Panel (RACP). This meant I would have to look at another complementary RACP reinforcement method and look for a more standard rear strut brace. Having already been intrigued by the Mason Engineering GTR brace I decided to investigate his offerings further.



I liked the simplicity of the Mason Engineering designs. They looked like the kinds of braces I would design if I had fabricating capacity and was looking at designing my own. This got me thinking about also replacing the stock front strut brace as I disliked the 3-piece design and had seen a few instances on the internet of the breaking (not enough to be alarmed but it played into my decision).

 I thought it would be prudent to investigate other options before I landed on Mason Engineering. Racing Dynamics did a matching front and rear strut brace but I was not overly taken by their design and the price didn't match the build quality I could see in their photos. Aside from that most other options offered a front strut brace option only (ie Rogue Engineering, Turner Motorsport, etc). So it turned out my investigation didn't last very long and I ended up landing on Mason Engineering as my manufacturer of choice.

 After a few emails and a bit of a search on their eBay store I ended up placing an order for their front and rear strut braces.
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