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Old 02-20-2009, 09:14 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Gen1 Ultra Racing 4-point lower brace for Gen 1 Solaras

Even though this place is a ghost town, it is my duty to post info for possible Solara modifications as a fellow Solara owner. This is my experience as the US guinea pig for Ultra Racing's 4-point front lower brace for Gen 4 Camrys & luckily, Gen 1 Solaras.

After installation, going through some twisties and streets here in the Valley, I noticed the brace did indeed improve the car's behavior quite significantly on corners, helping keep the front tires from squealing/breaking loose as easily as stock. It also helps negate the wandering steering that results from Teins/Tokicos/18" WORKs w/low pro rubber. Lastly, I noticed the car is much more composed on uneven roads than before. I used to cringe when I'd get to crappily paved roads, now it's noticeably better. A TRD RSB and Whiteline FSB teamed up with this thing would likely make for quite the handling beast (for being a Camry).


First off, I must say, white is the absolute CRAPPIEST color for such a suspension piece. I'm contemplating taking it off in the future and getting it stripped and powdercoated gloss black in the future. Damn Malaysians....lol j/k. Forgive the blurry/not-so-great pics, I don't have the ends to get with the fancy DSLR crowd. Also, the bar went on dirty due to greasy mechanic gloves and being laid down on a dirty shop floor. Oh well, it's underneath the car anyhow.


Here's the pic from the old post of the bar still in its poly bag/plastic wrap:



And fast forward to earlier where me and the homie Johnny got to sticking the Solara on a lift to get underneath and test fit


Unfortunately, we discovered that this isn't quite as quick an install as we thought. The 2 outward-most mounting points are (in)conveniently shielded by part of the inner fender liner trim. After locating the bolts/mounting points that we needed to find, we undid (1) small bolt on each side of the car that's holding on the bottom part of the fender liner trim to access the larger bolt needed to mount the brace. We also cut a square opening into the liner trim large enough for the round lip of the brace to enter to be mounted



After the holes were cut, the fender trim was reinstalled and the bolting in of the brace was pretty straightforward


NOTE/WARNING! I knew going into this that this would reduce ground clearance. Not too much, but for those of you with coilovers or who encounter a lot of raised manholes/other raised road hazards should be careful with this brace installed.





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Old 03-26-2009, 06:35 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Any idea if this will fit a gen 3 camry ?
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Old 03-27-2009, 11:08 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Not sure if It's applicable for my solara or in general but i just may need one to help my control arms from breaking all the time!
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Old 06-25-2009, 12:11 PM   #4 (permalink)
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How much did the member brace cost?
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Ok well just installed the 4 pt. brace on my gen 3 it bolts right up and like krispy said driving around crappy paved roads the car did maintain its stability. No bump steer whatsoever I painted the bar black because I couldn't stand to look at the white and seeing how it can get pretty dirty under there. I apologize of not having pics I didn't have a digital camera at the moment but I'm here to let gen 3 owners know that the bar does indeed fit with no fitment problems. Can't wait to test it at the next autocross event
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bbq bob has krispies old 4 point bracket on his camry, & i have one on my 2000 solara, we go to willow springs race track, and they work great on there road courses.............
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a little bad news, when I drove the car with the brace on, the bolt to the driver side subframe broke loose and fell out. So when I found the bolt and tried to install the brace the driver side bolt hole was stripped. So I took my car to the mechanic and he said that I would have to drop the whole subframe in order to fix the threads. Does this sound right to anybody? Because I thought you could get a tap and dye or a heli-coil to fix the threads.
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