hello,

 

any ideas on how much a front strut brace made from carbon fiber should worth?

No idea but I looked into producing these some time ago and the problem is the initial tooling and mould costs. Then there is the cost of marrying the CF bar up to an ally base and very quickly the costs spiral out of control. I was quoted somewhere in the region of £25k to design, develop and produce an initial run of 50 CF strut braces. That puts the cost per brace at around £500 + VAT + shipping (and that's without markups, etc).

also wouldnt the weight loss be minimal ?

also wouldnt the weight loss be minimal ?

 

Yes, if you look at the Carbing front strut brace - that weighs only about 1.2kg. A CF/Ally brace will probably weigh in the same region.

 

In my opinion a CF brace is not about weight saving. It's more the structural rigidity that you're after. Afterall, the only job a strut brace needs to do is to keep the suspension struts equal distance apart regardless of the load put on them.