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FM NA/NB shock tower brace

Name: FM NA/NB shock tower brace
Brand: KING SWORD MFG CO. LTD
SKU: 13-26050
Price: 199.0 USD
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Some say that you don't need a shock tower brace on a Miata because it's not a strut suspension. While it's true that the shock towers don't see any cornering loads, they do carry all the vertical loads in the car - and the engine bay is a big open hole. A shock tower brace "closes the box" on that big hole and makes the whole front end more rigid - improving the quality of your steering and cutting down on the shudder through the chassis when you hit a pothole or racetrack kerb. It will also help with the 63 mph shimmy. Mazda started adding shock tower braces to the sportiest Miatas in 1999 and still uses them today.

Plus they look great.

What makes ours better? It's missing the "pivot points" that many cheap braces have where the bar meets the towers, making it as rigid as possible. The cross bar is as close to straight as we could make it for the same reason. Without this sort of design, the brace wouldn't actually do anything. It's made of stainless steel so there's no powdercoat to chip and no chance of rust. Compatible with our master cylinder brace so you can also get a great feeling brake pedal. Fits with stock Miata engines and LS engines (without intake manifold insulation or coil covers) as well as our turbo systems. Not compatible with Honda K engines, they're too tall.

Note that while this will physically fit a Mazdaspeed Miata, it doesn't have provisions for the catch can (air/oil separator) or its plumbing, so you'll have to do some problem-solving there.

Quick installation. Works with Canadian NA washer bottles - it's close and the installation is slightly more complicated, but once in it all fits great.

The original version of this bar wouldn't clear stock NA air boxes, the current version clears those just fine.

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What does it fit?

Fits: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2004 MSM, 2005, 2005 MSM

Emissions

Emissions do not apply.

Warranty

1 year

SKU

13-26050

Easy install, great looking piece of kit!

I've only driven a few miles in the car, so I can't tell if it's any stiffer, but the cowl shake is greatly improved and the annoying rattle/squeak that occurs constantly is 95% gone. The squeak still happens over larger bumps, but whatever. It's much improved. I was worried I wouldn't notice any difference, but I have and I'm very impressed.

Good Brace

Easy install

Just prefect for my nb

Easy bolt on install and looks great!

The brace was incredibly easy to install! The bar looks great and fits with the stock air box.

Typically gorgeous FM Product.

Let me just start by saying that this is a beautiful brace. Whether my noticing of less cowl shake and less of a shimmy at highway speed is placebo or not, you decide. If you have a certain archaic K&N intake installed 2 owners ago in the late 90’s, you’ll have some fitment issues that can be resolved by removing the bottom bracket from the intake and some “persuasion”. This is of course no fault of FM and was fairly easily solved.