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Strut Brace Issues A31

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Peoples, trying to get a strut brace on the front of my Ceffy. I just bought this nissan one, was told it was suitable for cefiro. Here it is sitting in the boot of my applause (aka the drift daihatsu of destiny)

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Upon fitting, it appears to foul the engine in several spots.

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As you can see it isn't even seated properly on both sides yet.

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I could move/remove/replace the bov easy enough, and I'm sure I could make a bracket/use a different throttle cable, but even then it would probably still foul on the throttle body.

I also tried turning it around the other way, there is more clearance for the throttle cable, I'd still have to move the BOV (not really a problem), but then it's going to foul on the brake fluid reservoir.

So my question is, are there strut braces available specifically designed to fit cefiros with rb20s? I'm thinking that people who have RB20's in their S13s would also need a specific strut brace for this purpose. I am hearing that CA S13 strut braces fit A31?

Thanks, Luke

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