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Hi guys, just putting up an EOI to see if anyone would be interested in a group buy on Chrome Molly HICAS removal braces from UAS in Sydney. I'm doing this on the aus300zx forum but the part is also available for GTR so wondering if anyone here is interested? These are extremely strong and lightweight, no bling but at approximately half the weight of topspeed/tuneagent/etc billet braces they are very functional.

The original thread can be viewed here http://www.aus300zx.com/forum/showthread.php?t=257564

Here's the blurb from UAS:

UAS HICAS REMOVAL BRACE

TIG WELDED CHROME MOLLY STEEL. VERY STRONG AND VERY LIGHT AT AROUND 850 GRAMS.

REMOVE YOUR EXISTING HEAVY TROUBLESOME FACTORY HYDRAULIC OR ELECTRIC REAR STEERING RACK.

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Price: $150 with all hydraulic fittings and instructions supplied. This would be cheaper for those removing all of the factory HICAS lines as you would only require the brace.

Freight: Freight for these would be $15 anywhere in Australia

Timeframe: Aiming to run this for the duration of february as there are quite a few GBs on at the moment and everyone including me needs to recover

So who's interested?? Minimum buy is five which I'd imagine we'll get easily from Looking at what I need to buy next to try finish my car off, wondering if anyone else is interested in purchasing a lightweight chrome molly HICAS brace? They are extremely strong and very light, weighing in at just 850g and less than half of what the tuneagent/topspeed/etc billet braces weigh.

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