The Jamex Strut Group Purchase is over. The strut braces are still available, but at the normal (which is still reasonable) price. They are available from http://www.audiquattroparts.com and possibly John Karasaki at ksquaredmotorsports@eudoramail.com. This is a list of the people who expressed interest in participating in the group purchase of strut braces made by Jamex. I tried to help coordinate by collecting all the names. Name Ken Keith Paul Souza Ian Duff Stott Hare Tony Lum Wolff John Larson John Bingham Jim Hahn Ira T Kevin McRae Chick Wells Scott Sierakowski Dwight Varnes Fred Huchison Nick Bean Dave Close Scott Calabrese Bob Whitson Andrew L. Jackson James A. Desveaux Craig Lebakken rngmeister Gayle Rhodes Ed Kellock Andy Schor John Corbs Paul Royal Richard Beels Lawrence M. De Leon Matt Rooke Dan Hall Mark L. Chang harrison sapir Peter Schulz Dave Walker Brendan/Coolian Otto M Bartsch Dave Koentopf Tomas Kasan Frank J. Bauer Mike Sylvester Eric Fletcher Joseph Rae Greg Herrmann Mike Del Tergo J J Shaw Steve Marinel Len Ferrara Here is the email posted to the 20v list that got me started: From: John Karasaki Date: Mon, 08 Mar 1999 23:24:10 -0800 Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19990308232410.00813300@mail.teleport.com> To: Rngmeister@aol.com, nix@U.WASHINGTON.EDU, audi-20v@emailsol.com Subject: Re: Strut braces Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 07:37 PM 3/8/99 EST, Rngmeister@aol.com wrote: >In a message dated 3/8/99 7:17:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, >nix@U.WASHINGTON.EDU writes: > ><< Anyone have any experience with Blau's $149 strut brace for front > suspension towers? I have seen the Jamex and Sparco ones advertised too. > > Any tips/opinions? > > TIA > >> >anyone willing to bet that the strut brace IS a Jamex Part? Has anyone called >to ask?....the airbox mod says Jamex right on the illustration. Could it be >had any cheaper dealing directly with them? Not that I don't like Blau, > but I like green much better. > >rngmeister > I and maybe a couple other people on the main q-list are Jamex dealers. The brace on Blau's site is a Jamex unit. It is VERY nice. For reference, it is the same unit 2B sells and was also sold on the main list a year or more by some guy. It fits the 4000Q, 4000 CPE Q, 80/90 Q and urq cars. I didn't think I would like it on our urq at first, because it has the battery offset, but the battery offset is also a brake master cylinder reservoir offset, so it works great. That said, you probably want to hear about the price. It can be ordered from Jamex directly for $90 plus shipping! If you want to buy it from me instead, I can sell them for $85 plus shipping or if a whole bunch of people want them, $80 plus shipping. Jamex recently raised the price on the strut braces from $80 to $90, BTW. I don't take credit cards, so it may be faster and easier to pay a little more and buy direct. In any case, I'm not making much money on each brace. Jamex's direct number is 888-40-JAMEX. If someone wants to organize a group purchase through me, let me know. They have a $1000 minimum dealer order, so to purchase the racing seats I want, I'll have to put another order together in the next couple of months anyway. P.S. For any type 44 people (5k/220): When Jamex sold the 5k/200 front strut braces, the retail cost was about $100. TAP and 2Bennett charge twice that. Since Jamex no longer sells them, $195 is what you have to pay. Still it is a great value for any type 44 owner since it is literally a bolt on, 5 minute job! Best Regards, John Karasaki