review of the Mason Engineering Rear Brace system

[jjmtools]

E30 R. Brace & floor plate diff. Mount install

the install is relatively easy and straight forward - person should be somewhat mechanically inclined and of lucid consciousness
firstly clear the work bench and your mind
requires drilling bolt holes and assembly spanner work/ all component parts are pre-drilled - task app hours = 2
new hardware is supplied
final results from users have been of excellent
YES the stuff is made in the USA and of low volume production and is costly = but in the end you get what you pay for

[Dillinger]

the install is relatively easy and straight forward - person should be somewhat mechanically inclined and of lucid consciousness
firstly clear the work bench and your mind
requires drilling bolt holes and assembly spanner work/ all component parts are pre-drilled - task app hours = 2
new hardware is supplied
final results from users have been of excellent
YES the stuff is made in the USA and of low volume production and is costly = but in the end you get what you pay for

Weird I got the same kind of email answer from DCColegrove at evolutionzen.com Any regular people install one yet?

[Jparkr]

Weird I got the same kind of email answer from DCColegrove at evolutionzen.com Any regular people install one yet?

Get out of here Danny. We left your stupid advertisement banner, you don't need to make new names and "bump" your review thread.

[Dillinger]

Get out of here Danny. We left your stupid advertisement banner, you don't need to make new names and "bump" your review thread.

You are the 2nd person to tell me that.

[evil_twin]

So it's mason now, not Zen?

[Eric]

So it's mason now, not Zen?

no, mason has been making them all along, back when they were SBI bars for $125, then IE bars, then EBAY bars, then Zen bars. Zen added the trunk floor part and the lower x brace and CA brace. Mason makes all of them though

[Liam]

no, mason has been making them all along, back when they were SBI bars for $125, then IE bars, then EBAY bars, then Zen bars. Zen added the trunk floor part and the lower x brace and CA brace. Mason makes all of them though

Correct

To reiterate and clarify:

John Mason is a fabricator, makes all kinds of stuff for many of your favorite tuners etc and is one of the absolute very best at what he does.

Zen or Evolution Zen, AKA Entwicklung Zen, AKA BMW Zen Performance, AKA Zen Racing is a BMW Chassis Builder and R&D Company that designs and tests stuff with Mason among others.

Neither John Mason (Mason Engineering) nor Daniel Colegrove (Evolution Zen) are really people people and are best left out in the shop away from the general public.

As to the install I'm sure that someone will eventually chime in somewhere.

[Farbin Kaiber]

I want to go meet both of these guys in person. I bet I could make 'em people persons.

[Eric]

Neither John Mason (Mason Engineering) nor Daniel Colegrove (Evolution Zen) are really people people and are best left out in the shop away from the general public.

how do you know them Liam?

[Farbin Kaiber]

how do you know them Liam?

I think Liam is John Mason's second cousin.

[jjmtools]

Install

I"m making arrangements at the local spastic out patient clinic
to have them perform installs on a test basis
I think they can do it just fine although I have seen self proclaimed SIMI VALLEY BMW master mechanics that were unable to operate an umbrella without permanent damage

[Dillinger]

I"m making arrangements at the local spastic out patient clinic
to have them perform installs on a test basis
I think they can do it just fine although I have seen self proclaimed SIMI VALLEY BMW master mechanics that were unable to operate an umbrella without permanent damage

Are you for real? I'm interested in a product that I will have to shell out big bucks for and this is the kind of goofy answers I get from who I am assuming is one of the makers?

[rThor432]

I think Liam is John Mason's second cousin.

John Mason's second cousin is Daniel Colegrove.

[Jparkr]

Are you for real? I'm interested in a product that I will have to shell out big bucks for and this is the kind of goofy answers I get from who I am assuming is one of the makers?

Ok ask yourself these.

Do you track the car?
if yes
Is it just auto-x?
if no
Are you trying to compete in a track event?
if yes
Are you building a race car?
if no
you don't need this brace.
if yes
Be aware that this brace will add nothing if you already have a full cage

Those don't apply to you?
Ask yourself these.
Are you building a nice car?
if yes
Are you an attention whore?
if yes or no
Do you love eye candy?
If yes.
You want this brace.

[ZM Blue Devil]

Ok ask yourself these.

Do you track the car?
if yes
Is it just auto-x?
if no
Are you trying to compete in a track event?
if yes
Are you building a race car?
if no
you don't need this brace.
if yes
Be aware that this brace will add nothing if you already have a full cage

Those don't apply to you?
Ask yourself these.
Are you building a nice car?
if yes
Are you an attention whore?
if yes or no
Do you love eye candy?
If yes.
You want this brace.

May I kindly request you do such a write up for every product. This is exactly what I need. Im not joking.