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CurtP · Sep 3rd, 2004, 12:52 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by 6f7

I was surprised that the strut mounts are plastic and you can easily flex the entire bar by hand!? Seems more like a piece of decoration with lame carbon fiber stickers rather than a functional strut brace IMO.

A shock/strut tower brace does not need to be torsionally stiff; it functions in shear stress.

Sep 3rd, 2004, 12:52 PM	#5
CurtP MINI2 Master Join Date: Oct 2002 Local Time: 07:27 PM Posts: 994 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by 6f7 I was surprised that the strut mounts are plastic and you can easily flex the entire bar by hand!? Seems more like a piece of decoration with lame carbon fiber stickers rather than a functional strut brace IMO. A shock/strut tower brace does not need to be torsionally stiff; it functions in shear stress.