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07-12-2017, 02:51 PM | #15 |
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Front of that car has bent strut towers, too.
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Interesting. Did people generally repair it first or just throw on the plates and call it good? True. Guess it shouldn't surprise me that much |
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A good part is a good part, regardless where it was made. You dont think USA or Germany make unreliable things? LMAO Even JDM companies put out shoddy parts (hemm takata.. ahemm).
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07-12-2017, 04:27 PM | #18 |
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You put the plates on under and bolt it down. It should pull it flat. At least that's how it was with the e36, very thin sheet metal. I also ended up using a rubber mallet to help flatten it down.
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You'd call this a good part?
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My turbo is made in Taiwan, no complaints from me here. I feel this is more of an issue with the metals chose for the application, not where it was made lol.
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nope. I'd call it a POS.. lmao
Although, we dont even know how exactly it got bent the way it did. Was it like this new out of the box? Was it damaged due to improper install? Or did it inexplicably change shape for no reason? lol
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Google "deformed strut tower" and you'll get hundreds of pictures of E36's like Tigermack mentions. Only time and data collection will tell if this is a problem with the 86 chassis itself or certain aftermarket designs, or just a fluke. |
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^ yuck
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Given the fact that this is the only one I've seen so far after 5 years of the 86 getting pounded on I'm optimistic that this will be a rare case of potentially severe use (OP's roads are pretty shitty, you don't have to drive a car hard or fast to wear it out prematurely) or a bad aftermarket part or a fluke.
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Definitely not a common thing on this chassis. So much for german engineering eh?
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