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Old 07-12-2017, 04:53 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by solidONE View Post
how about checking the strut tower? you've not shown how badly the strut tower is misshapen. It might not even be all that bad.

Press the undamaged flat camber top against the 'damaged' shock tower and check for gaps with some short of feeler or feeler gauge. If there isn't too big a gap, then you've been worried about nothing. Just replace that POS camber plate.
It isnt bad enough to be able to get a good pic of it. So I could just be overeacting. The nut not sitting flush was the only sign of it being damaged. Once torqued down it seems to fit basically flush.

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Common with e36's. Might need reinforcement plates.
Interesting. Did people generally repair it first or just throw on the plates and call it good?

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Also Feal, just like BC, Stance, etc have their top hats made in Taiwan.
True. Guess it shouldn't surprise me that much
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