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<blockquote data-quote="sunburned" data-source="post: 6389146" data-attributes="member: 30336"><p>I dunno about strut towers failing, but I thought I'd add my personal experience. I believe it was before I had coilovers, but after I had some 3 bolt UPR steel c/c plates put in, I nearly lost control on an on-ramp and jumped a small curb. It was only about 2-3 inches high, but I steered into it and when I hit, it blew a hole in the sidewall of my brand new tire and bent the c/c, damn near pulling it out of the strut tower. I didn't think of it at the time, but since they were only 3 bolt plates, if I had coilovers I bet the outcome would have been a lot worse for the strut tower. The holes weren't enlarged, but the top of the strut tower was bent and I had to hammer it back flat. Not pretty. Again, this is an extreme circumstance, but it could happen. In this case, I don't think a strut tower brace would have helped at all since most of them aren't bolted to the c/c plate bolts like they are on most cars.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sunburned, post: 6389146, member: 30336"] I dunno about strut towers failing, but I thought I'd add my personal experience. I believe it was before I had coilovers, but after I had some 3 bolt UPR steel c/c plates put in, I nearly lost control on an on-ramp and jumped a small curb. It was only about 2-3 inches high, but I steered into it and when I hit, it blew a hole in the sidewall of my brand new tire and bent the c/c, damn near pulling it out of the strut tower. I didn't think of it at the time, but since they were only 3 bolt plates, if I had coilovers I bet the outcome would have been a lot worse for the strut tower. The holes weren't enlarged, but the top of the strut tower was bent and I had to hammer it back flat. Not pretty. Again, this is an extreme circumstance, but it could happen. In this case, I don't think a strut tower brace would have helped at all since most of them aren't bolted to the c/c plate bolts like they are on most cars. [/QUOTE]
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