[Shotimes] alu strut tower brace for sale

[Paul Nimz]

On my '97 I removed the alignment plates.  With the STB plates they do 
nothing.  If you want you could add some external star washers between the 
plate and strut tower to get some good bite.

Paul Nimz
'97 TR
'93 EG mtx


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <cmichaelo@optonline.net>
To: "Herman Anker" <heranker@rogers.com>
Cc: "_SHOTIMES II" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 9:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] alu strut tower brace for sale


> Just wondering about the risk of altering the alignment setting of the 
> front wheels during rough driving.
>
> I had a strut tower brace installed a while ago but took it off after I 
> noticed that it had altered the alignment after I hit a pot hole in a 
> turn. (Nothing else happened. It wasn't THAT rough.)
>
> I did make sure that the top surface of the alignment plate was smooth, 
> removed the two "hooks" that "hold" the alignment plate, etc.
>
> Anyway, maybe I didn't tighten the strut tower nuts enough, though as I 
> recall they were torqued to ~25lbft.  That enough?  How much did you 
> torque the nuts?
>
> Do any of you use different nuts or different tricks for preventing 
> alignment plate to move?  Anyone using some sort of glue?
>
> Is it advisable to get rid of the alignment plate alltogether? Looks like 
> Herman did.
>
> Michael
> 94MTX,green,BOS+,Koni/Intrax,Baer,Corbeau
> SHO items for sale: http://hometown.aol.com/cmichaelo/for_sale.html
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