[Shotimes] alu strut tower brace for sale

[Carl Prochilo]

You call them alignment plates, but that's a misnomer if you've had the
spot welds removed.  They're nothing more than plates that allow the top
of the strut to be clamped to the strut tower.  The picture of the brace
has plates that perform the same function.  Once you have the camber and
caster settings you want, I would take a permanent marker and trace around
the outside of the plate.  This way if the plates do move you have the
reference point to reset it.  Not that complicated really.  The slots in
brace plates are useful to allow you to dial in more negative camber if
you want that at the track, and less for street driving.
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson

On Sat, November 20, 2004 10:23 am, cmichaelo@optonline.net said:
> 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
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