Again, this isn't at all personal, just an opinion !
I have no intention of wading into this argument ( says he, removing his shoes
and socks ), but some of the aftermarket strut tops seem to be affixed with
just 2 bolts. Sure, they're not for the road ( in theory ) but rallying / racing
is where the highest stresses would be placed on the suspension.
Mechanically, the strut has nowhere to go if the bolts shear anyway - the strut
will just bang about in the tower. Bad if you're driving at 100%, but if you're
doing that on the road mechanical failure is probably just as far from your
mind as oil spills, water on road, tyre failure and "geez, I might freakin'
kill someone's kid doin' this".
Also, if you have 'proper' adjustable strut-tops, it's still on your head unless
they're engineer approved, no ?
Besides - '97 excels came factory equipped with a collapsible front suspension.
:)
DF
>Brad, please don't take this personally, I do admire the ingenuity of =
>your idea, but it seems pretty shonky to me. I fully believe in freedom =
>of information, ideas and expression of them, particularly on the =
>internet.
>
>But putting a dummy bolt in, for goodness sake. The engineers at Nissan =
>didn't put three bolts in the mount for the sake of it. Sound =
>enginnering principles were adhered to and obviously three bolts are =
>used for a reason. Further suggesting that you might need to superglue =
>the plastic covers down to stop people looking under them only =
>re-enforces the shonkiness of the excercise. =20
>
>I would suggest that doing it right the first time and getting it =
>enginnered (ie camber kits, factory offset strut tops etc) removes the =
>legal problems associated with it, and the fact that if something does =
>break, it won't be on your head. Particularly if you crash and kill =
>someone.
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