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Old 03-16-2008, 09:28 AM
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i opened the hood up yesterday to do some cleaning on my 2002 ss and i noticed the area where the struts are is the metal pushed up are the struts coming up thats high?the car has stock struts and shocks and a eibach prokit
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Pics??
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it might be alittle bit before i can get pics but the area of metal where the front struts are under is pushed up alittle bit on both sides
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I cant picture it in my head as to what your talking about..
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Originally Posted by Black02SLPSS
I cant picture it in my head as to what your talking about..
its kinda hard to explain maybe this will give u a clearer picture,under the hood on both sides directly above where the strut is the metal is humped up i gotta get some pics hopefully within the next day or so
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Originally Posted by meatyz
its kinda hard to explain maybe this will give u a clearer picture,under the hood on both sides directly above where the strut is the metal is humped up i gotta get some pics hopefully within the next day or so
i went outside to see if i could tell what youre talking about and youre right. the overlapping metal, where the struts are mounted, is bent upwards. i guess its normal? doesnt look like it was ever welded, so it makes sense that it would bend overtime. ill go out and take a pic.
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yeah my batteries are dead in my camera so thats a no go

edit: i found some batteries so heres a couple pics
Attached Thumbnails front struts are hitting in engine bay-strut-2.jpg   front struts are hitting in engine bay-strut-1.jpg  

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There's nothing wrong with it. Look at the passenger side and it will be the same. Both my cars look just like that, SS and V6.
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Made that way - nothing wrong



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