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9th April 2018, 21:45 | #11 |
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Fibreglass/plastic bodyshell?
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No I believe it is a hot hatch of sorts, I believe the GT4 Porsche do the same if one googles 'suspension tower failure'
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That's a big ouch but a quick spray with WD40 and it'll be okay.
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I would guess a boy racer car with highly uprated springs putting all the pounding into the bodyshell, then SPEED BUMPS!
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10th April 2018, 07:16 | #15 |
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It looks very much like the top mount pressing has stress fractured along the 'top hat' fold line first and then torn away from the partial welding to the inner wing.
Probably overstressed following uprating the suspension in the first place but could also be inappropriate steel spec. Last edited by rab60bit; 10th April 2018 at 23:19.. |
10th April 2018, 08:34 | #17 |
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Looks like aluminium to me and also has been drilled all round the failure line, which is probably why it failed.
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Mice in the bonnet sound deadening felt were hungry?
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It would seem that it is just cheap technology.
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