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    This I like.

    This, I can duplicate very easily and inexpensively. It's not very thick, either.

    Nice.

    I wonder if they did anything similar in the rear... or anywhere else on the car? Car makers are always looking for ways to improve their NVH. For them to go to the trouble and expense of ADDING a whole new part, though... it's got to make a measureable difference.


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    I can't find that part in any online diagrams. It's not part of the strut assembly and I can't find it in any of the body part categories.

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    The upper strut mount plate (item 12 above) is already a pretty beefy part. No need for anything else under the strut tower sheet metal.

    Looks like this was a running change that hasn't appeared in the parts catalogs yet.
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    Perhaps one of our awesome 2017+ owners can find a part number on the plate?
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    Hi, I've joined just now but I've been lurking through this awesome mirage forum for quite sometime now and am a great fan of Daox's works so I hope you don't mind me joining you in this topic as it got so much of my interest in strut tower reinforcement.

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    Perhaps one of our awesome 2017+ owners can find a part number on the plate?
    I removed mine after installing a strutbar and kept it aside. Unfortunately, these steel round reinforcements don't have any part number embedded on them unlike most oem parts do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bloodehunter View Post
    I removed mine after installing a strutbar and kept it aside. Unfortunately, these steel round reinforcements don't have any part number embedded on them unlike most oem parts do.
    Did you feel a significant difference when you went from the little reinforcement plates to a strut tower brace?

    Would be interesting to have someone who has them, and it used to having them... remove them, and see if they can tell any difference.
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    I haven't tried driving with the plates and strut bar off, but I can say the strut bar was definitely an improvement in steering stability when taking a rough bend at high speed.

    They're just basic steel reinforcement plates about 3mm in thickness, I don't see how this can prevent the strut towers from flexing. Name:  20180628_231953.jpg
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    Quote Originally Posted by bloodehunter View Post
    I haven't tried driving with the plates and strut bar off, but I can say the strut bar was definitely an improvement in steering stability when taking a rough bend at high speed.

    They're just basic steel reinforcement plates about 3mm in thickness, I don't see how this can prevent the strut towers from flexing. Name:  20180628_231953.jpg
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    I bet that's more for fatigue resistance than tower flex. Over time those bolt holes could start to crack if the metal is too thin... so they put this ring in to spread the load.

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    I decided to continue testing, and make a front strut bar for the car.

    The design is pretty simple, two mounting plates with a tube of some sort connecting them.

    I had some angle iron kicking around, so I decided to start making those pieces.

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    Here is how they fit up to the car. You'll notice that the right side doesn't sit flush. It still has to be notched out for the wire harness that runs by the strut tower.

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    Nice!

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