Strut Tower rip

[Peter Schulz]

Mike:

The cracks on the passenger side tower tie in to the firewall in both my 
avants have also moved beyond the hole that the factory saw fit to install 
as a stress relief - they evidently expected a failure there but didnt see 
fit to re enforce it.

Of course this is more pronounce on the Grey car, which has Eibach springs 
and Bilstein sport struts.

I do have a set of C4 (S4/S6) Strut tower mounts that I will install once I 
get my hands on a Brake Fluid reservoir that is offset for the cross bar.

-Peter



At 03:00 PM 1/26/2005, Mike Miller wrote:

>I was kind of hoping for some list wisdom as to what others have done for a
>fix. I doubt my car is unique. Maybe it just never rips that last 3/4 inch.
>
>It's been drilled in the path of the crack a few times without helping any.
>I'm thinking a piece of Ti fastened across crack might help.
>
>mike
>
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