Reply With Quotethats not how you make bracing - look it up
looks like a repair of some accident damage to me, but I could be wrong
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thats not how you make bracing - look it up
If you werent noticing warped or binding panels then Id say that that is pre existing. Maybe someone kinked it and yanked it near enough to straight and just put the panels back on. Have you had them off before?
Edit, Look at all the crud thats settled there, its been like that for a long time.
Last edited by LittleRedSpirit; 22nd July 2010 at 12:41 AM.
So if you only need fender braces for 8kg springs then you don't need fender braces. 8kg springs in a street 86 is totally wrong. 8kg fronts in a grip track 86 is totally wrong. 8kg springs in a drift 86 maybe? I don't know anything about drift.
If you are going to run 8kg on the street, chuck the springs and run it on the jounce rubbers. They are probably a more suitable spring rate. Plus it'll be sick low uleh.
EDIT: Have to agree with the stack damage sentiments. you'd have to notice something on the guard if it happened whilst that particular guard was fitted.
Last edited by af300e; 22nd July 2010 at 02:48 AM.
bog and sandall fixed. haha nah that mustsuck man. defs getting them for my car
LOL @ all these people hating on stiff spring rates.
Never been an issue before.
this was the first time the fenders were removed, it even had the factory standard goo under the seem.
there is no other accident damage i can see and im certain none of the panels have been replaced.
i found that the other side was the same but not as bad.
i think people are overestimating just how much it has actually bent... i would personally only estimate about a degree or two if that. surely it can cause a crease from a shock then spring back to its original position.
i was unable to notice any bendage on the external, but those fenders can flex around alot anyway.
that just looks like a collapsing point in the skirt, not an actual bend, if it was bent it would have bent the side aswell but may just be the pic
just because it has origional guards doesnt mean it hasnt been punted in the front.
out of all the 86s ive worked on and owned never seen one collapse on an unrepaied chassis
Last edited by FAST EDDIE; 22nd July 2010 at 10:06 PM.
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you may be right, which would be a good thing ofcourse.
its not an ae86 though btw, its a corona.
the pic doesn't really show it but where it looks smeared ive run my hand across to see if it had been ruffed up and theres a few pinch/ripples there like crumpled paper so to speak.
is there actually supposed to be a built in weak point where x meats y incase of an accident? would make sense... and im pretty sure i know what you mean, i can put a better pic up tomorrow if you like in better light with it cleaned so we can get some clarity.
Problem solved
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