oh, I certainly agree that the
suspension pickup points arent optimal, but I dont think they are horrible either...the design suffers from poor negative camber gain(unless the length of the adjustment slots is increased, or another mod with the same effect is applied) however, it is a very compact
suspension with a lot of other benefits(rack and pinion, disc brakes, optional coilovers, blah blah) true, for a real track car, I would much prefer opentracker stuff, but for a street car, the
suspension is fine, I dont even believe extra bracing is really needed, I'm sure it helps and is a good idea...but no, I dont think its actually needed. I will be adding it to mine at some point before I am done, but as the car sits now I believe its just as strong as stock...the stock shock towers attach to the frame rail...all load goes down to the frame rail whether its the stock setup or a MII setup...there is no load carried by the flimsy fender aprons
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when you get to this stage, you can wiggle the fender aprons by just slightly leaning on the top of any of them...the whole thing bows and pops...until you weld (or possibly bolt) the patch panels back in...in effect the
suspension pickup point is on the frame rails regardless...people seem to think the shock towers magically transfer the pickup point to the unibody structure...this is simply not true...the fender aprons are way too flimsy....if you dont believe me take a spot weld cutter and cut the spot welds holding the shock towers to the frame rails while leaving the fender apron spot welds intact and see what happens when that car is driven down the road(disclaimer: dont really do this, its just a point I am trying to prove)