is this a bad thing?
Posted:
Wed Oct 03, 2012 4:10 amby jadeydrag0117
are those "stretch mark" looking things bad? looks like some sorta flex...i dunno but it doesnt look natural to me.
Posted:
Wed Oct 03, 2012 4:37 pmby Aldo91
never seen that before
but can someone help this man out?
imo it looks like stretches as if someone heated the car.
Posted:
Wed Oct 03, 2012 4:50 pmby jadeydrag0117
Aldo91 wrote:never seen that before but can someone help this man out?
imo it looks like stretches as if someone heated the car.
lol. thanks.
i thought it was because i lowered and didn't get strut bars/ towers.
cause i also have these near my coilovers under the hood.
Posted:
Wed Oct 03, 2012 5:09 pmby teal_dx
They are stress marks. They aren't uncommon on our cars with such thin metal. If your suspension is low/stiff, that extra force is being absorbed somewhere else. I see them on the front shock towers a lot on slammed civics, especially if they were ever in an accident.
Posted:
Wed Oct 03, 2012 7:12 pmby jadeydrag0117
teal_dx wrote:They are stress marks. They aren't uncommon on our cars with such thin metal. If your suspension is low/stiff, that extra force is being absorbed somewhere else. I see them on the front shock towers a lot on slammed civics, especially if they were ever in an accident.
so it prob help if i got strut bars huh?
Posted:
Wed Oct 03, 2012 8:10 pmby teal_dx
Yeah it could probably help a little.