Suspension M7 Strut Plates
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Think of it this way: Punch a hole in drwall, then try to punch a hole in drywall with a stud behind it. Similar principle.
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Put a piece of paper on top of a mattress and punch it. Notice how the paper deforms?
Now try the same thing with the paper on a concrete floor
The goal isn't to prevent the force from acting on the top of the strut tower, it's just to make the force required to deform the metal higher than any force normally experienced in that area. A hard enough slam will still rip the sheet metal (with plate attached) right off the car. It'll just come off flatter than without the reinforcement plates
Now try the same thing with the paper on a concrete floor
The goal isn't to prevent the force from acting on the top of the strut tower, it's just to make the force required to deform the metal higher than any force normally experienced in that area. A hard enough slam will still rip the sheet metal (with plate attached) right off the car. It'll just come off flatter than without the reinforcement plates
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ok I understand what you are getting at. But with that same arguement, a stud is attached at the top and bottom of a wall. These plates are just a floating plate. If you attached a 6"x6" piece of stud (reinforcement plate) behind a piece of sheet rock and punch it, it wont help. It will still be attached, but pushed up. A stud in a wall is attached to another sorce to give it strength, alone it does nothing. As for the concrete floor, same idea. The reinforced plate is not attached in any manor that will stop it from being pushed up.
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Actually not true since these plates are bolted to the top of the strut with the studs coming through the strut tower. So they are not just a "floating plate" like the metal was glued to the top of the existing strut tower surface.
If you don't think they work, don't buy them. But after seeing how they work, and seeing mushrooming firsthand on other Minis, I won't own this generation of Mini without them.
If you don't think they work, don't buy them. But after seeing how they work, and seeing mushrooming firsthand on other Minis, I won't own this generation of Mini without them.
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Actually not true since these plates are bolted to the top of the strut with the studs coming through the strut tower. So they are not just a "floating plate" like the metal was glued to the top of the existing strut tower surface.
If you don't think they work, don't buy them. But after seeing how they work, and seeing mushrooming firsthand on other Minis, I won't own this generation of Mini without them.
If you don't think they work, don't buy them. But after seeing how they work, and seeing mushrooming firsthand on other Minis, I won't own this generation of Mini without them.
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Look at it like this, when the struts mushroom, studs do not just move vertically, they tend to fan outward as well. By having a thick piece of metal bolted to the top you not only prevent the upward motion of mushrooming but also the deformation of how the studs sit in the strut tower.
Standard strut ||
Mushroomed strut \ /
Standard strut ||
Mushroomed strut \ /
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well i just ordered some a while back and recieved them in the mail today. still have yet to install them but i find it ALMOST common sense that it'll help it not to mushroom. maybe not the FULL 100% but pretty darn close.
if the srp's dont make sense. just go with the camber plates and not the srp's. not bashing on you. but just making it simple.
if the srp's dont make sense. just go with the camber plates and not the srp's. not bashing on you. but just making it simple.
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You might try Way Motor Works. They have them in custom colors (made especially for them by M7) so they should have them in stock.
http://www.waymotorworks.com/MINI/M7...3/Default.aspx
http://www.waymotorworks.com/MINI/M7...3/Default.aspx
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I have the m7 srp and think they are great but in hind sight I should have paid a little extra an gotten strut tower brace. that is only 199.00 and does the same thing the srp's do and also helps keep the front end from flexing. Maybe I can sell the srp's for 90.00 shipped and put that money towards the stb.
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Thank you guys.
I called Fastmini and they had it. Called them on Monday and got it on Thursday in B'ham Al. Just installed it. It took me 15', it fitted perfect. Now the hood liner is wet with about 50# of "stuff" on top of the hood to smash the liner. Will test tomorrow - cant't wait!
I called Fastmini and they had it. Called them on Monday and got it on Thursday in B'ham Al. Just installed it. It took me 15', it fitted perfect. Now the hood liner is wet with about 50# of "stuff" on top of the hood to smash the liner. Will test tomorrow - cant't wait!