is this a bad thing?

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By Aldo91
- Wed Oct 03, 2012 4:37 pm #317144 never seen that before :? but can someone help this man out?

imo it looks like stretches as if someone heated the car.
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By jadeydrag0117
- Wed Oct 03, 2012 4:50 pm #317146
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.
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By teal_dx
- Wed Oct 03, 2012 5:09 pm #317147 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.
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By jadeydrag0117
- Wed Oct 03, 2012 7:12 pm #317158
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?
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