Reply to "Discreet chassis brace?"

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Only my opinion, but body cracking in Panteras comes from body flexing, usually from the stress of oversized tires and/or rough roads. The only Panteras that don't seem to crack their paint are those that have been completely seam-welded, and the windshield posts need doublers welded in top and bottom. All the cracks start in areas that are overlapped and spot-welded; with age and extra stress from cornering hard, the spot-welds pop loose. I've found several areas on several Panteras where the spot-welds were no longer connecting panels. That said, the chassis braces do seem to help but since our cars are essentially one piece, adding only part of the bracing systems, then waiting for cracking to appear in another area is doing it the hard way...

1/8/1311:42 PM

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