Well I dont ever remember my strut towers looking like this. Are this wrinkles normal or is this due to my hard lauches at the track???

 

Nope, its normal its just the way the car was like ummmm how do you say it "JB welded" or something....hard to explain but mine is like that because when they painted the engine pay or sprayed it with that flame resistant crap or whatever, the sealer it wrinkles a little........

okay if you got what i ment good...haha

but im pretty sure its normal....

 

actually i may be wrong, i looked a little closer and it seems as if your like left side near the fender is bent??? wtf.....

Okay ignore me, someone will help you

 

the thing is that is the metal not the sealer.

 

I have never seen a body wrinkle like that. It also looks like the fender has a slight gap on those seems. Did you hit something, lol?

 

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yes I hit 11.08 sec 1/4 mile @ 130 mph. but thats about it. lol

 

I meant hit another car as in an accident??

 

my old ek had those also

 

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I know what you meant, I was being a smart ***, lol.

 

Looks like a new JDM aerodynamic aid, hehehe

 

that deffinately not normal
for the 11.08

 

to me, but dont take my word for it i havent seen much body damage. anyways but it looks like it was wrecked, like wrinkled, then straightened out without being replaced?? are you the first one to own this car?? cause if so then that completely rules that idea out.. but if not them maybe thats it??

sorry man i couldnt be more help

 

I am not the first owner, but I don't remember having those wrinkles there before last week when I ran at the track. Ill have to pull some old pictures and see if they were there before.

 

well I asked the same questione on http://www.clubek.net/forums and they seem to think that its normal on the ek's.

But ill have to look into it some more.

 

can an engine mount tranfer too much torque to the chassi, bending it?

 

that's normal....

if it does twisted the paint should be cracking/chipping

 

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Get off the pipe, seriously...

That doesn't look normal. That definitely looks like the metal is wrinkling. What type of driving have you been doing?

 

There are two layers of metal together on that part that support the structure of the front. It's common on alot of EK's... I have a bit on mine. Regardless, the thick stuff that supports those strut towers is underneath... the layer on top is just something Honda stretches over it to make the engine compartment look "clean." If the structure underneath flexes alot, like hard launches of frequent hard turns, the thin stuff on top flexes with it, but doesn't always go back to it's original form. You might want to consider some "a-bracing," I can't remember exactly what it's called... goes under the fender and connects the front part of the frame with the rest of the car near the door hinges.

 

I'm no expert but common sense tells me that if the metal changed shape that much that the paint would crack... Dry paint is not that flexible.

 

well I took a look at my girls Ek and her's has the same riples but not as much. So I don't know what to say. But for now, im gona look for some traction bars and try to keep as little stress into the chassis.