Hmm. . . Need help on this delicate matter.

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Jagstang
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Car: 1995 S14 w/ Kouki S14 SR20DET
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Alright so a few weeks ago I found out that I installed my front and rear strut bars wrong. I realized that I had to jack the car up (to relieve stress) and then tighten the bars while the car was still jacked up. So because of this, I decided that I wanted to fix my minor mistake, and while tightening one of the bolts, I completely snapped off the shocks metal piece that the strut bars mount to (and where the nuts tighten on to).

And if you guys don't know what I'm talking about, this is what I mean (the stuff circled in red).

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And here's a pic showing which bolt snapped. It's on the passenger side.

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So anyways, I was just wondering, should it be safe enough for the time being if I drive cautiously, because it still has those two mounts on the side, and also, I have the strut bar (hopefully it will stabilize it a bit). But anyways, let me know what you guys think.

Thanks in advance, help would be greatly appreciated.


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pj
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if ti were mine, id only drive it to the parts shop to get some new s***.
other than that, no, i would drive it at all because you never know.

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costa_rican13
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^^^ ditto. very unsafe my friend.

angelscrx
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Can you drill it out and put another bolt in at least until you can get new stuff?


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