strut tower failure
03-21-2019, 11:32 AM
#796
Yeah I thought about it but the crew was not happy and were having to push it up the ramp of the car trailer.
03-21-2019, 12:01 PM
#798
Although we don't have pics, we can conclude from this occurrence on CS platforms that the effort in adding similar mods to standard GT4s is not worth the trouble. Scratching all of the CS mods off my list...
- Welded/bonded strut tower reinforcement
- Motorsport plates
- Shorter strut bodies
03-21-2019, 12:05 PM
#799
03-21-2019, 01:40 PM
#800
I picked my car up from the shop today. This shop is one of two shops in DFW with the correct jigs to do this repair. My service advisor said they replace about 4 porsche shocktowers a month. The failure is likely more common than people realize. I have the old part in the trunk. I'll upload pics of it later today.
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03-21-2019, 02:00 PM
#801
Banned
I picked my car up from the shop today. This shop is one of two shops in DFW with the correct jigs to do this repair. My service advisor said they replace about 4 porsche shocktowers a month. The failure is likely more common than people realize. I have the old part in the trunk. I'll upload pics of it later today.
03-21-2019, 04:04 PM
#802
Rennlist Member
This has now (finally) cured me of my GT4 lust. My Cay S track/street car is doing just fine. I will not worry about Ims/Rms issues or bore scoring as much now, they can be fixed or dealt with by a 3.8 rebuilt engine. That strut tower failure is crazy.
03-21-2019, 04:34 PM
#803
Racer
03-21-2019, 04:44 PM
#804
Burning Brakes
Do you think that the guys holding on to these things thinking they are going to be collectors items or asking top dollar for resale want it commonly known that the strut towers fail with any regularity?
Last edited by venom51; 03-21-2019 at 05:06 PM.
03-21-2019, 04:47 PM
#805
Rennlist Member
I'm not going to panic just yet. This is an extrapolation from an anecdote ... 8 strut tower failures per month per large metro area, worldwide, since the introduction of the 991 GT3 sounds like a LOT ... i.e. thousands of strut tower failures .... and probably not an insignificant percentage of the total number of GT cars sold. I feel like we would be hearing a lot more about it from owners on Rennlist if that were the case?
03-21-2019, 04:53 PM
#806
Rennlist Member
Sums it up. I know dozens of GT3/4 owners and don’t know anyone with a failure. I’ve put 7000 miles on my GT4 including 1500 track miles this year. I haven’t worried once about the strut towers. I feel like the people freaking out about this are mostly ‘speculative’ gt4 buyers at this point. Most current owners have accepted this exists and have moved on. That’s what insurance is for right?
03-21-2019, 05:02 PM
#807
Rennlist Member
I haven’t heard one person have a failure without hitting a curb, pothole, wall, etc. That’s damage from a collision and covered under track insurance and street insurance.
03-21-2019, 05:10 PM
#808
Banned
Sums it up. I know dozens of GT3/4 owners and don’t know anyone with a failure. I’ve put 7000 miles on my GT4 including 1500 track miles this year. I haven’t worried once about the strut towers. I feel like the people freaking out about this are mostly ‘speculative’ gt4 buyers at this point. Most current owners have accepted this exists and have moved on. That’s what insurance is for right?
What % of GT car owners post on, or even know about, Rennlist, and what % of them would find it beneficial to write about their incident if they'd experienced it?
03-21-2019, 05:12 PM
#809
Sums it up. I know dozens of GT3/4 owners and don’t know anyone with a failure. I’ve put 7000 miles on my GT4 including 1500 track miles this year. I haven’t worried once about the strut towers. I feel like the people freaking out about this are mostly ‘speculative’ gt4 buyers at this point. Most current owners have accepted this exists and have moved on. That’s what insurance is for right?
03-21-2019, 05:36 PM
#810
Rennlist Member
Street or track, experiencing this failure could be fatal. That's a big potential downside from hitting a pothole. To me, the size of this potential downside makes it almost irrelevant whether the failure rate is 2%, 5%, or higher, or whether insurance would cover it or not. The anecdotal evidence from DFW hints that the problem may be more prevalent than we've expected.
What % of GT car owners post on, or even know about, Rennlist, and what % of them would find it beneficial to write about their incident if they'd experienced it?
What % of GT car owners post on, or even know about, Rennlist, and what % of them would find it beneficial to write about their incident if they'd experienced it?
