My5ABaby

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I was bleeding my brakes and came across this interesting find (see pictures). This is on the front passenger (U.S.) side.

Is this an issue or something that I can ignore?

My5ABaby

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Oh, and the crack didn't seem to go too deep. Maybe a few mm's that I could see. It may have gone farther that I'm unable to see.

mylove=88rxseven

If its an actual crack it definately should not be ignored and i would not drive the car very far untill it is replaced. Its hard to really judge by a picture but if its just some surface rust cracking the piant i would scrub it off with some 32-80 grit sand paper and just paint over the area with some primer

mylove=88rxseven

try sanding it down first and see how far it goes

YaNi

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I would replace the strut ASAP. Mine looked similar to that before this happened.

The strut gave me the reason to start my restoration early.

Smoken'

iTrader: (1)

Looks like its time for new struts anyways, they look pretty old.

My5ABaby

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I'll sand it down and see how it looks. DGRR might be a no go this year.

Avoiding that would be a good thing.

21 years.

mylove=88rxseven

you can find a full set of struts for pretty cheap these days i just bought a full set of gabriels struts for $200 and a set of taneba springs for $169 thats pretty good ill let you know how they handle once i get them on

My5ABaby

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Yeah, let me know. If I do go aftermarket I want something streetable, so to speak. I have a daily driver (Mazda 6) now, but I'd rather be comfortable in the 7 than be able to pull .90g's on a skidpad instead of .86 (or some other applicable example because I don't even know if that one fits).