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Message: <blockquote data-quote="E46Fanatic" data-source="post: 249522" data-attributes="member: 81">Found some answers. Its likely Epoxy Bond or Welding techniques for the shock tower mounts. Strut Tower Mount reinforcement via welding and bracing "The strut towers on the Nissan 240sx were "economically" produced using a form of epoxy to bond. A popular and efficient modification is to grind out the epoxy, drill holes, and weld the pieces together for reinforcement. Any bracing for the 240sx strut towers can be considered positive" "One of the areas where some costs were cut was in chassis assembly. In a no-compromise, high-end sports car, an auto maker would spare no expense in making the chassis as rigid as possible, as a stiff body would enable maximum performance and handling. A stiff chassis also makes suspension tuning much more precise, resulting in a car with razor-sharp handling. But when auto manufacturers assemble mass-production cars, they save money by using cheaper techniques like using industrial epoxy to bond together various aspects of the car, while using robotic welds on the rest of the chassis. While this may be acceptable for a regular road car; from a performance aspect this type of manufacturing introduces a lot of flex in the chassis.."</blockquote>