Well after much thought about my previous ideas for the front shock tower tie-in....We came up with another Idea. Problem was when we start actually looking at all the different sheet metal structures that make up the "shock tower" on the 2002. After many ideas we decided that with this design we leave the stock structure of the strut tower unchanged. Basically I will use the new tubes and gussets to integrate them into the stock structure and the resulting design should increase the overall stiffness and strength of the front of the car.
Basic idea was to lay a thick 1/8" plate over the top of the mounting area. The run horizontal tubes from the dash bar (like many e36 and e46 designs) and then run one tube from my existing lower "dash bar" to give it some horizontal support.
Maybe not as pretty or elegant as I might of imagined but we managed to come up with a unique effective design.
This is what it looks like in one big pile...... ready to get prepped for welding....
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