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    Default 03-21-2022
    Hey all,


    I'm wondering...
    In a 1998 GTP, How important is the short strut bar that sits over top of the battery?
    I was replacing the battery, and the bolt just snapped right off.


    I am wondering if that bar provides any structural importance to the car?
    I don't drive this thing that hard or that often anymore, so I'm just wondering if I need to spend any time trying to get the bolt out of there and replace it?


    Thanks in advance everyone!

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    Default 03-21-2022
    Not a strut bar, but an impact/structual brace. I'd drill it out and replace the bolt.
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    surely you doint care about your passengers?!? mines been missing for years.

    most wrecks in the junkyard those bars are bent upward anyways likely absorbing minimal crash energy
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    Default 03-22-2022
    There's passenger side airbags, right
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