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Old 11-27-2009, 01:39 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by winkosmosis View Post
Isn't the rest of the unibody structural?
Yes and no... technically, even the windshields are both structural to the chassis, in that they help to stiffen things up a bit. As long as the vehicle's primary support structure is kept intact, bits of bracing can be added on here and there to shore up the weaknesses created by cutting sections of the chassis away.
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