Straightening A Bent Strut Brace?

[LNah]

Hi guys. Does anyone encountered a bent front strut brace before? Recently got a front brace that is bent upwards at the middle, but didn't think much of it until I tried installing it on today. Took quite a while to be happy with the adjustments, tightened everything up and was almost satisfied with the past half hour well spent until I found that the bonnet couldn't shut due to the brace sticking up too much. Then I was thinking if it has to do with the bent in the middle.

If anyone has encountered such a situation, what method to tackle it other than bashing it straight or getting another brace?

Thanks all

Cheers

Edited September 12, 2010 by LNah

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

errr... what is the point of using a compromised strengthening tool?

[krzysiu]

Strut brace will tame body flex well if it's not bent. All that's going to be happening now is it will be bending where it's bent and won't do shit

[Mohsen]

errr... what is the point of using a compromised strengthening tool?

to compromise the strength

duhhhhhh

[Curmi]

sell it and buy a different design one.

[LNah]

Thanks guys. Guess I'll have to get another one. Pretty strange it's bent though as I've checked out some strut braces online and they're all straight like a bridge in the middle.

[gwin]

LOL, whoever sold it to you crashed his car, get your money back if so...

[GUN_METAL_GTR32]

throw it in the bin, dont sell it, its useless rubbish now.

just buy another one.

j imports has some second handies going cheap.

or the just jap ones are ok if ur on a budget

[LNah]

thanks guys. appreciate all the responses.

[GUN_METAL_GTR32]

sell it and buy a different design one.

y sell it for?

so another dumbass can ask in a couple of weeks how to straighten a bent strut brace. chuck it away