Thread: ok to drive without diagonal braces for a short time?

Originally Posted by Street Wolf

Actually they're a safety device, there for the purpose to bend upwards when you get in a front end collision so that the hood does'nt chop your head off.

I've seen it, on Impala's. Why do you think they're bent like that?

That may be how they act during a collision, but their purpose is spelled out clearly in every w-body's section covered in the GM SI program.

Calm the Hostillity
LOL

What hostility? I don't think either of us was angry or anything.

You will be fine running your car without them.

I know what they are truly for, but do I dare voice my opinion. Its been stated what they are for already, nothing more.

~F~