Trying to figure out why my car pulls to the left when I accelerate; I notice that my driver side tower is mushroomed and cracked.

Here's the tower-


The tower is also slightly buckled on the inside, do you guys think it would be safe to just whack it back to shape and slap a tower defender on there?

The thing that's scaring me is that the visible rubber is cracked pretty bad


Can anyone tell me what that black plastic piece in there is exactly? Have I destroyed the mount to my shock or is this cracking normal with mushroomed towers?

Thanks

 

Here's another picture showing how the tower is cracked and buckled.

 

the crack I think you are talking about is the panel overlap and the seam sealer is opened up as well as the metal pulled part. It would be the metal between a couple sop welds that bulges.

need to get it repaired and add some plates

 

Yes the crack in your picture is a broken strut mount. Replace the strut mount and while it's out beat the tower back down.

 

Wow, that one is obvious... Sometimes it is hard to tell, but that one is def. mushroomed. Mine was mushroomed and it was whacked back into shape and I put on new top mounts and a strut tower defender. Not sure what to say about the additional item of the metal seam looking poorly. Should get a better look once strut off of car.

 

Listen to Way, MiniR53. He IS the expert.

 

the pulling could be the torque steer, u could fix it with a LSD

 

I went to get the car inspected and dealer called me to tell me it needs replacing to pass inspection. $390 to do the job! How hard is this to replace? Any instructions on line to walk me through it?

 

here is the diy for spring installation, similar procedure, just swap out the strut mount instead of the spring.

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ll-how-to.html