[rvanderpyl]

That's a pretty common failure on cars that didn't come with the thru the body sway bar. The early cars had reinforcements welded to the sheet metal where the bar went thru the body. If similiar reinforecements aren't added when an aftermarket bar is put on a later car that's the result you may get. The small piece which is bolted on just doesn't distrubute the forces over a large enough area of what is basically just sheet metal.

Make sure you weld some extra reinforcement in when you repair the area.


Robert