Originally Posted by Al Bags
2. You are clamping the carrier to a (not very thick-walled) tube. If you increase the clamp/contact area, you will just move the weakest point further up the strut.
The problem is the whole tube doesn't bend (e.g. end of the strut is on it's place) it rather crushes to the inside so the carreir becomes loose. That's why I though about having it clamp on longer part, but now I feel convinced it's quite complex matter and not in my reach. Maybe I just go for different dampers -> coil-overs. Don't know which ones to choose though :-(
3. What you may do is transfer the loads into the bodyshell ... Would you rather bend the strut tube ... ? Or the shell ?
I am pretty sure there still was suspention travel when it bend.
Cheers mate...