Just a quick update, haven't made it to the shop yet for an inspection, however.......I made an unsettling discovery last weekend. Decided to try it out without the front strut bar, when I removed the strut bar I found there was a missing nut on the top of my passenger strut tower. Yet again Im bitten by poor workmanship from a shop I thought I could trust. That being said, because I don't understand suspension very well yet, that missing top nut on my passenger strut, is it possible that was the cause of my frustration on the ice? It was the inside nut(engine bay side) and they probably missed it because its buried behind my strutbar. The threads were not stripped and I was lucky enough to find a replacement nut at auto value. Could there now be possible damage to my top hat? The strut itself? Obviously I need an inspection now more than ever.