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Replace into steel

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The metal will change into steel.
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Use bracket at all though

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Why use the bracket at all though?
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Replace into steel

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The metal will change into steel.
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Use bracket at all though

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Why use the bracket at all though?
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

This is just for my own knowledge - Why is the airbag control module mounted to an enormous brass bracket with tamperproof nuts? It doesn't strike me as structural and it's the only brass mounting plate that I have come across in the entire car. Sent from my SM-G970U1 using Tapatalk

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Look at the brass bracket. Look at a zinc coated bolt. Close your eyes. Look at the bracket again. The metal will change into steel. It's magic. ...promise.

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Lol, fair enough. Then why is the bracket zinc coated steel? I can't imagine Stuttgart was anticipating rust in that area. Sent from my SM-G970U1 using Tapatalk

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Probably because the VW it was originally designed for did have rust issues.

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Interesting! Why use the bracket at all though? Why not just bolt it down to tunnel directly? Sent from my SM-G970U1 using Tapatalk

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