Man, that sucks!!! But I can't say that I'm surprised. I found the frame to be rather weak-looking when I butchered the front end of my Sporty to install a steel bumper. The power and drive trains seem to be pretty solid. But the frame and body were made with as little metal as Kia could get away with, I suspect. Here's a photo of the open frame. As you can see, it is a light-gauge steel formed into 2 C-channels that are inset and welded. I could easily bend the pieces that I had chopped off with pliers while mounted in a vice... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" /> Maybe reinforcing the steering box mount is a good idea...