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| advtracing |
 Oct 21 2009, 08:54 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 73 Joined: 27-September 09 From: New Zealand Member No.: 10,853 Region Association: None  |
i am going to fab the rotisserie arms for the car this weekend and may as well do the door braces at the same time , could you show me how you have built yours and where you have mounted them to please
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| scotty b |
Oct 21 2009, 09:04 PM
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rust free you say ? Group: Members Posts: 16,375 Joined: 7-January 05 From: richmond, Va. Member No.: 3,419 Region Association: None |
No pic but the best way imo is to make a turnbuckle style that bolts to the door latch and on the front end to the door mount ( s ). Adding a turnbuckle in the middle allows for adjustment if your car is sagging a bit with the doors open. A cross or " X " brace is also a really good idea to prevent the chassis from twisting. That can be done by welding tabs onto each door brace and bolting the X to them once the braces are installed.
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| Rand |
Oct 21 2009, 09:29 PM
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Cross Member Group: Members Posts: 7,415 Joined: 8-February 05 From: OR Member No.: 3,573 Region Association: None |
Lots of good threads on here about this. Try a search. Here's one:
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=47726 Sample search, might have to do some wading through the results: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act...ckle+door+brace |
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| advtracing |
Oct 21 2009, 11:02 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 73 Joined: 27-September 09 From: New Zealand Member No.: 10,853 Region Association: None |
cheers found what i wanted ( pic below ) i did a search under door brace but found nothing ? i must be doing the search wrong.
Andy ; this layout is exactly what i had drawn to build , so good to know someone has already done it.  |
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| charliew |
Oct 22 2009, 07:06 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,363 Joined: 31-July 07 From: Crawford, TX. Member No.: 7,958 |
I think going to the seat belt anchor up higher is a stronger solution and allows less flex in the door opening.
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| SirAndy |
Oct 22 2009, 07:13 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 42,517 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(advtracing @ Oct 21 2009, 06:54 PM)  i am going to fab the rotisserie arms for the car this weekend and may as well do the door braces at the same time , could you show me how you have built yours and where you have mounted them to please No pics but the ones i have used go from the upper front door mount to the door latch and from the upper front door mount to the upper seatbelt mounting in the rollbar. That makes for a nice triangle while leaving enough room to work on the longs or floors. If your car is very rusted, you can also add a X brace between the front targa top latch mounts and the rear targa top latch mounts. If possible, make the braces adjustable so you can expand/contract them if needed. Chassis specs can be found here: http://www.914world.com/specs/bodydims.php http://www.914world.com/specs/underdims.php (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) Andy |
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| SirAndy |
Oct 22 2009, 07:15 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 42,517 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(advtracing @ Oct 21 2009, 09:02 PM) Andy ; this layout is exactly what i had drawn to build , so good to know someone has already done it. That was just for welding the cage. On a rotisserie, do that plus go from the upper front mount to the top seatbelt mount on the targa bar. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif) Andy |
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