Front Coil-over Conversion, Any need to re-inforce the upper mnt? |
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Front Coil-over Conversion, Any need to re-inforce the upper mnt? |
db9146 |
Jul 28 2005, 02:09 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 953 Joined: 21-December 04 From: Atlanta, GA Member No.: 3,315 Region Association: None |
I'm looking at running coil-over suspension in the front of my -6 conversion with flares. I am going to include the standard longitudinal reinforcements and a few others here and there but my question is, when transferring the weight from the torsion bar mounting points to the top of the inner fenders, what kind of reinforcement have been performed and worked well short of a tube-frame set-up?
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Dave_Darling |
Jul 28 2005, 03:39 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,991 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California |
Yes, reinforce them. I don't know exactly what has to be done, but the shock towers were not designed to take sustained loads--just loads from the shocks, which are very transitory. If you don't reinforce them, they'll be OK for a while, but they will start tearing out eventually.
--DD |
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