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  1. #21
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    nice work! does the rear bolt of the front mount just rest on the top of the spring?

    scott
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    yes it does but i cut a sleeve for it out of the 1" tubing. And i did all the work on em. just took a bench grinder and wire brush to the ends after welding, came out better then i thought they would too lol

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    Do you have diagrams of the plates and measurements?

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    nice work, clean and neat!!
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    single digits coming soon!

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    thanks skeet. Heres a diagram i drew up

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    Damn man they turned out nice. It is awsome when you can do things like this for ourselves.. You do realize you can buy these from caltracs for about 100 more Again Looks nice
    JOHN



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    lol yea i know, but i saw them and figured i could do them myself and hey i saved $100 in the process lol, and i have 4 more heims to build another set if anyone wants to buy them.

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    thanks for the measurements i drew up some scale drawings tonight real nice, with perfect measurements, i dont have access to a waterjet but i guess theres more than 1 way to cut a piece of steel.
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    There sure is. Maybe a Cnc plasma cutter. Call some machine shops in ur area and see if they can do it

    04 RCSB 5.3, Homemade 80mm FM, TU1, TH400

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    Pm sent!!
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