Strut rods and alignment

[rbgray1]

SnakeDoc,

I'm in Charlotte on business until Monday, actually attending a Collision Shop event at the garage area of Charlotte Motor Speedway. Several of us took rides around the track today in the Nsacar driving experience.....woooppeee.... Awesome .

Anyway, I will pull my file when I get back home and list the parts for the front end and rear end suspension that I ordered products from QA1, Heidts, and Wilwood. I'm pretty happy how everything is coming out so far.....Suspension should be great when complete and very adjustable.

Regarding welding on the front end...not very serious for anyone that knows how to Mig or Tig. I use Mig for this as most of the welding is with 3/16 Cold Rolled Steel or CRS. The welding for the lower A-arms involves welding in two 1" OD/ 5/8" ID sleeves to the current CR crossmember on each side where the lower A-arm bolt runs through the crossmember and then adding 3/16" CRS gusset plates and welding to the rear sleeve on the crossmember to support it from lateral of horizontal movement. Very simple and straight forward, just make sure it's welded strong with good penetration to the existing crossmember and shock tower.

Also, the tall shock mounts need to be cut off the shock towers, shortened to approximately 1/2 to 3/4" tall and the QA1 coil overs fit perfectly and rewelded the the shock towers. Also very simple and straight forward.

If you have access to a welder and can weld fairly well, you can easily do this yourself. If your skeptical or can't weld, have someone do this for you. I'm overstating the obvious that this is a MAJOR safety issue as this is a key component of the car, both handling and safety.

If you want some guidance in how to do this, send me your contact info on a private message and I'd be happy to talk you through the steps.

I can't say enough that this needs to be done correctly otherwise you may get into suspension geometry issues, coil spring bind issues or safety issues.