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Old March 21st, 2006, 12:24 AM   #1
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homemade strut tower brace...completed


here is my progress so far
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Old March 21st, 2006, 01:47 AM   #2
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sweet! Hell of a lot of work to save 180 bones though...
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Old March 21st, 2006, 08:14 AM   #3
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not a bad idea if you have a pipe bender and a welder in your garage. keep us updated and post the finished product!!

 
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look good
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well the ones that i've been looking at used pretty thin metal and the pipe it self wasn't very big around so I went to the steel supply shop and got ten feet of really strong pipe and I don't have a pipe bender i used a torch and muscle.
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that is what i call putting work in old school style
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Old March 23rd, 2006, 02:53 PM   #7
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here is my progress, i have to put the trans in and get the car on the ground before i can finish it up.
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Old March 25th, 2006, 11:27 AM   #8
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a couple more adjustments
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looks good man. keep up the good work
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mounting brackets on and the welds are are done a little high performance wheel coating and its almost time to bolt in
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Old April 3rd, 2006, 04:20 PM   #11
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The only thing left to do is drill a couple more mounting holes and bolt it down
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thats how us old skool guys do it..hell with buying it ..it's more fun making it
 
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looks real good man old school for sure
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Originally Posted by vfast
thats how us old skool guys do it..hell with buying it ..it's more fun making it
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good looking piece! I must be old school too, since I can remenber a time that if you wanted a Ford hop-up part, you had to make it.
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more parts to come
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Looks dope..
 
 



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