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Old 10-17-2014, 11:13 AM   #55 (permalink)
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Beads look much more weldy this time.

Also, lucky you that a spare new front pipe with cat came with the car. Or are you just going to fix that one? Probably easier to fix than replace for now, eh?

Don't forget to do a simple control arm brace while you're under there. Made a HUGE difference in stiffening the similarly rusted front end of the ForkenSwift. Bend & flatten the ends of some tubing:



I used ratchet straps to cinch the control arm mounts super tight before mounting the precision-drilled bar. The ratchet actually made a small but measurable difference in the spacing (if I remember it might have been 1/8 inch or so):

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