Silentz

Hey guys,

My lower radiator support is bent up and I'm wondering instead of replacing it with oem/after market lower radiator support, can I just weld steel bars like this guy in his video?


Has anyone done this before? It seems like the bar would provide a lot of room for turbo in the future.


Thanks in advance.

saywhat

I personally wouldn't, because it would impact the resale value and change the front end collision characteristics. But it's your car, and if neither of those factors are a concern, it's a cheap solution.

DaX

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How bad is it bent? That was my original plan, but I was able to get mine "good enough" using a come-along. What you don't see in this picture is I also had to chain the back of the car to my Suburban to keep it from moving.

Silentz

My is not bent inward but upward from jacking it up. I tried to jack it up really high and use sledgehammer but it get pretty unsafe when the car is off the ground that high. I i don't jack it up high enough, the sledge hammer wont have room under the car to work.

tony_2018

If your support wasn't configured like what it was when it left the factory than you have issues. That is when **** can go wrong. I'm predicting you didn't have that middle brace therefore it got bent out of shape.

Freedo_Civegra

Why not use the OEM style support?

chrysler kid

Silentz

Nope. It didn't have the middle support bar. It was a previously turbo car that they removed the middle bar to make room for turbo manifold/dump pipe.

Silentz

Mainly money and secondary the amount of work involve in drilling/cutting the spot welds.

Silentz

Mine is a 95 which rockauto doesn't have for a while now. Closest price is 90+.