when i cut the top piece off of the top hat to weld on the extra inch of piping, i guess i grinded off too much when i was smoothing it out.

i measured the hole and it was 2in's wide. so i used a 2in wide piece of pipeing and welded it all back... now, when i went to put it on my car it's a lil too wide to fit through the shock tower hole.

question is, can i grind down the shock tower hole? or just start all over?

 

i always weld it inside the pipes

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SkipMic2006 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i always weld it inside the pipes</TD></TR></TABLE>

I did but that doesn't help lol...

 

works for me ...:/

 

What size piping did you use?

 

i used an exhaust pipe lol i think 2 inchs....spot weld 4 on the outside, then weld a bead on the insdie and grind it down a lil until the washer can fit in there as well the bushing, then ur good to go

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SkipMic2006 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i used an exhaust pipe lol i think 2 inchs....spot weld 4 on the outside, then weld a bead on the insdie and grind it down a lil until the washer can fit in there as well the bushing, then ur good to go </TD></TR></TABLE>

i followed the whole write up, and its hitting right where the extended pipe goes

 

on the welds or the pipe itself ?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SkipMic2006 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">on the welds or the pipe itself ?</TD></TR></TABLE>

the pipe itself. i'll try to get some pictures t/m if i can borrow a camera

 

ur pipe is too big...my exhaust pipe was perfect, i random pick it out and didnt see if it would fit but it did

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SkipMic2006 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ur pipe is too big...my exhaust pipe was perfect, i random pick it out and didnt see if it would fit but it did </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah that's what I've been saying lol. I guess the walls are too thick on the pipe then since you used 2in too.

 

yep, come think of it, the exhuast pipes are not too thick. what kind pipe u used?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SkipMic2006 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yep, come think of it, the exhuast pipes are not too thick. what kind pipe u used?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Extra piece of SS pipe.

 

damn those are thick ....well u could grind down the shock tower mounts to get them slide throught, but next thing i would worry abt if the water would get through and leaks .... :/

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SkipMic2006 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">damn those are thick ....well u could grind down the shock tower mounts to get them slide throught, but next thing i would worry abt if the water would get through and leaks .... :/</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah I wasn't sure if it was too safe. I guess I'm just guna redo them with diff piping.

 

Are you guys using piping or tubing? I wouldn't trust the suspension of my car to be held together by exhaust piping! Tubing is much stronger.

All you need to do is to measure the ID and OD, head out to a shop that sells tubing, and get them to hack the lengths you need.

"piping"

 

Yeah this is old, but I did use ss tubing. I already finished this

 

glad that **** worked out for u