Wayne,Your Idea was my first Idea. Then I slept on it and came up w/Plan-B !!!!!! And Plan-B was more work for me,but less work for Michael. And going the extra mile for a customer is alway's the best route !!!!!!!! (Sometime's)

From the work I've seen from you it doesn't surprise me at all.

Thanks,Wayne.

Update 12/5
 

A good day in the garage, it was in the 50's and I had to get something done on the Camaro .... so I finished removal of the spring perches, mocked up the RT weld-on lower brackets, fabbed some 3/16 strap to simulate the shock height at 14.5", and fitted Scott's fix to my tranny mount issue.

Need to recheck the angle of the lower brackets and the side2side center and tack the brackets and tack the tranny adapter in place ... then take it to work and use the BIG welder again.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/gU3wn2.jpg
Got the perch off and ..... YES that is BONDO! WTF?
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/jK9iVm.jpg
Mock straps and set width.
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Ride Tech setup is sweet!
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Clamped on Scott's adapter to the crossbrace.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/mpgmy2.jpg
View from bottom ... Scott's welds are beautiful!
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...903/cHSqWZ.jpg
That's why I went w weld on brackets .... an extra inch per side!

Was gonna get the subframe connectors in, but a slight engineering fault (my bad) ... the side plates I welded on are too long and I can't get the connector up in the car and slide past the cross member brace. So I have to pull the front end out and then put the connectors in and then slide the subframe back and line it up w the connectors ..... :gitrdun:

Thanks for looking ....

Don't ya just love hot rodding!! LOL


Looks good!!


When I'm doing this kind of stuff -- I make "lists".... and then I just cross 'em off as I get 'er done... It's less daunting when you see the list of stuff being crossed off.

the bolt on axle bracket has also been moved over that extra inch also...I was just mentioning it so if someone wants the bolt on kit they wont think there sacrificing any clearance...sorry for the thread jack

Thanks Greg ... if I started a list the light at the end of the tunnel would extinguish!!!



Rod, no jack at all, I encourage comments! If you look at post #761 with the bolt on brackets, there is no other way the lower bars can get mounted, they have to be inline w the perches, yes? Unless I'm really messed up how can you gain extra clearance when the perches are 42" c2c?

Anyway, thanks for looking .....

The bolt-on perches are offset to the center on each side...that is where you get the 1" extra clearance on each side. They are offset to the center just like both ends of the bar are offset to the center. I have the bolt-on bar mounts on my 69 firebird. I also spent a lot of time squaring up the front and rear wheel mounting surfaces, adjusting the front sub frame, moving the rear side-to-side, etc prior to welding on my upper perches....probably too much time!


http://www.pro-touring.com/threads/1...ar-build/page4

All the measuring fun started at #75

Yes like jlwdvm said, we offset the mounting bracket bosses towards the center of the car on the mounting plate......I guess I should stop saying we I leave RideTech in January :thumbsup:

Thanks!
 

Joe .... that's a nice Firebird, I had to go back and look at some of the pixs I took of the 4 bar and see the offset of the lower brackets ... duhhhh! I had them on the wrong sides (my bad!), oh well, I think the weld on brackets look cleaner! Hey, its only metal!

I will take your Firebird posts for reference to getting all things square Front2Back, wish I had a lift thou!!!!


Rod ... thanks for the clarification, don't want to be doing this twice :superhack: