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Originally Posted by Silver69Camaro
I keep all the drawings I can. If you have an order number, I could look it up. I have all the details on these rails anyway.
A note on Camaro rear rails: The profile of these are very difficult. I am not aware of any mandrel bender in the country than can bend one in one piece, seeing as there is a compound bend at the rear (a hard and easy way bend in one location). But there is a way around it, and that's what we call a "cut and weld". This is where we bend two pieces of tubing, trim, and weld them together. This is an expensive process. But really, you only need to do this if you want to keep the stock gas tank. If you're willing to go a different route (I always say "never let the rear seat or gas tank design your vehicle") and do a narrowed tank/fuel cell, you can run the rails completely straight. You'll gain lots of tire clearance, and just make the process easier and cleaner.
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I wouldnt mind running straight rails but I called up DSE and I was told the panhard bar was engineered to fit factory width frame rails and if I used straight rails measurements and fab wuld be more complicated. I rather pay a couple more buck and keep the guesswork out of lining up a suspension.
Mark, if you could quote me on how much it would cost to profile rails exactly to GM specs and have them extend to meet the front subframe I would appreciate it.