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Old 11-18-2012, 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by snappytravis View Post
I built mine, (man ego) I ordered two or three joints of 2x2 tubing, and some 3" I also went to harbor freight and bought 2 long range bottle jacks, they are probably 40 a piece or so, then casters, I used the old shackles to mount to, and made brackets for the front that mount to the subframe mounts under the cowl, I probably had 600 or so in it, It works great but here is the deal, do you want to spend a bunch of time welding up the rotissiere or working on your car I would say that I had probably 30 hours or so in it, If I was to do It again I may just order it, I think you can get one from summit that isn't painted, for around a 1000.00 or so, If you don't need to turn the body completly over I also built a body cart that mounts in the rear shock area and then has pins that go into the front body mount holes as well, It took about 3 hours to build, I think if you look at my build thread you can see some pics, good luck
Thank you for the great tips and suggestions
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