Date: around 12-18-22
My friend Tom visited me from Alabama and our goal for his visit was to mock up and ultimately install the Quick Performance 9" rear end. I knew that things were not going to just bolt together because the brackets on the QP rear are not exactly the same as an original 12 bolt, plus I ordered mine with multiple holes on the lower control arm bracket.
You can see in this picture how the Ridetech coilover bracket is designed to bolt to the original shock mount and then a tab comes around and gets bolted with the lower control arm bolt.
The bracket was trimmed to allow the use of all the holes on the lower control arm bracket.
The bracket was also trimmed on the side to remove a little excess material where it rests against the shock mount on the QP housing.
Then Vic went to work doing his thing...
Here is the final result, with the Ridetech coilover bracket fully welded to the QP housing.
We also pressed the Ridetech R-joints out of the old 12 bolt and into the QP upper control arm ears. Ridetech included a tool to make this process very straightforward.
When I ordered the QP housing I checked all the boxes for the extra internal gussets...
..and the back brace. I also chose the fill and the drain option.
After the Ridetech coilover brackets were welded, I went over the whole housing and softened up all of the hard edges on the brackets and Tom shot a coat of Rustoleum primer.
..followed by a couple of coats of Rustoleum semi gloss black.
More to come...
Andrew