Frame Modification?

[owequitit]

Sale them. LOL

That'll learn ya.

Sell them.

Sale is a noun. Sell is a verb.

[dbales]

Good stuff, now smooth all that out and get to welding.

[mj213]

Sell them.

Sale is a noun. Sell is a verb.

LOL that's why I said what I said. Improper grammar followed by more improper grammar.

[WilliamW]

It's done.

That's right, it's done. I've taken about 60 pictures throughout the last parts of the process so I'll post up the most prevalent ones. I'll try and get them up tomorrow (Sunday) when I have time. I also need to replace my sisters lower ball joint on her first car which is a 1990 mercury sable.

It's pretty damn strong!!!

[WilliamW]

The Rest Of The Pictures

Sorry this has taken me so long. I haven't got very much sleep lately with the holiday season taking hold of everything.

Here are the finishing pictures.




Weld, weld, weld.

Tack welded the plate on the left side.

Tack welded the plate to the bar on the right side.

After tack welding the plates to the bar I held the bar into place with a floor jack and a small scissor jack for fine tuning.

Welding up a bit more of the frame where I made my cuts.

Sparks started to jump the mask and fall down my shirt so I wore a burlap cloth.

This is the metal plate on the left side (passenger side) the support bar is tack welded to the main mounting plate. After I tack welded them together so they would not move, I welded everything up, then flipped the assembly over and welded the back side of the bar and plate.

A better shot of that said plate and bar.

Taking a quick break and realizing that it's getting pretty late.

The rubber support for the radiator looks a bit crooked here but that's only because the bar is not fully in place yet. When it's all welded up it looks really good and straight(er that is).

My gap and measurements on the left (passenger side).

My gap and measurements on the right (drivers side).

No longer being supported by jacks. YAY!

Ok, This one is important. The clearance between the bar and the radiator because of where the lower radiator mounts put me.



A lot of these welds turned out pretty good and I feel very good about it all.

Finished, no radiator, no cross members.

SO MUCH SPACE!







Ok, this took up a bit of time just because I had to go out into the stupid traffic and get replacement hose for the welder we have here. The one on the bottle and welder was only a foot long and we had to tip the Argon cylinder on it's side every time we needed to use it. NOT anymore!
Behold....


It's amazing what 15-17 feet of hosing will do to an experience.

I hope everyone has enjoyed seeing what it takes to replace that bit of metal on the front of the car. Let me know what you think.

[C91BLX7]

Welds arent pretty. but they should work.

[GenDBlade]

nice. good pics.

[WilliamW]

Welds arent pretty. but they should work.

Yeah, working with the little cheep welder is difficult. There isn't enough settings for power and heat.I got 2 switches that's it. But they really aren't going anywhere.

[WilliamW]

That and the regulator is really crappy, it almost puts out a any argon.

[Night Wolf]

so are you gunna make a custom front cross bar? (the lower black one)

[WilliamW]

No, I've already ordered the ESP traction bar. I love those guys over as ESP! Great quality!

Merry Christmas you guys!

[dbsharp]

That should work for your application. however, don't hate on larger stamped steel pieces. Research moment of inertia.

[WilliamW]

No, I do agree, the larger stamped pieces do have their purpose and are thought out before any car manufacturer builds them, however mine was already cut into before I started taking on this project so mine was quite weak and I figured I'd do something different to fix that.

[Hondapawa]

Good job bro!! Very nice DIY! It is very useful

[dbales]

I may be missing something but what is holding on the thick plating on each side? Are they welded to the core support?