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Reinforcing UCA's in a 66

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Here are some shots of the reinforcement plates I welded into the stock upper A-arms.
 

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Nice work !


Just courious, why didn't you make the plate full size ? The area known to crack is around the ball joint.



 
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Opentracker: I just purchased a set of your roller spring perches off ebay. I would like to say that your product quality is excellent. My car is not back together yet so I havent driven with them but the craftsmanship looks excellent.
 
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Known by some, not by me

Good point. I also decided to change the upper ball joint angle by cutting the UCA's; cutting, bending and welding to suit. Hope my trig is up to snuff. Just couldn't justify the $270 for the negative wedge kit when I could backyard engineer it myself for next to nothin'. Didn't know that the weak point was near the ball joint area. Hmmm.
 
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