So I should have had torque box reinforcments a long time ago...

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caseywan

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So I crawled uner my car the other day and this is what I saw...

The first nasty looking one is on the passenger side, and the other two smaller cracks are on the drivers side.

I am installing the reinforcments before I get her back out for the summer, but anything I can or should do to fix this?

 

Modular2v

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wow....what kind of 60ft are you cutting?

 

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Modular2v said:

wow....what kind of 60ft are you cutting?

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Only like 2.21 at best, never run with anything other than crappy street tires.

 

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Thanks for the pictures buddy. I guess ill be pulling my rear out this summer for the third time this year. Im not gonna go through that

 

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JB weld it.........




j/k. that sucks though

 

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i'd drill a hole to keep that crack from becoming any bigger

 

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What can I do about it, anything??

 

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caseywan said:

What can I do about it, anything??

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Yeah, you can take it to anyone who can weld and have them weld it up... it'll be almost as good as new One of mine looked like that, now its all welded and holding up fine.

 

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1991vert said:

i'd drill a hole to keep that crack from becoming any bigger

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drilling a hole will do nothing unless you tell him to de-burr the hole and weld the damage.

 

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hemi_fan said:

Yeah, you can take it to anyone who can weld and have them weld it up... it'll be almost as good as new One of mine looked like that, now its all welded and holding up fine.

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Yeah, I was planning on that, but I didn't know if there were any tips/tricks or anything specific to do. My dad's a pipe fitter for Ford and welds for a living and he's dang good at it too, so I'll get that done no problem.

 

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drilling a hole will do nothing unless you tell him to de-burr the hole and weld the damage.

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if you drill a hole at the end of a crack, it will keep the crack from becoming longer. im not saying dont get it fixed because you DEFINATELY should get that taken care of ASAP. i remember this happening to someone and this is what they did

 

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Eveything on this site....
http://www.mustangmotorsport.com/boxes.html

 

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LOL im cutting 1.50 60ft times and still dont have my welded/reinforced, i need to get on that!

 

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Modular2v said:

LOL im cutting 1.50 60ft times and still dont have my welded/reinforced, i need to get on that!

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That's what I said till last August. Car wasn't hooking, stuck my head under the car, and what do you know, both upper control arm mounts were torn clear off the body!!

 

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That's what I said till last August. Car wasn't hooking, stuck my head under the car, and what do you know, both upper control arm mounts were torn clear off the body!!

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how did u go about fixing it?

 

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dam.

 

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thats no good at all