Help: Cutting shock towers

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  1. Mr Nick

    Mr Nick One with many questions

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    Does anyone have a template/some sort of guide as to where I need to cut my towers to clear for headers? I'm running shorties with column shift ( I am aware adjustments will need to be made)
     
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    Bryant forgot more than learned

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    its pretty straight forward. you want to cut horizontally in above the upper control arm. you will want to go around the curve about to where your 1/2" away from the spring. then cut up the sides to the top edge of the tower. then you cut plates to the shape of the hole and weld them in. the other way is to do the bottom and side cuts leaving the top attached then push the inner face of the tower outward and then weld it back up when you get it where you want it. this is how i did it on my comet. you can find pics and more detail in my comrick build thread in my sig below.
     
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