For those that have shaved your shock towers

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  1. bmcdaniel

    bmcdaniel Senile Member

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    How far above the upper control arm mounting studs did you make the horizontal cut?
     
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    I cut mine 1 1/2 inches above the bolts. If you go to my images you can see a pic of what I cut out.
     
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    Cut mine out today. Did the first side with an abrasive cut-off wheel. After I saw how much room was inside there I just used a sawzall to cut the second side. That went really fast.
     
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    GrabberGT Chris

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    Started welding mine up yesterday. I did the shelby drop and made my cut right at the top of where the old UCA holes are.

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    mav1970 Bob Hatcher

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    I got a little carried away :D
     
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    GrabberGT, that looks VERY clean. What gauge steel did you use? I'll be doing mine soon.
     
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    I went with 16 gauge because that is what is already there.
     
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