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  • #16
    Originally posted by OVRKILL View Post
    Reeeeeeeealllllly.......?

    Hmmmmm.......mine heads to a shop next week. Thinkin while it's on a lift.....
    That's what I am told!

    If you do have them welded up, please let me know what you were charged. Want to make sure I don't get ripped off. Seems like $100-$120 is reasonable from what I have read, some people get away really cheap.
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    • #17
      To do it right they'll have to strip the interior away from the weld spots. Don't let someone weld them on while the interior is in the car
      Last edited by meissen; August 17th, 2012, 12:58 PM.
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      • #18
        Originally posted by meissen View Post
        To do it right they'll have to strip the interior away from the weld spots. Don't let someone weld them on while the interior is in the car
        Hmmmm - at what point(s) are the subframe weld points under carpet? I'd go look, but don't have the car accessible.
        Last edited by meissen; August 17th, 2012, 12:58 PM.
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        • #19
          If memory serves correctly, it'd be the front weld location and if you go 3point, the 3rd point by the transmission tunnel. I would think that the rear mount point (which ties in with the lower control arm mount) might be far enough away, but I'm not familiar enough with welding to know for sure -- it could still heat the floor pan up. Definitely worth mentioning to whoever goes to weld it.
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          2022 Camaro LT1 - "Cherry Bomb 2"
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          • #20
            werd, good call. I'd make sure to mention to them. These wouldn't be three points, so I wouldn't have to worry about the trans tunnel. I'll let them make the call.
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            • #21
              Originally posted by OVRKILL View Post
              Def prefer the MWC....completes the connection between frt and rear subframes instead of tying into the LCA.
              You're such a MWC nut-swinger...
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              • #22
                Farmington is right use a drive on hoist to get the car level and the suspecion [ can't spell it right] loaded then weld it on. Sean did mine that way after welding it on the drive on hoist he finished welding it on a frame hoist. He did't catch my carpet on fire a spark cought the gas line on fire it ran right by the subframe concector. He had a fire ext. right by his side and put it out right away.

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by slp ss View Post
                  Farmington is right use a drive on hoist to get the car level and the suspecion [ can't spell it right] loaded then weld it on. Sean did mine that way after welding it on the drive on hoist he finished welding it on a frame hoist. He did't catch my carpet on fire a spark cought the gas line on fire it ran right by the subframe concector. He had a fire ext. right by his side and put it out right away.
                  Ah, my bad - must have been someone else that I'm thinking of who had their carpet catch.
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                  1994 Camaro LT1 Transplant - 357ci LT1, cammed, stalled, and driven.
                  2022 Camaro LT1 - "Cherry Bomb 2"
                  Michigan FBody Meet & Greet Car Show 2022
                  June 4th, 2022 - 9am to 3pm!!!
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                  • #24
                    FWIW - I searched a bit and it seems it'd be a fluke on the carpeting unless the welder just runs a massive continuous bead really slowly and heats the hell out of the floor. I'll let the shop make the call.

                    Also - I keep responding with things like this so that future folks searching don't just find a dead end thread. I hate when I find that.
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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by Lucky SOB View Post
                      You're such a MWC nut-swinger...
                      Who is this again?
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