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    Offline mjb765

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    Subframe connectors
    « on: April 26, 2008 - 10:03:08 PM »
    Does anybody make a BOLT-IN subframe connector for a 70 challenger?? All I can find is weld in......my bolt in skills are better than my welding
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    Offline GoodysGotaCuda

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    Re: Subframe connectors
    « Reply #1 on: April 26, 2008 - 10:09:53 PM »
    Mopar makes bolt-in kits i believe. Try searching through summits online catalog. However i hear the drilling for the bolts is a pain, and welding is a lot more structurally sound.
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    Offline 422STROKER

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    Re: Subframe connectors
    « Reply #2 on: April 26, 2008 - 10:12:56 PM »
    Yes, MP has them but they aren't really bolt -in.LOL  I'm going to have mine welded by someone later on.

    Tom
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    Re: Subframe connectors
    « Reply #3 on: April 26, 2008 - 10:19:34 PM »
    I've read that the Mopars are not really bolt in also. I guess I will start thinking about the weld in ones. Thanks
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    Re: Subframe connectors
    « Reply #4 on: April 26, 2008 - 10:25:27 PM »
    Yeah the mopar ones will bolt in but don't look to pretty.LOL

    Tom


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    Offline mjb765

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    Re: Subframe connectors
    « Reply #5 on: April 26, 2008 - 10:28:46 PM »
    Did you notice a difference after they were on?? Does it help maintain the door to fender gaps when the car is being raised in the front only??
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    Offline 422STROKER

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    Re: Subframe connectors
    « Reply #6 on: April 26, 2008 - 10:36:27 PM »
    Yes there is a difference, I had the car up on stands today and the doors where good.

    Tom
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    Re: Subframe connectors
    « Reply #7 on: April 26, 2008 - 10:38:01 PM »
    and the mopars go in with no cutting of the floor? Truly bolt in?? I read that they weren't really all bolt in..I hope I read wrong.
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    Offline GoodysGotaCuda

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    Re: Subframe connectors
    « Reply #8 on: April 26, 2008 - 10:40:59 PM »
    They dont 'bolt-in'. 'bolt-in' means there are exisiting holes you use. You have to drill the holes in your frames to install those subframes.
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    Offline mjb765

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    Re: Subframe connectors
    « Reply #9 on: April 26, 2008 - 10:42:22 PM »
    that still sounds good. I meant using bolts as opposed to welding them in.
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    Re: Subframe connectors
    « Reply #10 on: April 26, 2008 - 10:44:00 PM »
    I remember someone posting they had to cut a little of the connectors to make them sit right with an angle grinder aswell. :22yikes:
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    Re: Subframe connectors
    « Reply #11 on: April 26, 2008 - 10:52:16 PM »
    I can live with that... :working:
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    Re: Subframe connectors
    « Reply #12 on: April 26, 2008 - 11:09:34 PM »
    The only thing besides the connector(instructions) was a small spot where the two floor pans meet.  Actually I just sliced it and bent them up, I could bend them back and weld up if needed.

    Tom

    There is a small flange or lip there, that is where I cut it.  Tough to see.
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    Re: Subframe connectors
    « Reply #13 on: April 26, 2008 - 11:32:53 PM »
    you notched the floor where the front and rear pans meet?
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    Re: Subframe connectors
    « Reply #14 on: April 26, 2008 - 11:36:36 PM »
      There is another vendor who makes twin tubular frame connectors, cannot remember who as it was on the hard drive that crashed. They were powder coated and bolted straight in.   :cooldancing:
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