I got my braces welded in today. Had to do a little grind to fit, and a little persuasion with hammer at times, but they went in pretty good. Some of the welding was difficult. The edges of the inner fender on the top of the brace melted away pretty easy. I had to really pay attention to technique to get a nice solid bead there. Overhead welding from a thick piece of brace to thinner sheet metal resulted in a small hole in the inner fender on the pass side on my initial pass. Now I have to clean up the fall through on the engine compartment side to make it one step closer to paint. They sure sit higher than the XV ones I removed. About 2 inches higher. Now I have no worries about tire clearance with a lowered front end. Time will prove it when I get further along. Thanks to everyone who encouraged me to put these in. J
