Anyone extended their ball joint shock towers?
Thanks N!
Unity-28 TOO LOW? NEVER
1,742 posts · joined Nov 2002 ·
shock tower extensions
Cam Custom Title Time!
1,535 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Nope, but I've seen it been done. Not too hard either, basically make four into two. I think the best way would be to cut diagonally between two of your spot welds, undo your spot welds, take off that side (the shock towers are two sides spot welded together, then seam welded to the beam) and then run your diagonal cut the opposite way on the other side. Do this a couple of inches higher than the cuts on your donor beam, stick it all back together, weld it and perhaps seam weld it if you want some extra strength...
Hope that very vague suggestion gives you some ideas dude.
Hope that very vague suggestion gives you some ideas dude.
Adam_C Custom Title Time!
1,180 posts · joined May 2003 ·
ok..... so ive been thinking bout this..... how does this sound?
take a template of the towers ....... but extend where the beam goes in .....up 2 or whatever inches.... make 4 of these out of 5mm plate, seperate them by the thickness of the actual shoctower..... so theres 2 big plates and a few sort of gussets going up and down and reenforcing around the beams and the shock towers..... will do a sketch
[Edited on 7-6-2004 by Adam_C]
take a template of the towers ....... but extend where the beam goes in .....up 2 or whatever inches.... make 4 of these out of 5mm plate, seperate them by the thickness of the actual shoctower..... so theres 2 big plates and a few sort of gussets going up and down and reenforcing around the beams and the shock towers..... will do a sketch
[Edited on 7-6-2004 by Adam_C]
vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday
16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
NO NO NO
for ball joint tower extension you get a 2 inch hole saw and drill cut out the tower where the shock bolts onto.
Get a bit of 2 inch dia steel tubing by 2 inches long and weld it to the top of the tower.... fill the end in with a large dia washer.... Works really easy on the ball joint front end.
Just make sure the shock fits inside the bit of 2 inch pipe.
for ball joint tower extension you get a 2 inch hole saw and drill cut out the tower where the shock bolts onto.
Get a bit of 2 inch dia steel tubing by 2 inches long and weld it to the top of the tower.... fill the end in with a large dia washer.... Works really easy on the ball joint front end.
Just make sure the shock fits inside the bit of 2 inch pipe.
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409
vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday
16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Dont cut the actual towers as this weakens them, its much easier as i described above.
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409
vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday
16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
OOOOPSPPSSSS
Thats a trade secret please pay me $40.00 per front end....
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Thats a trade secret please pay me $40.00 per front end....
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I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409
Unity-28 TOO LOW? NEVER
1,742 posts · joined Nov 2002 ·
Thanks for that guys. But im thinking of extending them for bigger airbags, so i need the actual flat bit of the tower. Has anyone done this?
Ta N!
Ta N!
Adam_C Custom Title Time!
1,180 posts · joined May 2003 ·
hmmm my idea may work.... just change the whole shock tower for something similar to the k and l one.... the post above was in regards to that too ......
lugnuts Custom Title Time!
1,070 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Thats the longest post yuv ever done Dave and very informative too thanks.😉vw54 wrote:NO NO NO
for ball joint tower extension you get a 2 inch hole saw and drill cut out the tower where the shock bolts onto.
Get a bit of 2 inch dia steel tubing by 2 inches long and weld it to the top of the tower.... fill the end in with a large dia washer.... Works really easy on the ball joint front end.
Just make sure the shock fits inside the bit of 2 inch pipe.