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Shock towers…. And other stuff


RustyBimmer

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Alright so another update. I decided to tackle the shock towers.  From the research I’ve seen it’s a pretty straight forward job.  Cut along some landmarks and line them up with the replacements.  So that’s what I did. 

here’s what I started with.  Some pretty nasty rot, and someone decided to repair it in the past with wire mesh and tar that I had to remove. 

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I discovered in the trunk that they also used those weld in metal covers over top of the shock tower.  Luckily the metal wasn’t totally destroyed underneath. So I made my cuts and got the old tower pulled out  IMG_7966.thumb.jpeg.ae8ad7b581da55279a4961dcda6f4378.jpeg

 

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Then I cut out the shock tower.  Really took my time here to make sure it fit right.  Did my best to measure its location based on the owner manual dimensions.  It was close.  Certainly not perfect, but I think as close as I was ever gonna get it. 
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once I had it tacked up and checked for proper placement I welder it in.

 

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So far I’ve got the drivers side done and have the passenger side cut out.  I also did some tunnel repair, cut out some rust in the trunk, and found some ridiculous amounts of filler. 
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this is a chunk of filler that was holding up the fuel tank.  There was probably 5 pieces like this I knocked out of the lower rear quarter panels. 

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