Made my own strut bar
03-23-2007, 09:35 PM
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Made my own strut bar
So I finally got around to making my own custom strut bar...
I take a shop class in school and I do all sorts of useless projects, so Idecided to make something useful for my car. After modifying a cold air box and a strut bar for a toyota supra that one of my terachrs owns, I knew I could easily fab up my own with the tools I had available to me.
All of the stuff in my shop is from like the 60's so I had to do the best I could with what I had...I fabricated each part individually then welded them together with the crappy welders we have...
Even though the tools I used were junk, it came out pretty good and looks good after I painted it. It seems to function well and made the car more solid up front. Not sure if im gunna leave it on...we'll see...
I cut "V6" in the middlethe best I could with a mill, but the damn thing only cuts right angles so the 6 was hard to do...
Tell me what ya think....
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I take a shop class in school and I do all sorts of useless projects, so Idecided to make something useful for my car. After modifying a cold air box and a strut bar for a toyota supra that one of my terachrs owns, I knew I could easily fab up my own with the tools I had available to me.
All of the stuff in my shop is from like the 60's so I had to do the best I could with what I had...I fabricated each part individually then welded them together with the crappy welders we have...
Even though the tools I used were junk, it came out pretty good and looks good after I painted it. It seems to function well and made the car more solid up front. Not sure if im gunna leave it on...we'll see...
I cut "V6" in the middlethe best I could with a mill, but the damn thing only cuts right angles so the 6 was hard to do...
Tell me what ya think....
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03-23-2007, 09:45 PM
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RE: Made my own strut bar
4 bolts would have been nice...I know...I could probably do it, but not with the tools I have at school.
And I would sell them, but I have no way to efficiently produce them...im only 17....Sorry!
And I would sell them, but I have no way to efficiently produce them...im only 17....Sorry!
