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Re: Repairable - agreed Posted by Bill Homer [Email] ![]() ![]() In Reply to: Repairable, tz, Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:04:03 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
"What is difficult is aligning the two sides correctly to ensure proper suspension behavior." There is no "suspension alignment" involved in this repair. If reinforcing the existing structure is the only issue, it probably does not matter if the length of a rear shock is altered by a fraction of an inch - the pivot points are elsewhere.
I had the right side shock tower (most common side for some reason) redone last November for $400. The shop welded in a reinforced thicker plate for the upper shock mount, fabricated a piece of sheet metal for the inner wheel well nearby, welded it in, and primed/painted/undercoated their work - can't tell that anything was done (I would have bee a lot sloppier, seeing as how nobody looks inside your wheel well). This work was done at a small local body shop that initially discouraged me from doing the work - before scrapping your car you might want to get a few estimates.
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