why are all bolt in crossmembers crap?
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maybe i just had some bad luck but my wife actually let spend some money so i bought a prefabbed crossmember and it fit like ***.
so i called the company and they asked me for the measurments on it, and agreed it was bad and must have been made on a friday or something, so they sent another and told me to pitch that one in the trash.
i thought cool at least they stand behind their product. so i get the new one and its almost as bad as the old one.
i have NEVER had a stock crossmember from one car to another not fit. so why is it so frickin hard to make an aftermarket one fit. i still had to mangle the new one.
the mount was way off
![](https://ls1tech.com/forums/attachments/conversions-swaps/128075d1208377332-why-all-bolt-crossmembers-crap-crossmembr.jpg)
i had to mangle it to get it to fit
![](https://ls1tech.com/forums/attachments/conversions-swaps/128076d1208377332-why-all-bolt-crossmembers-crap-mangled.jpg)
you can see how far off the mount is and the mount had ajustment and its all the way left
![](https://ls1tech.com/forums/attachments/conversions-swaps/128077d1208377332-why-all-bolt-crossmembers-crap-far-left.jpg)
and there is barely a diff between the two.
so i called the company and they asked me for the measurments on it, and agreed it was bad and must have been made on a friday or something, so they sent another and told me to pitch that one in the trash.
i thought cool at least they stand behind their product. so i get the new one and its almost as bad as the old one.
i have NEVER had a stock crossmember from one car to another not fit. so why is it so frickin hard to make an aftermarket one fit. i still had to mangle the new one.
the mount was way off
![](https://ls1tech.com/forums/attachments/conversions-swaps/128075d1208377332-why-all-bolt-crossmembers-crap-crossmembr.jpg)
i had to mangle it to get it to fit
![](https://ls1tech.com/forums/attachments/conversions-swaps/128076d1208377332-why-all-bolt-crossmembers-crap-mangled.jpg)
you can see how far off the mount is and the mount had ajustment and its all the way left
![](https://ls1tech.com/forums/attachments/conversions-swaps/128077d1208377332-why-all-bolt-crossmembers-crap-far-left.jpg)
and there is barely a diff between the two.
![](https://ls1tech.com/forums/attachments/conversions-swaps/128078d1208377332-why-all-bolt-crossmembers-crap-bothem.jpg)
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You are going to find a difference based on which mounting plates you used, which mounts you used, and which pedastals. I can easily envision that much error just in plate diferences...
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yeah but the plates dont have anything to do with the frame. this p.o.s. didnt fit the frame.
this is just a plain jane 68 camaro. if it was some crazy custom job i wouldnt gripe. now i have to figure out what way to kill the extra crossmember.
should i set it on fire or blow it up, or maybe make a piece of art out of it!!!
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**** man just make your own. 3 pieces of 1/4 inch angle iron, a chop saw, a drill and a welder are all you need. its super easy to build the transmission mount.
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Say it anyway. I don't think any companies that pay to be here would mind us avoiding their competition. Not like this is a good review so people will run out to buy their product.