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Old Jan 7, 2013 | 05:45 PM
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first I have to thanks my lovely ex for this Im gonna go to our local junkyard ,cut that out and have it welded on my car. when cutting mine should I have to worry about miss alignment or not, I mean if is an integral part of the chassis or it can be removed withput fear of ******* something up lol
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Old Jan 7, 2013 | 07:47 PM
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Just drill the spot welds out and replace the whole thing.you will have a lot more time in to doing that half *** job like you described, than just doing it right
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Old Jan 7, 2013 | 09:35 PM
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Just drill the spot welds out and replace the whole thing.you will have a lot more time in to doing that half *** job like you described, than just doing it right
I get your point. where are those spot welds or what do they look like. Im a complety noob on this but very handy with tools and I would like to do it myself. just point me out please !
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Old Jan 7, 2013 | 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by orange88ls1s-dime
Just drill the spot welds out and replace the whole thing.you will have a lot more time in to doing that half *** job like you described, than just doing it right
ok Ive just find out what u were talking about. thank u very much for your advice
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 08:16 AM
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Ya be much simpler to replace whole crossbar where your hood latch goes than to cut the corner off and try to make it look good after
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