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Anyone ever tried making LCA relocation brakets

Old 09-25-2010, 05:15 PM
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Default Anyone ever tried making LCA relocation brakets

The things look really simple to make and i might when i have some free time at work, anyone done it before? Cant be hard at all...
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I got my bolt-ins used for $40. Hard to beat that in time
and materials.
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bending 3/16 stock and putting in parallel/located holes,you can't beat the value of purchasing weld in/bolt in LCA relocation brackets.
but I did make/fab extensions.



as the angle of the LCA increased,so did traction. only flaw in the design is getting a flat tire and the extension would hit pavement.
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Originally Posted by jimmyblue
I got my bolt-ins used for $40. Hard to beat that in time
and materials.
I agree.

Even if you had a sheet metal brake, by the time you calculate the bends correctly, as well as the locating holes, buy the steel, bend it, drill it, and paint it, you'd be better off just purchasing them...
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first year ls1. i think you should probly get a new set. your hole didnt follow the curve of the LCA. if you lookat all relo brackets. the top hole and bottom are not in line. this is so a stock LCA keeps the rear end were it was. your would movfe it way forward


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