Hi all - My car is currently on a rotisserie. I'm in the process of stripping all paint and undercoating from the bottom side of the car. After inspecting for and replacing any rust, I do some seam welding, add extra spot welds and just basically make sure everything is nice and strong before I go back and coat it all with "Zero Rust".
Last night I moved up to the Steering rack mount. After stripping, everything looks nice and solid. I plan to add spots welds along the bottom of the front trunk area were the mount attaches to the sheet metal.
My question is this...Has anyone done any modifications to the actual mount? Does it need to be strengthened? Or is just adding some extra welding enough.
I did find two websites that discuss modifications to this area.
Pantera Place
RC-Tech
Both are great modifications. However, neither modification changes anything on the actual mount. It appears that both add extra bracing to the area which is something I'll probably look at doing as well.
Another thing to consider is that my car is probably going to live most of it's life on the street.
Any feedback before I button this area up would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Chance Dorsey
Austin, TX
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