Reply to "Increasing Front Suspension Caster (Upper Front Control Arm Modification)"

Panteraufo,

I use the MIG for this job. None of the welds in this process are critical to the structural integrity of the arm. All the Pantera's suspension arms were originally welded with a MIG in the De tomaso factory. Plus a few spot welds on the front arms. If I was fabricating this arm from scratch I would use the TIG because it gives me more control, penetration and it looks pretty.

Straightening out the arm makes it 2mm longer so I file the slots 2mm.

Living in England we the same weather constraints that you do, maybe not as cold as Michigan, but salt on the roads for 5-6 months of the year. I like to spend half of my time improving the car, and the other half driving it, so it suits me.

Johnny