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seriously though, buy a Chevy they said, get a Camaro, you'll be able to get all your parts at Walmart or 7 ELEVEN even, yeah right, did you know they don't reproduce stock upper or lower control arms for the 2nd gen Camaros (ie 1970-81) like they do for the 73-87 Squarebody's for example now I was going to just get the bushings anyway but I was having some coffee and just window shopping and figure I rant a little bit found this on Classic Performance Part #7081TCA-ULK-S but naturally they want a first born for it |
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I owned a second gen Camaro before and remember having that same problem. I had mine sand blasted and powder coated.
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Throw the square body ones on there. I’m sure they’re interchangeable both being Chevy’s and all.
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got crackin' on the other side
that dust plate being bent like that still bothers me not sure if that's how they are supposed to be or if the PO mangled them like that on purpose Last edited by Gregski; 07-30-2020 at 11:30 AM. |
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just some comparison pics of the cleaning process cause to me it didn't look like I cleaned much, but side by side, what a difference
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I think they cleaned up pretty good considering their age. Nice work.
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cleaning the platasaurus rex, and this might all be for not if I can git new ones and if they come with the rubber seals attached
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this is the type of fun we've been having trying to remove all that Teenneessee Chrome ! Something tells me tar was on sale when they built these things.
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Dang that sucks. We’re you able to get a jack under it to get it lifted back up or did you have to do something creative?
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its amazing what a big difference an insanely massive, massive amount of extremely hard work and a tiny bit of spray paint will do - ha ha
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Those turned out great!
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They look great! This is what separates the men from the boys. Awesome work and well worth the effort.
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I jacked up on the frame from the side behind the front tire - similar to where most modern cars get jacked up. Fortunately it was a small pickup, not a car.
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just some interesting pricing for some of the suspension parts, makes you wonder is AMAZON Prime shipping really free?
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I believe we have a photo of that repair...
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The spindle looks great. What paint did you use?
I'm going to get some Eastwood Brake Gray as it is supposed to be the best anit rust when applying near brake fluid.
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so I used the can I bought for the inside of the cab that didn't make the cut, I figure under the truck nobody will be the wiser, and yet it turned out great |
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Thanks for that.
OH, I pulled the rear axle from an S10 this morning. 95 degrees and 96% humidity. Gregski fun factor of 1! But I got it in the truck.
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