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Originally Posted by diverscale
these are interesting
So for the lower rear control arms ( Mid-Rear Frame Section (ART-218-S) Set - autorust.com), you remove the rust, but you HAVE to have a remaining section of the mount for localisation, then you weld that thing over it and align the mounting holes? Did I get it?
If that is it, these are really worth the price and I might even use them to save mine down the road, as even with my cautious anti-rust, they put so much of that crap on the road in such quantity that it's a pretty hard fight for the rear section of the vehicle.
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We have several members who have used those plates to fix their lower control arm brackets.
In one of my rigs. Cleaned the frame out and put 2 quarts of fluid film in the frane and just silicone the factory frame holes shut. The frame at this point is decent so I went after slowing the inside.
I plated steel over bad sections doing nothing just to see how long the steel will last...[4 to 7 years max ]no paint nothing just new steel plated over.... after 4 to 7 years, the steel will be heavily oxidized and rusted in between the plates, twisting a be bending steel due to.the oxidation of the steel.
I even done internal frame plating. Where I cut the bad steel and weld the plates internally with plate on the sections rotted out. I put another outer plate and seal all the holes by welding them shut.
I like this method for keeping the frame outer dimensions intact. Plus, thickening the structural steel in the frame. Being the holes are gone, salt water can't get in, and the rust inhibiting solutions will do 6 the rust down.
I am now using up all my steel before I make another change.
My latest change will be going to cold rolled steel as it's harder and more rust resistant the hot rolled mild steel.
The safe t caps are cold rolled harder steel. I used them on a tacuma frame and are a good product.
One downfall is cold rolled steel is quite a bit more expensive then mild steel. It's extremely difficult to bend and alot harder to drill.
So there is lots of pros and cons on the different methods.
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