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[hyp3rk1d]

Ok.. i have a question.. my dad basically owns a machine shop and its huge... you think he could make some strut bars for me??? one for my trunk and one for under the hood?? think it would be easy?? ne advice?

[ghostdog]

you should make us all strut bars.

[hyp3rk1d]

mayb i will if u help me out.. lol

[hyp3rk1d]

but right now my baby is in the shop gettin some body work done cuz some retarded lady backed into it.. but it should be out soon.. then it goes to get some new tires.. then its in for a good tune up by me

[slipgun]

eh I dono ask your dad, I know my uncle works in a rather large machine shop *for all kinds of parts* and programing the machines to make stuff is a PAIN they have to program everything!! Ask him how his systems work but he was tellin me took a day or so to make the plans to make somin....
However if he did... he could make 30 or so bars and you could sell em to us

This post has been edited by slipgun: Dec 8, 2003 - 9:54 PM

[hyp3rk1d]

i just might do that ... ill see what i can come up with and ill get back to u guys

[Uppitycracker]

Dude do you know how lucky you are, **** I wish my dad had a shop period let alone a machine shop.

[hyp3rk1d]

lol .. hmm what else could he make me... or us.. lol lets go throw some ideas on the table..

[Uppitycracker]

well I wouldnt be interested in this but the most obvious thing I can think of is roll cages, rotors, I cant think of much but Im sure there is alot of stupid little things like bushings and **** that are hard to find.

But more important for personal projects to have a machine shop at your expense, look at shows like american chopper and monster garage, the possibilities are endless

[hyp3rk1d]

o yes... well if u guys have ne ideas or suggestions.. iam open for em... ill talk to my dad tomorrow about them struts and let u guys know.

[95celgt]

How bout' some sway bars? Some new intake's? 5s-fe and 7A header's? rod's & pistons?

[5sfeTurbo]

lol, and i suppose you have the GT header right, and how would you come across the wide assoertment of parts form different engine codes.

[95celgt]

I'm just saying different parts so that he could make parts for both engines...

[hyp3rk1d]

lol.. iam tryin guys.. iam tryin

[97sccelica]

you're a really lucky bastard.

i miss metal shop. such a fun class, if my HS had a metal shop i would be making parts for my car.

there are so many things on my car that would benefit from a custom made metal bracket(so many zipties)

if you can, front and rear strut tower bars would be good, they are one of the simpler things to make and they can be sold to all 6gc's

does you dad's shop have a mandrel bender? then you could make intakes

[Cormudgen]

front and rear struts would be the simplest and most likely to be bought item. you should DEFINETLY look into that. another idea would be rear sway bar linkages as MANY people have problems with totyotas facotry ones.

cormudgen

[hyp3rk1d]

you guys have ne good pics of some.. to see what i need and how easy it would be???

[van95st]

well aside from engine pasrts how about adapter plates so we could do a big brake conversion and then turn out some oversized cross drilled slotted vented rotors.