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February 15 2006
The passenger side - almost identical to the driver side. No gas tank fill tube on this side so we made the cuts in slightly different spots.
A couple of final notes if you are going to do this yourself.
1. Don't forget the rear seat belt anchors - they need to be moved. when the tubs are moved in. These are important safety issues and the anchor needs to be strong. We re-weld the anchor 100% around the edge to the frame rail and then weld the wheel tub over the anchor. Looks factory, but is much stronger.
2. Think about the emergency brake cable bracket - it is attached to the rear frame rail in the area that is cutt away for the new boxed in spring eye mounts - it needs to be relocated.
3. Think about routing of things like the gas filler tube, brakes lines, fuel lines and the wiring harness. We checked and had just enough "play" in the wiring harness to put it back in the factory wiring trough and tabs - you may have to splice in an extension.
4. Check for proper operation of the decklid as you are fabricating. Nothing is less fun than having the hinger hit the inner wheelhouse AFTER you spent 15 hours welding up seams! We closed one of the shop guys in the trunk a lot to check for fitment!
The passenger side - almost identical to the driver side. No gas tank fill tube on this side so we made the cuts in slightly different spots.
A couple of final notes if you are going to do this yourself.
1. Don't forget the rear seat belt anchors - they need to be moved. when the tubs are moved in. These are important safety issues and the anchor needs to be strong. We re-weld the anchor 100% around the edge to the frame rail and then weld the wheel tub over the anchor. Looks factory, but is much stronger.
2. Think about the emergency brake cable bracket - it is attached to the rear frame rail in the area that is cutt away for the new boxed in spring eye mounts - it needs to be relocated.
3. Think about routing of things like the gas filler tube, brakes lines, fuel lines and the wiring harness. We checked and had just enough "play" in the wiring harness to put it back in the factory wiring trough and tabs - you may have to splice in an extension.
4. Check for proper operation of the decklid as you are fabricating. Nothing is less fun than having the hinger hit the inner wheelhouse AFTER you spent 15 hours welding up seams! We closed one of the shop guys in the trunk a lot to check for fitment!