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More progress on the Drift Truck! Started off by remove the angle kit (big sad) and welding up the front chassis. After that I made two big gusset plates that connect the main bar to the fender mounts. They turned out SICK! Having the plasma table makes building these so much easier. I’ll be building two more to connect the a pillar cage bars to the a pillar.

Lastly, I embarked on the journey of tubing the front wheel wells. With the previous setup the tires would rub at full lock. I figured with another 25 degrees of steering angle that would probably get a lot worse lol. Unfortunately, I think I took it a bit too far, but I have some ideas to make it perfect.

Excited to get the front stuff 100% finished!

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Household_7

Exciting!! Curious, what product are you using for the tubs?

Gingium

Just some 20ga mild steel!

AJ Ortega

This is so sick! I'm just curious because I dont exactly know much about body on frame setups- would you have to cut the welds on the gusset plates if you wanted to remove the frame?

Gingium

Nope! The couplers are located below the gussets, so when I remove the body the gussests/strut tower comes with it!

AJ Ortega

OH I FORGOT ABOUT THE COUPLERS! FABIUM FTW OMG 😱 🔥

Jamie

I wouldn't worry about not having such an extreme angle kit. You've already got S13 suspension which is a major upgrade in itself, and then any angle kit is even better.