Poor Man's Rear JIG

The guy that cut my tubes built pro-street cars, and he cut the tubes for me. I would imagine that shipping costs today would probably well out pace the machine work. I had been given estimates of 150 - 225 to cut and weld the tubes back together from a welding shop in my area. My Rear had to be shortened almost 9 Inches (similiar to your situation), and they took off 4" from the left and 5" from the right to get the pinion offset right.