Bracing shock towers?
if you are running a coil over shock, you should brace the shock tower to carry the extra load that you place on the tower(if you system uses the factory towers) the trans crossmember was designed to carry the load.
if you are just running shocks it doesnt need a brace for the shock tower but a brace to make up for the missing inner fender that was removed, it was designed as a complete front stucture, and by removing the inner fender you weaking the frame rails and over time will bend the frame rails up if not braced right.
ive fixed a few a body's that has had the inner fenders removed and has bent the frame rails up.
heres a body i done, when you would place the lift under the back part of the frame rails and would lift the car, the frame rails would sag almost a 1/2 before the suspension would move.
Bob
if you are running a coil over shock, you should brace the shock tower to carry the extra load that you place on the tower(if you system uses the factory towers) the trans crossmember was designed to carry the load.
if you are just running shocks it doesnt need a brace for the shock tower but a brace to make up for the missing inner fender that was removed, it was designed as a complete front stucture, and by removing the inner fender you weaking the frame rails and over time will bend the frame rails up if not braced right.
ive fixed a few a body's that has had the inner fenders removed and has bent the frame rails up.
heres a body i done, when you would place the lift under the back part of the frame rails and would lift the car, the frame rails would sag almost a 1/2 before the suspension would move.
Bob
