Not to be alarmist but before you think about cutting anything make sure you're thinking about doing it safely. Think about how much weight those leaf springs and shackles are holding up and how much energy can be stored in a spring (a lot). Hacking away at suspension parts while they're under...
This may be a dumb question, but is the coil over necessary? The rear shocks currently on the car and the ones I’m finding on rockauto do not have coils. To clarify, I’m not currently replacing the front shocks. The front ones are in fine condition. I believe the previous owner used the truck...
Any resources to learn the process? Been searching around and can’t find much. Not very confident at that would be my first time cutting anything off my car, but I want to learn
Update: got home and did a more thorough inspection of the frame. It is solid and I could not find anywhere that didn’t pass the hammer/screwdriver test. Even went at the shackles with a wire brush and there’s still good metal under there. Shock is definitely shot though, not even gonna risk...
Such a relief!
Would be really disappointing to have a truck with so much longevity potential succumb to an early, rusty death.
Thank you for the input/advice, as well as pointing me to this forum!
Hmmm, good catch. I'll check it out over the weekend when I have access to tools.
I'll check back here with my findings, but is there anything I should be looking for near the hole besides determining if the surrounding area has also rotted away?
Two years ago I picked up my first car, that being a 2006 Xterra X with <100k miles on it. While I am from NJ and salt isn't a massive issue here, the previous owner used it at the beach and it has some rust.
After inspecting it, the strength of the metal did not seem degraded and from what I...