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Thank you for posting these!
And after going through your photos, I now understand what some of my friends who had seen them in person were talking about: Here's the thing, those welds aren't necessarily "bad", but I would be tempted to sandblast the parts to confirm them. I talked it over with a fabricating buddy of mine when I was considering ordering the full front/rear setup (before I bought the red car) and we agreed that we can't reverse engineer the setup for less than they are charging. Even if we have to re-make a couple of their parts, we are far better off both economically and time wise. -Dave
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When you do the math on the time and effort to develop something like this, it's often much faster to improve upon a design already made.
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You're buying a major suspension/steering component from Brazil...that completely alters the vehicle from stock. You are absolutely taking on all the responsibility, whether you alter it or not.
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I totally agree and was willing to take the risk - I wont run it if I'm not absolutely confident in the parts. I've chatted with the Imohr crew and they back their work 100% - I'm having them inspected by a structural welder and engineer for safety. Further, if they are found wanting, I will just have them 'rewelded". The remainder of the parts and the quality overall is well worth it.
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And since suspension is something you have to trust.... This will keep me thinking what to buy in the furure. I once saw someone make these in aluminium, but i can't find it.
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