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08-28-2014, 02:05 PM
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| Pebble Pounder  Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Irvine, california
Posts: 184
|  Stiffening up front end after bgr tower install
So as the title says, I installed a bgr front shock tower and love it, it's a beautiful piece! My only concern is how the front end isn't as rigid as it was with the stock towers. The front "hood area" of the stock plastic chassis move a little left and right and also up and down. It's not a lot but enough to make me think it will fatigue the plastic frame rails after a few runs, anyone have any ideas how to stiffen this sucker up?? Thanks!
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08-28-2014, 03:36 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Tennessee
Posts: 645
| Re: Stiffening up front end after bgr tower install
I used pieces of the old tower to make these post from two of the shock mounting holes over to the frame. Helped a ton.  It looks like the frame is bowed inward, but It must be the pic.  |
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08-28-2014, 11:52 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Irvine, california
Posts: 184
| Re: Stiffening up front end after bgr tower install
you know i thought about doing that but it looked like the holes did not line up so i didnt bother trying but it looks like it does work lol thanks for the tip!
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08-29-2014, 05:07 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2014 Location: fernandina beach
Posts: 111
| Re: Stiffening up front end after bgr tower install
The BGR comes with a brace on the "inside" of the towers, but not on the outside. I wish those two pieces would be included in the kit. You can also use a cut-down suspension link, but it won't fit into the frame hole unless its turned down on a lathe or similar device.
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09-15-2014, 01:32 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: South Crawlolina
Posts: 350
| Re: Stiffening up front end after bgr tower install
I drilled a hole in the top of the front end and screwed the front grill to the upper bumper supports
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10-13-2014, 07:38 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Hudsonville, MI
Posts: 875
| Re: Stiffening up front end after bgr tower install
I ended up using a couple 6mm x 27mm internally threaded aluminum links that I found on RC4WD. I turned down one end on each link so it would fit inside the stock hole on the chassis. I think it turned out better than I thought it would!  Sent from my modded TI-83 plus. |
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10-14-2014, 10:31 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Irvine, california
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10-16-2014, 03:46 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: southeast mo
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Those shock hoops would look sweet on my rig! I am not sure if they would work now after my mods. Where did you get them?    Last edited by THX_138; 12-22-2015 at 09:15 AM. |
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10-16-2014, 04:01 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Tennessee
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02-08-2018, 10:20 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Surface of the Sun
Posts: 324
| Re: Stiffening up front end after bgr tower install
That's looking GREAT!! You've definitely have given her that individual touch. My "Girl" is on a SEE-FOOD Diet!!  I expect her to top out between 8 and 8.5lbs!! I don't Comp, and I want that impression of HEFT!! I'm still paying SOME attention to weight, just not being critical.....Which is best, because I am absolutely my own worst Critic!! So, do you still need a Spawn Interior Plate? I used the full, OG Wraith Interior, for the detail. You can have it! It's not trimmed, unpainted, and has all 3 Helmets.  |
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