How much to weld on subframe connectors?

[Machspeed]

Whats a good price?

 

[ddawson]

I paid $75 in San Mateo at Exhaust Works.

 

[Bob Gervais]

I get $50, but I also sell them. An average welding shop, or exhaust shop as mentioned above, gets about $75 per hour. I'd say anywhere in the range of $75- $100 is reasonable.

 

[rktmn]

When welding the subframe connectors is there anything you can burn inside the car?

Do you need to pull the rug away from the body?

Any wires to watchout for?

Jose

 

[luigisho]

Watch out for the fuel lines on the passenger side.

 

[Xs SHO 1]

i had mine rust proofed and painted over. u want the job done properly. $75-130 are decent....

 

[shojuan]

Make sure that you go to a shop that will use a drive on lift for your car. If you weld those connectors on with anything but the tires supporting the car you then you may as well not even bother. Drive on lift or nothing!

 

[Dave Kegel]

Um, I'd wager that most of us have done the opposite. The original school of thought was to have the car lifted by the chassis, as close to the center as you can. Then weld on the connectors. This puts the connectors under slight tension. When you sit the car back down the chassis will be nice and straight.

Right or wrong, I guess I can't say. I doubt it really makes any difference.

Dave Kegel

 

[viperrt450]

Yes make sure that they stay away from the FUEL LINE's ummm yeah bad bad memories, well not really mine cought on fire and all. shrug

 

[snodevil11]

Yeah, which way should you really lift the car when welding these on? I would love to know if Dave is correct or not before I get mine welded on. It sounds correct, but does anybody know for sure?

 

[SHOck]

What you want to hear is this:

Either install method is going to result in a stiffened chassis. Unless you are looking for that last iota of cornering prowess for the nationals, don't worry about it.

My thought is that within a year, any "stressed installed" bars will not longer be stressed as the metal settles into it's new shape (caused by the constant bending of the chassis while driving).

 

[Wendigo]

Phantom Roadworks, the folks I bought my full lengths from recommended having the car sit naturally on its tires in the position that it would be in most of the time, and would be commonly twisted against. I paid an exhaust guy $50 to weld mine on and no burn problems.

Do yourself a favour and coat those puppies with something quick, they will rust *fast*