The Uni-body Drop has Started (New Pics pg 16)

Edited: 1/1/2007 8:55:13 AM by CrucialNeon



In that pic you can barely see the location of where it mounts on the car & its just to the left of the bottom of the Tire. I was planning on running a dual pivot point. Im no suspension expert so im glad to have you guys suggesting things to me. I see what yall are saying & i didn't really even consider that. Now i just gotta figure out what to do & how to do it

cars looking really nice..good work all around!!!

badass man!! i wish my neon got this far.. it got totaled before i could finish it. i used to lurk around neons.org a couple years ago and i remember you. nobody there ever supported guys like us that didnt do the autocross or drag race shit.. keep it up man you'll have the most original neon ever.

Got in today from Colorado at around 4:30 PMish & got to work on the neon. I finished welding the circle bag plates to the rails & then i cleaned them up nice & smooth! I took measurements for the pivot bars & decided to run dual round bars. Im gonna drill holes through the rails so the bars can sink down inside them for added strength when i weld them up. I also plan on gussetting them & the bag plates too. I also still need to cut the round bars down to size, so don't think thats how tall they will be lol

got some more stuff in the mail so i did more work. I got my bushings, round bar, & my bags. First i drilled a 1 1/8" hole on the rails of the cantilever. then i flipped it over & drilled a 3/4" hole on the other side in the same spot. then i cut some solid round bar to about 7 1/2" so that way i could slide the bar down in the hole for added strength. I welded in the bar & i also welded on the bushings. I still need to finish gusseting it, but i did cross brace it. I also started gusseting the bag plates. My Heim Joints came in that will be mounted to my upper bag mounts, 2 for each upper plate. You can see a pic of how that looks in the last pic.

Looking sick so far man. I love these badass setups in the back of cars.

Keep the progress rolling in!

what size rims are you gonna run?

17s for now, might upgrade to 18s later on. i don't wanna run a 19 or 20 cause i dought i will have clearance in the front. 18s might be pushing it

http://www.AirRidePro.com made my custom upper strut mounts for me & they made my bung that will mount the plate to my bag plate. The reason i had them make it is cause i couldn't find a bearing i thought would work with my McPherson strut style. That means my struts turn with the wheels. They did a bad ass job & also make camber plates so if anyone needs any, hit them up.