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Old 01-18-2010, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by John Langer View Post
The front x member was completely removed and a piece of moly tube was put back in its place to mount the rack. There is an integrated "crash bar" mounted on this bar that triangulates back to the lower control arm mounting point for reinforcement. The "crash bar" is the lowest point on the front of my car and what hits the gound and absorbs the impact.
I figured as much.

You install a very strong chrome moly tube cross-member/ "Crash Bar" (which you said yourself takes all of the impact) that you also use to mount the rack for the steering.

Sounds to me that Jack would need to do EXACTLY the same deal for your example to hold water. Otherwise it is apples to oranges.

If you are not going to change to a Rack/ "Crash Bar" , Jack, install the the removable piece on the existing frame with the mid mount, the front mount, and the "J-bars".

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