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Thanx guys! I knew I could trust you!

Got any master form, tommudd?

I guess, I´ll try them rustys...not a bad price anyway.

or make your own like I did :lol:

tommudd wrote:

or make your own like I did :lol:

May as well make your own anyway because rusty's doesn't know how to drill holes. I had to oblong one hole on each plate so the plate would fit over the 4 studs. I've heard other people having to do the same thing. :roll:

myjeepwalks wrote:

tommudd wrote:

or make your own like I did :lol:

yes I installed a set on a customers KJ and had to drill out the two holes on each one, PITA!! but mine that I made went on pretty slick, the guy who cut them out messed up a little from my plans but they work great

tommudd wrote:

myjeepwalks wrote:

tommudd wrote:

or make your own like I did :lol:

Well - it´s good I didn´t order them Rusty´s - freight costs would have been 170 $ + all the taxes & EU xtras :twisted:

Total might have been +200€!
So ahem - tommudd - I don´t suppose you would like to share your knowledge with me and send me some blueprints about those plates? :roll:

Just post a drawing for all.

Noob question.

Why do you need new upper strut plates? What does this accomplish? Why not just reuse the OEM's?

XC204 wrote:

Just post a drawing for all.

trying to fiqure out the best way to do just that, any ideas, my scanner is currently not working, may just take some pictures of the drawing ??? but would still be hard to do......

Author:	FinKj [ Mon Sep 15, 2008 8:39 am ]
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Hey, everyone! darn - my memory is driving me crazy, cos I can´t find any info concerning those front strut upper plates, yet I know I´ve seen them here somewhere Who was selling those? Wasn´t there some blueprints / meas about those somewhere? Just thaught to add a bit after OME. Thanks for our help!

Author:	Logan [ Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:28 am ]
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Rustys sells them. 29.99 www.rustysoffroad.com/

Author:	jeepkj02 [ Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:58 pm ]
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Are you looking for spacer or the actual upper strut plate. I'm guessing you are looking for spacer, then go to the link Logan posted. http://rustysoffroad.com/mm5/merchant.m ... Code=COILS

Author:	tommudd [ Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:58 pm ]
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or make your own like I did

Author:	FinKj [ Tue Sep 16, 2008 7:54 am ]
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Thanx guys! I knew I could trust you! Got any master form, tommudd? I guess, I´ll try them rustys...not a bad price anyway.

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Author:	tommudd [ Tue Sep 16, 2008 9:46 am ]
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FinKj wrote: Thanx guys! I knew I could trust you! Got any master form, tommudd? I guess, I´ll try them rustys...not a bad price anyway. yes I do!!

Author:	myjeepwalks [ Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:59 am ]
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tommudd wrote: or make your own like I did May as well make your own anyway because rusty's doesn't know how to drill holes. I had to oblong one hole on each plate so the plate would fit over the 4 studs. I've heard other people having to do the same thing.

Author:	tommudd [ Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:52 pm ]
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myjeepwalks wrote: tommudd wrote: or make your own like I did May as well make your own anyway because rusty's doesn't know how to drill holes. I had to oblong one hole on each plate so the plate would fit over the 4 studs. I've heard other people having to do the same thing. yes I installed a set on a customers KJ and had to drill out the two holes on each one, PITA!! but mine that I made went on pretty slick, the guy who cut them out messed up a little from my plans but they work great

Author:	FinKj [ Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:49 am ]
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tommudd wrote: myjeepwalks wrote: tommudd wrote: or make your own like I did May as well make your own anyway because rusty's doesn't know how to drill holes. I had to oblong one hole on each plate so the plate would fit over the 4 studs. I've heard other people having to do the same thing. yes I installed a set on a customers KJ and had to drill out the two holes on each one, PITA!! but mine that I made went on pretty slick, the guy who cut them out messed up a little from my plans but they work great Well - it´s good I didn´t order them Rusty´s - freight costs would have been 170 $ + all the taxes & EU xtras Total might have been +200€! So ahem - tommudd - I don´t suppose you would like to share your knowledge with me and send me some blueprints about those plates?

Author:	tonycrd [ Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:08 am ]
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Can't you just fit 4 ring type spacers like the revtec lift does? I know, not the same thing but less work. If we do make them ourselfs...how thick a metal should we use?

Author:	tommudd [ Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:28 am ]
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FinKj wrote: tommudd wrote: myjeepwalks wrote: tommudd wrote: or make your own like I did May as well make your own anyway because rusty's doesn't know how to drill holes. I had to oblong one hole on each plate so the plate would fit over the 4 studs. I've heard other people having to do the same thing. yes I installed a set on a customers KJ and had to drill out the two holes on each one, PITA!! but mine that I made went on pretty slick, the guy who cut them out messed up a little from my plans but they work great Well - it´s good I didn´t order them Rusty´s - freight costs would have been 170 $ + all the taxes & EU xtras Total might have been +200€! So ahem - tommudd - I don´t suppose you would like to share your knowledge with me and send me some blueprints about those plates? PM me an address to mail to you and I will send them out, tried faxing etc but it did not work right for some reason so snail mail is the next bext thing

Author:	XC204 [ Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:08 pm ]
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Just post a drawing for all.

Author:	tommudd [ Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:38 pm ]
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XC204 wrote: Just post a drawing for all. trying to fiqure out the best way to do just that, any ideas, my scanner is currently not working, may just take some pictures of the drawing ??? but would still be hard to do......

Author:	ShafferNY [ Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:05 pm ]
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Noob question. Why do you need new upper strut plates? What does this accomplish? Why not just reuse the OEM's?

Author:	ShafferNY [ Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:43 am ]
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I see. Makes sense.

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Author:	jsc7002 [ Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:09 pm ]
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more lift

Author:	tommudd [ Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:17 pm ]
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ShafferNY wrote: Noob question. Why do you need new upper strut plates? What does this accomplish? Why not just reuse the OEM's? You do use the original strut plates this is just a flat 1/4 inch plate ( with 4 1/2 inch holes and one big hole in the center) that fits between the upper strut plate and the frame giving you another 1/2 inch of lift

Author:	long_tall_texan [ Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:45 am ]
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tommudd wrote: XC204 wrote: Just post a drawing for all. trying to fiqure out the best way to do just that, any ideas, my scanner is currently not working, may just take some pictures of the drawing ??? but would still be hard to do...... Are they hand drawn drawings, or are they CAD Drawings? If they are CAD, just print to PDF using PDF995. It is free. Or you could save them as eDrawings. That is a free add on to most CAD systems and has a free viewer for anyone to view them. If they are hand-drawn, I wouldn't mind drawing them up in CAD and posting them for you...