Matt, Looks great! Not to be Debbie downer, but that exhaust pipe looks pretty close to the ground. You will scrape it...been there, done that...no t-shirt.

 

Cheers, Mike

 

I hear ya, but the exhaust guy put it up as close to the body as he could with 2.5" piping. I guess i'll just have to be careful.

What welder were you using?

I used an Eastwood 150 mig welder

So you have some spare voltage. I have a 210 amp welder. I wasn't sure your welds were penetrating as much as they could. I would have probably turned it up a bit but I don't think you will have an issue. Most of the load on the strust is compression. I like to be sure my welds burn in a little more around the edges. If you look at the welds in "Careless's"??  thread his puddles lay down a little more. He is TIGing I believe but the same principle. When I see them sort of bead up like water on oil I add some heat. 

 

Thats an excellent pic of the different welds. Yeah on my first strut the voltage was too low. By the third one I had it down good. But like I said I would've felt confident in just doing a few tack welds because the coilover slides over the housing really nice and tight. 

Yeah, I didn't think it would be a problem either. I guess the largest forces on the welds are them trying to rotate from braking or acceleration. With the whole circumference welded it aught to be fine.

Took her out for a spin today and got a few pics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looks good man! How's she run?

She's running really good. I still have a few little bugs to work out.

Well done.  

Great to see the finished product!

Some engine bay pics