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There are a couple of guys that have managed to fit a 315. I don't know how, my wheel wells couldn't fit a tire that wide with no frame

While I agree with what Clone TIE Pilot has said, what is that section of frame rail actually doing? Supporting the rear bumper and one set of body mounts . All suspension is connected forward of where you will notch. I haven't noticed a bit of difference after doing mine. If anything, I would...

Congrats!

18x9.5

I notched to the seam, and run 5.25" backspacing. Works for me...

Rear springs will be a crapshoot and there are less available choices. I got lucky and hit my ride height on the first try. Which is why I've held off installing rear coilovers. Where as the front I had had the same issues everyone else did and just jumped for the coilovers once I could afford...

Be careful what size the magnets are. If they are too big, the grilles won't fit because the speaker bottoms out before the grill is all the way down. I put mine in so long ago I don't remember what brand they are.

And this is why you only believe half of what you see on the internet. It looked decent from the outside, but luckily that's the only rust that was left on it. Somehow the quarters, rockers, and fenders are fine. I fixed the floor long ago, and of course where the body mounts sit on the frame...

Here's a pic of the bottom inside lip of the drivers door. And here's the outside of the passenger door. Inside lip of passenger door. No way to repair them. Wouldn't be anything for a new door skin to attach to. To rebuild the inner portion of the door, then fix/replace the skin would've...

It's a stock chrome bumper that came without the rubber strip. I painted it black. This car originally had the impact straps and of course they were in poor shape. I found these bumpers without the impact strip holes in a junkyard and snagged them.

Well my hinges still seem to be in perfect shape. I bought all four thru GM, many years ago now. Had to come from 3 different dealerships. Hopefully that saves me. Fingers crossed

Thanks guys! Was hoping to just bolt it on and align it, but that would've been too easy 🤣 Bolted it on fine, but spent somewhere in the neighborhood of 12 hours actually aligning it, and then the drivers fender. I'm positive someone that does it for a living could've accomplished it much...

So some of you may remember that I bought "new" doors for the car. The time has come to install them. I really wasn't looking forward to this. I'm not a body man. I can do it, but I hate every minute of it. Just don't have the patience for it. I took the new doors to a friend and he did the...

Bulb socket came in. Dash is done! Whew. Check that off the list.

Been working on the cluster today. Figured out all of the vehicle side wiring and labeled it. Tied the harness for the cluster into the vehicle wiring. Need a 194 bulb socket for my parking brake light, and the pigtail to plug into my VSS on the trans and that should be it! Everything else is...