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a while ago i bought some zzp diagonal braces and contemplated adapting them to my car since they were relatively in expensive, looked good and weighed 1/2 as much as the stockers.
i am about 3/4 of the way done and decided to post about it so far. mine is on a 94 w-body with a 91-93 wiring setup.
the passenger's is by far the easiest. the original bar is the exact length needed. to make it fit i had to do the following:
slightly enlarge one of the 2 holes in the bar. 5 minute job.
cut a little section out of the fusebox plastic cover near the strut tower and also slim it down some.
cut a small notch into the upper rad support.
about 20-30 minutes if u know what to do ahead of time.
the driver's side however take quite a bit more work. 1st off the bar is a little too long and will have to be cut down on the flange. basically, it has the 2 bolt holes, the inside hole on the flange lines up with the outside hole on the rad support, so i will have to cut the flange off after the inside hole of the bar and drill a second hole in it for the inside rad support bolt hole.
or if u want to be lazy just go with one bolt instead of 2 on the upper rad support.
next a natch has to be cut into the rad support,pretty deep compared to the other notch. it will have to be cut to about an 1/8 from the 1st bolt hole.
1 of the 2 mounting studs for the driver's fuse box has to be cut off, i haveen't addressed mounting the fusebox yet but it shouldn't be hard.
the steel is pretty thick and i my tools just can't cut it(literally) i have the lines drawn and everything, i just need to drop it off at the machine shop and have them cut the flange and drill the hole.
basically all i have left is to have the bar cut and drilled and to relocated the fusebox.
i'll have pix once i am done.
i am about 3/4 of the way done and decided to post about it so far. mine is on a 94 w-body with a 91-93 wiring setup.
the passenger's is by far the easiest. the original bar is the exact length needed. to make it fit i had to do the following:
slightly enlarge one of the 2 holes in the bar. 5 minute job.
cut a little section out of the fusebox plastic cover near the strut tower and also slim it down some.
cut a small notch into the upper rad support.
about 20-30 minutes if u know what to do ahead of time.
the driver's side however take quite a bit more work. 1st off the bar is a little too long and will have to be cut down on the flange. basically, it has the 2 bolt holes, the inside hole on the flange lines up with the outside hole on the rad support, so i will have to cut the flange off after the inside hole of the bar and drill a second hole in it for the inside rad support bolt hole.
or if u want to be lazy just go with one bolt instead of 2 on the upper rad support.
next a natch has to be cut into the rad support,pretty deep compared to the other notch. it will have to be cut to about an 1/8 from the 1st bolt hole.
1 of the 2 mounting studs for the driver's fuse box has to be cut off, i haveen't addressed mounting the fusebox yet but it shouldn't be hard.
the steel is pretty thick and i my tools just can't cut it(literally) i have the lines drawn and everything, i just need to drop it off at the machine shop and have them cut the flange and drill the hole.
basically all i have left is to have the bar cut and drilled and to relocated the fusebox.
i'll have pix once i am done.
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