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FYI to current and future builders. When drilling the holes in the body in the rear wheel wells, it is a good idea to set the rear frame height equal on both sides. Measure from the lip over each tire at the same point to the tires or the same fixed point on both sides if your tires are not on, so that the body sits equally on both sides after tightening the bolts. When you run the self tapping screws into the sides predrill the screw holes through the body with a 5/32 bit first. If you just run the screw in on the mark it will grab the fiberglass when trying to go through the frame and pop out the surface of the body around the hole. Ask me how I know. The cutouts in the front of the body, so it can go around the round frame tubes, need to be trimmed. Cut the top corner off to clear the slanted frame rails on the backside of the firewall and the bottom needs to be trimmed half as wide down about an inch to clear some welds that go down a little farther than the ones that FFR cut. The body wouldn't go in by the foot boxes because of this. You may also have to trim the bottom lip where the front slanted in frame tubes that go to the front are welded to the lower side frame tubes. The body may hit the frame at that point and not allow the lower body sides to go in where they belong.
Last edited by Mastertech5; 06-11-2023 at 10:03 PM.
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