Replacement crossmember (long post)

[camron at worldaccessnet.com (Camron D. Crouse)]

This, too, sounds like a feasible idea...

- Camron from Vancouver, WA USA

   '86.5 Black 16V 2.0L



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>could you not find a piece of angle steel (90' angle) and simply cut to lenght and weld it the whole lenght across the front end of the cross member covering the part that the front motor mount is at and the undersid of the member?
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>I me something in an "L" shape if you know what I mean, in this would provide a "frame" type support along the whole lenght of the crossmember, reduce the stress levels and provide tons of support to the existing framework of the car no ? 
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>So a few weeks ago I finally get around to checking my front crossmember 
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>for cracks.... ho boy its *bad* -  the tissue around the motor mount 
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>socket is nearly cracked all around, a mangled punch-through, with some 
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>additional cracks father away as well.  The mount itself, is toast, as 
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>well. So I immediately place an order for an A1 crossmember brace, from 
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>Eric S Scirocco81... okay, three weeks to delivery, so I start thinking 
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>about my options, and order some other tune-up items while I'm waiting.  
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>Well my brace is nearly here, so yesterday I went around to a couple 
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>alignment/underbody and frame shops in town for some repair estimates.  
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>Had a hard time getting actual $ quotes, so am also taking into account 
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>shops' hourly rate $.  (was showing photos from Eric's references 
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>instead of my actual car)
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