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Re: XR V2.0 Build thread
March 17, 2012 11:37AM

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Yeah Grant, The a-pillar bar in the old car covered the holes for the door bolts, that was one of the changes I requested..

The rear beam and arms you can talk to William at TSS about, but I would say in the $1000-1200 with the diff mount.
I have entertained doing another one at 6 degrees just to see what it would be like.

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Re: XR V2.0 Build thread
March 19, 2012 04:30PM

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Interested in how those back windows turn out.....and did I read this is gonna be a 4x4???

Oh Baby!

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Re: XR V2.0 Build thread
March 19, 2012 05:13PM

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2wd is where it's at! All the cool kids play there.

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Re: XR V2.0 Build thread
March 21, 2012 01:40AM

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Productive night with Derik on the car. Fitted the front strut tie in bars, I made the pads for the strut tower, fitted the parts on the rear shock tower to give the cage a bit more room to land, and Derik made and fitted the brow bar.

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Re: XR V2.0 Build thread
March 21, 2012 01:45AM

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You bending up a second set of tubes like I asked????

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Re: XR V2.0 Build thread
March 21, 2012 07:41PM

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Ya, or maybe a third! I cant take all these pictures anymore!

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Re: XR V2.0 Build thread
March 28, 2012 12:38AM

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More progress tonight.

Derik at work!

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Re: XR V2.0 Build thread
March 28, 2012 09:54AM

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How will those backstays fly with Rally America? IIRC, the Team O'Neil Mazdaspeed 3 had a similar setup and had to get a Canadian logbook because RA wouldn't allow backstays that didn't terminate directly to the bodywork. Something about shear, blah, blah, blah. Even LeMons would make you redo that.

Not trying to be a Negative Nellie, just hate to see you burned by the rulebook.

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Re: XR V2.0 Build thread
March 28, 2012 12:47PM

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I guess I could run a tube down to the frame rail. Gene?

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Re: XR V2.0 Build thread
March 28, 2012 01:28PM

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Bars are fine for me...carry on.

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Re: XR V2.0 Build thread
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Bars are fine for me...carry on.

Cool! Just making sure...

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Re: XR V2.0 Build thread
March 28, 2012 02:29PM

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Nice!! A properly fitted cage!

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Re: XR V2.0 Build thread
March 28, 2012 02:47PM

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Thats because Derik is doing it Pete.....

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Re: XR V2.0 Build thread
March 29, 2012 05:30AM

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So how did you guys get a weld all the way around the tops of that cage? Looking at the pictures it seam like the front stays are sitting on the floor. Did you cut the roof or what.

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Re: XR V2.0 Build thread
March 29, 2012 11:43AM

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Notice the bottom legs stand on the sill ledge. That allows you to drop the cage 6-8" down to weld the tops then just box the bottom.

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