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Old 11-23-2010, 01:00 PM
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Ok I understand about unibodies, I have owned 4 86-92 camaros which is all I have really worked on besides my truck. But when I crawl under the cherokee it looks to be a piece connecting the front and rear subframes. Is this how they built the body and its not really a structure type piece or did i luck out and previous owner put connectors on it. On the camaros the subframes connected to the body and didn't have anything like this. also thank you to everyone I have been reading a ton of post and learning alot. sorry they arent the best pics, the only camera i have is my blackberry
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What are you referring to? The frame rail?
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thats factory its not like unibodys of old
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yea, that's the frame, but I wouldn't say you lucked out judging by the looks of the floor... what little is left.
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ok thanks. new floors are already in the mail. its a 93 and been in MI its whole life so its screwed.
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Originally Posted by Cherockee
yea, that's the frame, but I wouldn't say you lucked out judging by the looks of the floor... what little is left.
not that bad. take a look at the vehicles we have here in canada. Only way to keep vehicles alive more than 5 years is to undercoat them yearly or bed line it right from the factory(thats what i did with my 2010 Focus)
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I had a 70 chevelle malibu that the DPO greased...I mean, he greased every square inch of body metal and undercarriage the day he bought the car new (I bought from his widow). In 1992, that car had not one bit of rust on it. He did it by hand with ordinary axle grease. Messy - had to be careful not to let things slip down inside the quarters in the trunk - but it worked.
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Originally Posted by miethead
ok thanks. new floors are already in the mail. its a 93 and been in MI its whole life so its screwed.
Dude I grew up in Lapeer, sister still lives there....small world.
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