Wild Rides rear cross member

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old Jul 24, 2022 | 04:05 PM
  #1  
gear head's Avatar
Thread Starter
Registered User
 
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 462
From: Utah
Wild Rides rear cross member

I bought this cross member a few months ago and am now getting it in the car. It's a fine piece and comes with chromoly upper bars. Everything went straight forward until the initial fit up, the frame rails are one inch wider than the cross member and I know my frame is in spec. No problem, I made a set of templates to box endplates on each side of the cross member. Time to get things cut and fit.







Old Jul 24, 2022 | 04:15 PM
  #2  
fleming442's Avatar
Registered User
 
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 3,883
From: Mt.Ary, MD
Installing with the body on, too. Ballsy. I like it!
Old Jul 24, 2022 | 04:26 PM
  #3  
Duh's Avatar
Duh
Registered User
 
Joined: Dec 2016
Posts: 354
Wild Rides make really nice stuff. My roll bar from them fit like a glove. If you have issues reach out to them, excellent customer service
Old Jul 24, 2022 | 09:49 PM
  #4  
Bernhard's Avatar
Registered User
 
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 2,991
From: Vancouver BC
Nice.
That will stiffen up the back of the car nicely as well as give you infinite adjustment very cool piece.
Old Jul 25, 2022 | 04:33 AM
  #5  
gear head's Avatar
Thread Starter
Registered User
 
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 462
From: Utah
Originally Posted by fleming442
Installing with the body on, too. Ballsy. I like it!
Lol, why make it easy, some of these welds will be interesting...I'll probably invent a few new cus words in the process.
Old Jul 25, 2022 | 04:37 AM
  #6  
gear head's Avatar
Thread Starter
Registered User
 
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 462
From: Utah
Originally Posted by Duh
Wild Rides make really nice stuff. My roll bar from them fit like a glove. If you have issues reach out to them, excellent customer service
No doubt about that, Gene has been great to work with in the past, I have the lower a box mounts already installed and their ARB as well. I am going to give him a call today to let him know what I have found on the fitment.
Old Jul 25, 2022 | 04:40 AM
  #7  
gear head's Avatar
Thread Starter
Registered User
 
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 462
From: Utah
Originally Posted by Bernhard
Nice.
That will stiffen up the back of the car nicely as well as give you infinite adjustment very cool piece.
For sure, between the adjustable lower and upper mounts, I shouldn't have much issue with putting IC where I need it.
Old Aug 7, 2022 | 04:19 PM
  #8  
gear head's Avatar
Thread Starter
Registered User
 
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 462
From: Utah
Just a small update on this.... I contacted Wild Rides about the frame width discrepancy and their solution was the same as what I came up with. They also said there have been a few people call in about this issue. At this time I have all the bits cut, fit and tacked. I also have the chassis centerline plotted and a couple square lines to make sure the new crossmember goes in square. Time to get her glued in.







Old Aug 9, 2022 | 09:15 AM
  #9  
83hurstguy's Avatar
Registered User
 
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 1,434
From: Chicago
That's some serious work - love it!! Looks like some nice parts.
Old Aug 28, 2022 | 04:59 PM
  #10  
gear head's Avatar
Thread Starter
Registered User
 
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 462
From: Utah
I should put a period on this thread. The crossmember is fully welded in(welds look like ***, uphill with limited visibility has not been my strong point).

Here's my thoughts on this piece..
I don't think they make a good enough attempt to control distortion when they weld in the control arm brackets, mine was warped +/- 0.250". If I had welded it in using their instructions my pickup points would have been off from square about a 1/4". I squared the crossmember using the pickup points and was able to get them all within a 1/16". I have been in contact with wild rides and they are documenting end user experiences to better the product. All in all, I think it's a great product for the stock suspension guys, just pay attention when installing.


Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Tim75
Chassis/Body/Frame
4
Sep 4, 2020 07:23 PM
kencpless@gmail.com
General Discussion
18
Sep 4, 2020 05:05 PM
tkcutlass
Chassis/Body/Frame
8
Aug 3, 2020 08:28 PM
wills30
Parts For Sale
3
Jan 24, 2020 09:15 AM
rptw32
Cutlass
1
Jun 23, 2011 09:07 AM




All times are GMT -7. The time now is 04:15 PM.