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Squarebody Frame Plates

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Not sure how many of you guys have seen this, but 4XStore along with @Deuling are now offering frame plates for 73-91 K trucks. We offer versions that work with the ORD frame brace and also the Smittybilt frame brace (which we can supply). If anyone has any questions, please PM me and we will get you hooked up! Thanks guys!

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These are a fantastic idea, just wish they stopped next to the body mount instead of right behind the spring hanger.
 
These seem like they would be of much better use and stronger if made as a frame boxing design instead.
 
skunked said:
shady said:
These seem like they would be of much better use and stronger if made as a frame boxing design instead.
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This is a much simpler solution for those that don't want to go down the rabbit hole that boxing a frame creates.
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Correct. There's a lot of debate over boxing these frames on these trucks (as I'm sure all you guys know) as to how much it really strengthens it. We believe that this is a happy medium and that while not being a solution that is going to stop frame flex, it is going to be something that increases the strength for things like bumpstop mounts, shock towers, etc. that are some of the more popular mods for these trucks.
 
That was kind of where my mind was getting caught up.
If you don't weld the whole thing. Moisture and rust are going to get between the plates and frame and rot that area out more.
And if you do weld it all the way, your introducing a LOT of heat and cooling and possibly causing issues with stress, which is kind of why they say NOT to weld all the way on steering box area fix plates.
 
That one with holes looks cool as hell though. :waytogo:
I was actually just talking to my buddy last night about making truss looking frame box plates nearly identical to them. Then see this today lol.
In fact I had thought about making cardboard templates and sending them to Adam to get a quote :haha:
 
shady said:
That was kind of where my mind was getting caught up.
If you don't weld the whole thing. Moisture and rust are going to get between the plates and frame and rot that area out more.
And if you do weld it all the way, your introducing a LOT of heat and cooling and possibly causing issues with stress, which is kind of why they say NOT to weld all the way on steering box area fix plates.
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not if you do what I've mentioned in the past with the weld-on steering one.. you stitch weld it, clean/prime, than drag a bead of seam sealer in the "open" seams.. than paint it.... that's how I did Mutt and the K5...


I like the idea... no, it's not boxed... but could definitely add beef to some areas and rigidity overall....
 
shady said:
That one with holes looks cool as hell though. :waytogo:
I was actually just talking to my buddy last night about making truss looking frame box plates nearly identical to them. Then see this today lol.
In fact I had thought about making cardboard templates and sending them to Adam to get a quote :haha:
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@AgDieseler installed them on his sub, and it's on his YouTube channel, so you can get a better look.
 
ryoken said:
not if you do what I've mentioned in the past with the weld-on steering one.. you stitch weld it, clean/prime, than drag a bead of seam sealer in the "open" seams.. than paint it.... that's how I did Mutt and the K5...


I like the idea... no, it's not boxed... but could definitely add beef to some areas and rigidity overall....
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I did think about seam sealer. That'd be a lot of seam sealing lol.
 
shady said:
I did think about seam sealer. That'd be a lot of seam sealing lol.
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That is nothing compared to the 40' x 40' x 35' steel structural weldments I'm having built for Florida... we require all stitch welds be sealed to prevent corrosion from salt spray being near the beach. There is probably a several thousand in material and several thousand more in labor from that one requirement alone.
 
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