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paulyg
8th July 2016, 01:43 PM
Can anyone recommend someone in the Ballarat area that can weld on the Atoc rear spring tower reinforcing kit?
MudRunnerTD
8th July 2016, 05:12 PM
Reidy's in Bendigo or 4WD Obsession in Melton
paulyg
9th July 2016, 11:20 AM
Thanks MudRunner
Hodge
9th July 2016, 11:53 AM
Do these weld on units need the body to be lifted ?
Plasnart
9th July 2016, 01:10 PM
Do these weld on units need the body to be lifted ?

No Hodge, I have the ATOC kit installed by them and no body lift.
Hodge
9th July 2016, 01:15 PM
No Hodge, I have the ATOC kit installed by them and no body lift.
Was yours a bolt on or weld on ?
My 3L was done there as well bolt.on kit but I thought the full weld on proper tower braces needed the body to be lifted.

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Plasnart
9th July 2016, 02:13 PM
Was yours a bolt on or weld on ?
My 3L was done there as well bolt.on kit but I thought the full weld on proper tower braces needed the body to be lifted.

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I actually cant remember 100% but thought it was weld on. Ill have a bit of a look later.
paulyg
9th July 2016, 05:03 PM
The Atoc weld in kit, which is what I want to use, does not need the body to be lifted.
I would have used one of the bolt on kits, and install them myself, but my spring towers have started to crack, so there is going to be some welding any way.
paulyg
3rd September 2016, 06:24 PM
I ended up getting the weld on tower braces done at Edge Automotive in Howit street Ballarat, after a 4000km trip through outback NSW an SA, with the Patrol loaded up and towing a camper, no further problems, so I can recommend them for the job.
MudRunnerTD
3rd September 2016, 07:36 PM
I ended up getting the weld on tower braces done at Edge Automotive in Howit street Ballarat, after a 4000km trip through outback NSW an SA, with the Patrol loaded up and towing a camper, no further problems, so I can recommend them for the job.



Cheers for the feed back. How much was it drive in drive out?
paulyg
3rd September 2016, 08:30 PM
It was $530 for labour, I supplied the Atoc tower brace kit, but it will depend on how bent or damaged the spring towers are.
Mine was the first one they have done, so I let them have it over night, they took there time to prepare and nut out the job.
I trusted them to do it even though they had not done one before, because we take some of our other cars there, and the service and quality of there work have always been very good.
threedogs
4th September 2016, 03:36 PM
Heres some pics of some of the welding required,,,, the shock and coil needs to be removed but thats a given
Personally I think there could be an easier way, going on the way they break