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Ok, Its time for the suspension preparation. It seems like every time you hit this frame with a hammer you have a pile of dirt that has been in there somewhere for up to 50 years.

To prepare the front of the chassis for the No-Limit unit, you need to make some adjustments to the frame and they need to be the same for the top and bottom rail of the frame as well as both right and left frame rail. What we did was to make the changes to the first rail and then trace it onto a board. We then cut that board 1/8 inch short so we could place it onto the other rails and use the plasma cutter to get right on with the cut. Of course you have to do some grinding to finish it off, but they will all match each other well.

Then it was time to fit the boxing plates. They come close but fitting is a must to get them close to the contour. We set the plate on the bottom rail and traced the shape of the bottom of the frame to the bottom of the boxing plate. After cutting and finishing the bottom of the plate we set the plate back on the bottom part of the rail and traced the top rail. Once cut and shaped this will give you overlap on the top and bottom frame rail with the boxing plate. I like to have the plate go half thickness of the frame metal. A bevel on the plate and frame help as well to give you more welding surface to remain after you grind it down.