Cutting floor with G-Bar/Air Ride suspension??? - Lateral-g Forums

**scherp69** · #1 04-10-2008, 05:08 PM

Has anyone ever had to cut their floor to get the G-Bar or Air Ride rear suspension to fit? Mine's going into a 68 Acadian (Nova), but I'm also wondering about other cars. It's always been advertised a bolt in, so I'm just curious. Before I cut the floor, I'm going to go and take some pics and post them. Any advice would be great. Thanks in advance.

**scherp69** · #2 04-10-2008, 05:28 PM

Here's the pics.

Main brace in place

Gap between frame and brace

Where's it's hitting the floor

Also where it's hitting the floor

In the third photo, the black lines are felt lines where I will have to cut.

bigtyme1 · #3 04-10-2008, 07:09 PM

We did'nt have to cut the floor, but we had to set jack stands on the G-bar and I got in the trunk to add some wieght and was able to push the floor up a little. You won't notice anything and it fit real tight. I would advise not to cut the floor, the floor will give enough and go up even. you will never notice it.

ProdigyCustoms · #4 04-10-2008, 07:11 PM

Mike, you can jack the brace up and it should go into place. I have run into this in a few installs. It does seem to be car and crossmember tolerence. Get each off a tennie and the hammer must come out. I would put a block under on corner, bolt it, then go to the other side, jack it and bolt that side. Then plug weld it.

**scherp69** · #5 04-10-2008, 07:20 PM

Thanks for the replies guys. I'll give that a shot in the morning. Will post pics once I get the suspension all mocked up. Thanks again.

**scherp69** · #6 04-11-2008, 03:09 PM

Well it all worked out.

See the end result:

https://lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=14495