I have a new tubular kemember & tubular u&l arms i need installed. My stock one was bent in an accident, and i final got the tubular ones to replace em. Who can I goto, what can I expect to pay??

 

thats a hell of an install, try ro find a dealership that has an F-body cart. it is a device that lowers the entire k-member from the car. you have to dissasemble the entire car to install a k-member. I would call courtesy chevy on west colonial.

 

I don't know about in Orlando, but there's a place in the Tampa/Brandon area that could probably do it. All they do is Fbodies and Vettes. I think it's Rev Xtreme... try hitting Google and search for Rev Xtreme.

 

Crap... Sounds like an expensive job... Maybe ill just sell the car... Dam its really that big of a deal??? when i was under my friends it seemed like 6bolts and just have some1 hoist the enigne... but i could be mistaken. if thats the deal BYE BYE 4th gen I dont got money like that to spend on it.

 

I haven't done one personally but your right about hoisting or suspending the motor. Once the motor is supported then you can pull the k member with no problem. It's a big job but not huge so don't sell your car.

 

I got all the new tubular stuff, so its really just labor and fabing up some of the brake line hardware, I would attempt it myself, but i cant mess around this semester I need to finish class. LOL

 

When do you need it done? I might be interested if you dont mind driving to Bradenton.

 

That near tampa??? I would drop it off prob first weekend of febuary, need it back by the next weekend??? PM me n2otz2

 

Sorry no PM,tried to e-mail you and got a failure notification, shoot me an e-mail at sprayta@hotmail.com

 

Give me a call at NLP. Our shop is in Altamonte Springs and we can get it done for you. 407-869-7223. We have done several and can go over pricing from there. Talk to you soon.

Mike Norris

 

PM sent mike

 

I just had to swap mine out for another stock one and it probably took about 8 hours by myself. It might have been faster but I was trying to take off as little as possible. After hitting roadblock after roadblock I decided it was best just to yank it all out. The bolts for the lower control arms wouldn't come oout because of stuff in the way. The steering rack wouldn't seperate from the K member until you dropped the K member a few inches. I ended up unbolting the motor perches from the K member and with the car on jackstands supported the engine with a jack. Then there were only 6 bolts holding it in. The brake lines were a bit tricky because they kinda wrap around the steering rack. But they were only attached by 4 screws to the k member and remained in the car so there was no need to bleed the brakes.

If you've got U&L arms to put in too, Just pull everything out in as complete of a chunk as you can. I would expect no more than 4-6 hours of labor for a pro with a lift.

 

I have helped drop a motor on the K member in almost 1.5 hrs with a lift. PM if you are willing to take the car over to Melbourne, it can be done in a day easily.