Looking for a shop for some work, any suggestions?

[FESTER665]

Well, I just filed my taxes and the return will be enough to finish buying the parts to complete the IRS so I emailed Hans at Deans Performance, and hope to hear back from him with his familiarity of the Termi Cobra setups, but want to be able to have a backup plan if I don't hear back from him or if he's not interested in doing it.

I'm going to need someone to replace all the bushings in the IRS with either ones from MM or FTBR, then install the IRS into the foxbody chassis. I originally thought I'd do it myself but I really just don't have the space in my tiny garage to get everything done. There's some fabricating needed to get the IRS bracket mounted and a little work on the brake lines, but other than that the install is pretty straight forward.

On top of the IRS install I'd like to have the MM tubular K-member installed, and I'm thinking best done at a shop so they can verify it's square with measurements... so that along with the front suspension parts, would need to be installed.

The car is basically a roller right now so I'd have to rent a trailer or maybe just have it towed so I don't want to get too far away (I'm in Streamwood) but am not opposed to it if it's a shop that people here agree will set this up right.

I don't know if I'd need to find a legit chassis shop or just someone good with a welder or what?

Any suggestions besides Deans?

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[rdsnake]

Try giving the shop a call to setup a appointment. He's usually busy working in the shop so he doesn't get a chance to respond to email very often.

 

[Grabber]

Dmarkperformance. Drew is off of Oakton/83 in Arlington Heights.

 

[FESTER665]

Cobra IRS Under Fox-body Mustang - Declaration of Independence Photo & Image Gallery

In case anyone's curious what's involved

 

[FESTER665]

Try giving the shop a call to setup a appointment. He's usually busy working in the shop so he doesn't get a chance to respond to email very often.

I'm always the opposite, I prefer emails just to keep everything sorted... If I don't hear from him in a day or two I'll give him a call.

 

[The Beast]

Talk to Drew at Dmark performance he knows his terminators and he is the only guy I trust with mine. Fast and he communicates well with his customers and best of all his prices are very fair.

 

[Grabber]

^x2.

Drew's been a great asset to me over the years when I had my 5.0 and did literally all of the work on it.

His knowledge of these cars and attention to detail is astounding.

 

[Omicron]

Another vote for Drew at DMark.

 

[cap42]

Drew is good people and does great work. Hans is awesome as well but is always too busy especially this time of year.

 

[Mr. SBF]

 

[BigJohnson]

As stated Hans or drew. Can't go wrong with either. Drew works on a ton of Cobras as well

 

[GLADIATOR]

All the above and also consider Geared Up Motorsports in New Lenox

 

[LikeABauce302]

All the above and also consider Geared Up Motorsports in New Lenox

This.

Brandon at Geared Up Motorsports knows his stuff and is great to work with.

 

[FESTER665]

All the above and also consider Geared Up Motorsports in New Lenox

I love like a half a mile from Victor, New Lenox would be quite a trek for it, but will keep him in mind if the other two don't pan out....

Sent Drew a message tonight, we'll see if he has any interest in doing it

 

[Mr. SBF]

I don't know if I'd need to find a legit chassis shop or just someone good with a welder or what?

The money that you will pay to have it done by a shop you could buy yourself a welder to add to your tools and weld her up....

just sayin

 

[VenomousDSG]

The money that you will pay to have it done by a shop you could buy yourself a welder to add to your tools and weld her up....

just sayin

That dude's got a nice rack!

 

[Mr. SBF]

That dude's got a nice rack!

Lol she's pretty brave too them slag sparks could make it an ugly rack real quick like...

 

[Mr. SBF]

https://youtu.be/VOhGkCe5rDw

 

[FESTER665]

I honestly just don't have the room in my garage, it's a really small single car garage that's tight enough just parking in let alone getting the car up on stands and making sure everything's squared up and all that stuff....

We'll see what they say for prices, if it's totally crazy I may look into it, but if they can do it for a decent rate and I know it'll be nicely done it would be worth it....

 

[keitho64]

I'm interested in this thread as well. My son bought an IRS for his 2001 Bullitt and we will be installing it soon. He has all the MM bushings and we will do the swap ourselves. We will be looking for a good shop that has experience with alignments on this setup.

I believe the install in the 2001 will be easier than your setup. The 2001 should be a bolt in. When he bought the setup he got the exhaust, rotors, calipers, springs, driveshaft, MM toe bars and most bushings. He bought Koni adjustable shocks/struts to install at the same time.

I love the early cobras and teal is my favorite color. That will be a great setup when done.