Originally posted by TommySVT:
Originally posted by RayL5480:
so no plate period for my 98?,because im the one that is tryin to get the plates made and i need a decent count of how many plates will be needed.



You misunderstood that:

What he was saying is that you can drill out the holes to loosen the plate that is under the mounting area and bring the plate up top to use as the spacer. I own an 98 and would like to use a real spacer and leave the stock one in it's original location.




you are right about that...BUT you will probably NOT have enough clearance underneath the tower keeping that plate under there...the steeda needs more room underneath the tower than stock...so if you use a riser plate you will probably still have to remove that plate underneath and use nuts to secure the new longer bolts you will have to use...

and btw you don't have to drill anything to remove that plate underneath the tower..it will probably fall out when you remove all the shifter bolts....if it doesn't fall out,you just simply pull it out...

you use the drill to remove the threads in the holes in that plate so the new longer bolts will slide through them...the threaded part of that plate is metal,you just use the drill to get rid of the threads....your shifter will be secured by nuts which will hold just as well as that palte would...

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