then I made the mounts for the rear shocks. I started with four pieces of steel 1/8" thick 2x3". clamped all four together and cut them at the same time with the torch and then ground them to the shape i wanted and they would all be equal. welded them into place and attached my rear shocks




so I really wanted to keep the hard tail look but not make my kidneys and back suffer. so I rotated the shocks forward to meet the section of backbone that I have fabbed. i will make the mounts later.