We're on Boost said:

We're still going for a drive tho right?

Wait a sec though, the one picture where the crack has been welded and then it cracked again through the weld - is that somebody else's miserable experience with the same thing?

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That’s the crack gouged with material removed to see if it went all the way through.
No welds yet.

miliman13 said:

That’s the crack gouged with material removed to see if it went all the way through.
No welds yet.

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Oh I see, that's concave, not convex there.
Looks like done with a die grinder?

On a positive note at least you can drive all year round if you wanted to right?? No having to worry about dumb snow??

All the hard work will pay off for sure. It's going to be like driving a new car at this point.

jesse12345 said:

On a positive note at least you can drive all year round if you wanted to right?? No having to worry about dumb snow??

All the hard work will pay off for sure. It's going to be like driving a new car at this point.

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True , but I wish I got to see snow ️ every year in FL, it’s the one time having a AWD makes sense.

I’m hopeful it will feel like new.

That is true! I will say back in my younger not giving a crap years that awd in the snow was a ton of fun. Around here the salt just swallows them up unfortunately so they are parked all winter, zero fun.

Another positive note, at least you have a manual which is way lighter than that dump truck auto. Call me Mr positivity today.