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Nice work. One concern.
The rear shackle hangers you fabbed ( in the 05/11/2008 post)look solid, but theorhetically can catastropically fail. Toyota placed the hollow round tube for the bushing and shackle screw THROUGH the bent steel and then welded it in, so if the welds failed the hole the cylinder portion of the hanger was in would prevent the shackles from detaching in a catastrophic failure with rollover.
You placed your hollow tubes/cylinders into a groove, not into a totally enclosed hole. If you fail where most welds fail (just around the weld and not the weld itself) you will detach the cylinder/bushing holder from the assembly and roll.
I would reconsider the design if you plan on going hard on this vehicle.
I think your work and welds look outstanding, and I don't mean to insult you here. Please do not take offense.
Best,
T
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