I've gotten a few requests for more details in how I made my tilter that I used to do the underside of my car, so here are a few pictures along with some key measurements.  Most of it is made of 2" X 6" pine lumber and the quarter circles are made of 3/4" pine plywood.  The bolts are 3/8", there are two pieces of 1-1/2" X 6" X 12" steel that are bent 90 degrees to attach the front part of the tilter to the bumper, and I used some perforated angle steel as bracing in the rear. 



Here is another picture that indicates where a 2" X 6" brace attached to the front subframe that I subsequently removed to install MS's brake kit.  It used the holes for the idler arm:

A few more detail shots:






Here it is in use.  I can tilt it up myself fairly easily by standing on the side and pushing up where the side window meets the roof.  You do need to go slowly when you get to the balance point.  Two people would be ideal:

I've also been asked how I prepped the bottom of my car and what paint I used.  The picture above is just after I tilted it up after I installed torque boxes and Daze's subframe connectors while the car was on the ground.  I then used various wire wheels and wire cups on an electric angle grinder, and a small 90 degree air grinder with wire wheels to get into the corners. This cleaned off all of the grime and the small amount of surface rust you can see in the above picture.  I then followed up by wiping it down with lacquer thinner and then used Master Series silver, which is a single stage urethane.  I followed it the next day with Master Series AG111 satin black, which is a two part urethane.  More information on these excellent coatings can be found here:  http://shop.masterseriesct.com/main.sc
One of their chassis kits was enough to do the entire underside of the car and I'm very happy w/ the results.

Last edited by jkordzi (6/21/2014 7:29 PM)