My neighbor Ruben's 2006 Chenowth EXP Coupe, 2180, 002, Fox 2.0's on all four corners. This weekend while out having a blast at Gordon's he cracked the two tubes that link the front window to the back of the car (see pic). The easiest way to fix is to section the tubes and replace, but I'm thinking many will say we should replace the entire tubes. If we section them and X the roof will that make up for not replacing those tubes end to end?

BTW, he did not crash the car, just some good hard duning, the 2180 didn't live either.

Simply weld up the cracks and add an X.

Duh, didn't even think about simply welding the cracks up! Thanks!

did all 4 corners crack? must have been seriously twisting that frame. i wanna dune with you guys. weld the cracks, add the X, and if it doesnt have them allready, add some corner braces at the top corners of the windshield area. (most chenowths have them allready). so what happened to the 2180? ill be selling a 2275 soon if he needs an entire engine. hope thats not a no no to spam, but just in case your buddy has more trips planned real soon. sorry if i did wrong. good luck with the repairs.

On my old beam car I could feel the front end flex, and the feel the roof flex by holding on to the roof. The roof panel and the bar would move oposite each other. I had one crack in the upper roof over the years. Point being is the only reason that much force is transfered up there is the suspension was limited and making the frame absorb the impacts instead of the suspension.

So make sure his suspension is setup right. If that car is bottoming a lot that could be tweaking the frame and transferring load to odd places.

I hear you, and he has it set up pretty well, we re-sprung it over the last couple seasons and he flys. He says it still bottoms the rear at the bottom of a dune when he's haulin but 4th gear clamped through the whoops on sand highway and it stays on top and goes straight, not bad for 2.0's w/rezzies.

TELL HIM TO STOP TRY TO KEEP UP WITH THE BIG V8's SAND DAWGZ lol

You know that Mexican Steve! That boy don't know how to let off. I honestly thought he wouldn't be able to break that burly Chenowth frame but I underestimated the Pinche Black Bear It must have been sunny out there this weekend cuz that dude came home DARK. LOL!

my cheno snapped a tube on the roof also. nice frames but need some more tubing if you want to beat on it ! welded it up with a gusset and was on my way

Father's car did this in the same spot.

Just ground off the powder and welded it back up.

Cracks fixed and X brace done. Now he needs to pull the motor and find out what that banging noise is.

Looks good!