A little bit of forethought. while considering these ideas of mounting the heims, keep im mind the shocks you plan to use. I reversed the lower shock mount to allow for a shock with a little more length and travel. The shock gets real close to the inside of the upper a-arm at full droop. Having the bung extend into the inside of the arm could cause interference with some shocks. Especially if you plan on upgrading to a aftermarket shock. While this pic was intended to show some damage to the pass.side, it also shows how close the shock sits behind the upper a-arm on the drivers side. It also illistrates that simply welding a bung into the a-arm holds up very well. The hit tore the arm from the mount and snaped the shock but the arm only spun on the threaded heim. The heim and bung mount were un damanged.
Drilling the arm to recieve the bung just about cuts the arm in half but welding around the bung front and back proved plenty strong.
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