Building Custom Arms

Does anybody have any tips on building custom control arms? Im not talking vehicle specific, just in general. I want to start building custom arms as I need them and Im pretty sure its a trial and error deal but I just want to know if there any pitfalls to avoid when starting something like that.

pic up a chassis engineering book.

I have Engineer to Win by Carroll Smith but havent had a chance to read it yet. Any other specific books you recommend?

If you are trying to base the arms off the stock mounting points, then use the stock arms as a starting point and build some good jigs.

well you figure out what you need, and grab some materials and fabricate them.......

someone, totally rad, made a awesome tech article for SSM

http://www.streetsourcemag.com/tech/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=397

Whoever did that should have gotten a free silver membership, cause that was a sweet azz article!!

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nice tech. read the one aaron iha did for alexanders truck in MT...or their site