tubing for control arms???

i just called my local metal supplier and for 48 inches of 1.25 inch DOM tubing with 1/4 wall they charge over 220 bucks!!! i could buy new arms for that much....... what other kind of tubing can i use? i called GOEZ and they use cromaly. what else works?

u can use 1 1/4 dom .120 wall tubing
48 inches is only about 40 bucks or so

wow i only pay about 3.50 a foot for 1" 1/4 wall......

check with mike at gravity-werx.com if you cant get any cheaper, i think he sells dom tube.....

You try Industrial Metal supply in Irvine?

Edited: 3/6/2006 7:16:03 PM by stockflooredsdime

As a reference as to how much you are getting ripped off. Check this out.

By the way I would laugh in you metal suppliers face!

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No wonder, chromoly isn't cheap.

Originally posted by GFreezo



i just called my local metal supplier and for 48 inches of 1.25 inch DOM tubing with 1/4 wall they charge over 220 bucks!!! i could buy new arms for that much....... what other kind of tubing can i use? i called GOEZ and they use cromaly. what else works?

Must be the same place that Mike White shops at(lol) You could always buy a four link bar and cut it up to get the material you need or call some local general fab shops and see if you could get some shorts left over from jobs they have done.

Originally posted by periportfd



You try Industrial Metal supply in Irvine?yea thats the place i called, they didnt have any in stock and would have to order it. that may be why it was so expensive?? :SHRUG:

"No wonder, chromoly isn't cheap."

i didnt get a price on chromoly, i called a shop to see what the alternatives were instead of DOM tubing.

i think ill just hit up suicide doors instead of getting bent over backwards from the place i go to. thanks guys!!!

did u try pattons greg i think they are in city of industry