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tubular arms?
grip
+1y
Hardened steel.
unusualfabrication
+1y
I have solidworks at home but use Catia and powermill at work.
grip
+1y
Please call if you think you can work with me.I will be at the shop all day tomorrow.
Thanks,Grip of Form&Function
580-482-1899
Thanks,Grip of Form&Function
580-482-1899
unusualfabrication
+1y
Are they just hardened cold rolled, if so I can't believe they charge that much for a set of dies for your bender. If you have a design file that I can look at I will, but I can't guarantee that I can make them for you.
grip
+1y
Thats what they look like to me.If they get wet they rust pretty easy.I think it's cold steel.Also the design is part of that price ontop the fact that huth is the only people making them for my bender.
mindlissmetalfab
+1y
Edited: 2/22/2007 9:12:05 PM by iLLblazer
The FBI arms look awful IMO. Looks like the lower balljoint is sitting in a cereal bowl and the camber adjusters just look like one more thing that could potentially fail. Shims have worked for everyone else, and you'll still need em with the FBI arms, so why make the upper BJ adjustable at all.
I would have to say the BLF uppers are the nicest upper arms around right now. Yeah they look like alot of other out there, but they are also the first to eliminate the ugly ass balljoint plate for s10s. And the unijoints are slick.
I love the look of SD lowers, and their new design uppers with the lower profile BJ plate is growing on me too.
As for the overkill...why not? Its not like the $2/ft between 1.5" or 1" DOM is upping the price 100s of dollars. You are paying for the process involved in making a quality component. Besides balljoints, material cost is minimal compared to tooling, fabrication and machining time.
The FBI arms look awful IMO. Looks like the lower balljoint is sitting in a cereal bowl and the camber adjusters just look like one more thing that could potentially fail. Shims have worked for everyone else, and you'll still need em with the FBI arms, so why make the upper BJ adjustable at all.
I would have to say the BLF uppers are the nicest upper arms around right now. Yeah they look like alot of other out there, but they are also the first to eliminate the ugly ass balljoint plate for s10s. And the unijoints are slick.
I love the look of SD lowers, and their new design uppers with the lower profile BJ plate is growing on me too.
As for the overkill...why not? Its not like the $2/ft between 1.5" or 1" DOM is upping the price 100s of dollars. You are paying for the process involved in making a quality component. Besides balljoints, material cost is minimal compared to tooling, fabrication and machining time.
unusualfabrication
+1y
Originally posted by iLLblazer
Edited: 2/22/2007 9:12:05 PM by iLLblazer
As for the overkill...why not? Its not like the $2/ft between 1.5" or 1" DOM is upping the price 100s of dollars. You are paying for the process involved in making a quality component. Besides balljoints, material cost is minimal compared to tooling, fabrication and machining time.
Well, I guess because you don't need it. Never once have I though "Man, if I would have had a 3/8" ball joint plate that might not have broken", lol! As far as machining goes less material is going to machine faster. And I know that its easier to bend a piece of 1 1/4" .083" wall easier than a .250" wall. I know that the design process is going to take the same amount of time no matter what material is used but that amount of material is not nessesary in my opinion.
Edited: 2/22/2007 9:12:05 PM by iLLblazer
As for the overkill...why not? Its not like the $2/ft between 1.5" or 1" DOM is upping the price 100s of dollars. You are paying for the process involved in making a quality component. Besides balljoints, material cost is minimal compared to tooling, fabrication and machining time.
Well, I guess because you don't need it. Never once have I though "Man, if I would have had a 3/8" ball joint plate that might not have broken", lol! As far as machining goes less material is going to machine faster. And I know that its easier to bend a piece of 1 1/4" .083" wall easier than a .250" wall. I know that the design process is going to take the same amount of time no matter what material is used but that amount of material is not nessesary in my opinion.
purplekush
+1y
i made some extended tubular arms for a golf cart the other day
first time playing with dom tubing and a bender.
wasnt hard at all
id like to make some for a mini
first time playing with dom tubing and a bender.
wasnt hard at all
id like to make some for a mini
suckafree
+1y
you guys know...this isnt a scene...its a god damn control arms race
ok lame....I'll go to bed now.
ok lame....I'll go to bed now.
mindlissmetalfab
+1y
Edited: 2/23/2007 9:51:50 AM by iLLblazer
Edited: 2/23/2007 9:50:49 AM by iLLblazer
Originally posted by laynframe90
Originally posted by iLLblazer
Edited: 2/22/2007 9:12:05 PM by iLLblazer
As for the overkill...why not? Its not like the $2/ft between 1.5" or 1" DOM is upping the price 100s of dollars. You are paying for the process involved in making a quality component. Besides balljoints, material cost is minimal compared to tooling, fabrication and machining time.
Well, I guess because you don't need it. Never once have I though "Man, if I would have had a 3/8" ball joint plate that might not have broken", lol! As far as machining goes less material is going to machine faster. And I know that its easier to bend a piece of 1 1/4" .083" wall easier than a .250" wall. I know that the design process is going to take the same amount of time no matter what material is used but that amount of material is not nessesary in my opinion.
Its piece of mind for the customer I guess. Same reason you can run 1" 4 link bars with no problems, but everyone runs 1.5" or 2x2 bars these days. We just did a 4 link on a customers truck with 1" uppers and people dropping by the shop are like "wow thats sketchy" because all they are used to is the bigass bars. Even though my buddy has a 1" diameter parallel link under his pro street sonoma that is holding up just fine. Its just a mindset really. Eliminates the what ifs people have. I'm all for overkill. haha. Its kind of like 'a picture is worth 1000 words' concept for the average joe who doesnt know, or care to know, the engineering aspects behind it.
Edited: 2/23/2007 9:50:49 AM by iLLblazer
Originally posted by laynframe90
Originally posted by iLLblazer
Edited: 2/22/2007 9:12:05 PM by iLLblazer
As for the overkill...why not? Its not like the $2/ft between 1.5" or 1" DOM is upping the price 100s of dollars. You are paying for the process involved in making a quality component. Besides balljoints, material cost is minimal compared to tooling, fabrication and machining time.
Well, I guess because you don't need it. Never once have I though "Man, if I would have had a 3/8" ball joint plate that might not have broken", lol! As far as machining goes less material is going to machine faster. And I know that its easier to bend a piece of 1 1/4" .083" wall easier than a .250" wall. I know that the design process is going to take the same amount of time no matter what material is used but that amount of material is not nessesary in my opinion.
Its piece of mind for the customer I guess. Same reason you can run 1" 4 link bars with no problems, but everyone runs 1.5" or 2x2 bars these days. We just did a 4 link on a customers truck with 1" uppers and people dropping by the shop are like "wow thats sketchy" because all they are used to is the bigass bars. Even though my buddy has a 1" diameter parallel link under his pro street sonoma that is holding up just fine. Its just a mindset really. Eliminates the what ifs people have. I'm all for overkill. haha. Its kind of like 'a picture is worth 1000 words' concept for the average joe who doesnt know, or care to know, the engineering aspects behind it.