homemade sf connectors???
07-26-2005, 12:34 PM
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Re: homemade sf connectors???
if you have a shop with a lift and welders and cutting tools and access to raw materials...it's doable.
but when you can buy some powder coated for $140....it's hard to justify the expense
but when you can buy some powder coated for $140....it's hard to justify the expense
07-26-2005, 05:22 PM
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Re: homemade sf connectors???
I had mine custom made by the shop that installed my roll bar. They are made of chrome moly tubing. In retrospect, I probably would have been better off getting some ready-made ones, so they would have tucked into the rocker panels a little better. You'd need a good tubing bender to get them tucked away, out of sight.
Without knowing what year your car is, we're just guessing though. Might want to add a "signature" with basic info like the year of your car, major mods, etc. That way people can give you a more accurate answer.
Without knowing what year your car is, we're just guessing though. Might want to add a "signature" with basic info like the year of your car, major mods, etc. That way people can give you a more accurate answer.
07-26-2005, 07:07 PM
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Re: homemade sf connectors???
Hows that, also can i just use square tubing, because that will tuck in nicely and i dont think i would have to use a bend pipe because the square tube will fit snug to the rear mount.
07-27-2005, 08:29 AM
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Why could you not use square tubing? It doesn't matter. BMR, for example, makes them both ways:
http://www.bmrfabrication.com/F-bodyChassis.htm
http://www.bmrfabrication.com/F-bodyChassis.htm
07-27-2005, 09:52 PM
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Re: homemade sf connectors???
Don't know exactly what the wall thickness is on the ones you can buy, but I would think anything short of solid bar stock would be great, the stronger the better.
07-27-2005, 10:57 PM
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Re: homemade sf connectors???
The easiest way to get your sizes is to cut some cardboard to the same size tubing you want to use (if I was making them I would use 2" x 3" rectangular tube for ease of working) and make a set of templates for each side. This way you know they will fit your car.
Just so you know, the 2 x 3 x 3/16 or x 1/4 wall tubing as rem steel will cost as much as a set from e-bay and then you have to fabricate it and paint it. Mine came from ebay and fit like a charm. You can't see them on the car - unless you are underneath it, and they came already powder coated. They were only $100 plus shipping and showed up on my door in 4 days.
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQ...QQsassZwormz22
Just so you know, the 2 x 3 x 3/16 or x 1/4 wall tubing as rem steel will cost as much as a set from e-bay and then you have to fabricate it and paint it. Mine came from ebay and fit like a charm. You can't see them on the car - unless you are underneath it, and they came already powder coated. They were only $100 plus shipping and showed up on my door in 4 days.
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQ...QQsassZwormz22
07-28-2005, 11:59 PM
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Re: homemade sf connectors???
well my dad has all the square tubing in thw world everysize and he has 2 diff welders and bucn h of cutters and everything. i think im just going to use 3m undercoating on them when there done the project starts 2nd week in august '
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