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Old 11-21-2014, 09:15 PM   #15
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Re: Welding plates to trailing arms

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Originally Posted by MAC71 View Post
Thank you all for the information and photos. I agree with the comment that if you buy the plates already cut and use that your going to be a lot into the project as far as money.
After reading all this I am leaning towards just welding the two halfs together and then maybe making plates to weld to the area under the axle mount and the spring. Any one have any thoughts on the pros and cons of each? Also what the real and noticeable benefit of having the control arms strengthened would be.
Depends on how much power you are running. With a lot of horsepower the stock arms will deflect and could bend.

So if you are drag racing the truck with 600+HP, you probably need to reinforce.
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