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11-14-2007, 02:16 AM
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fabing trailing arms
Im thinking about fabing up my own trailing arms. Has anyone done this and have pics? Im thinking about 2x3 boxed tubing and giving it a try. I thought about running a triangulated 4 link but i want to stick with coils in the rear and cant find any pics of how anyone has done this since the coils are normally mounted to the trailing arms and i cant talk myself into spending the jack on coilovers so i can run the 4 link, although christmas is just around the corner and i need to find a present for myself. Im one of those that has always built it instead of buying it if i can, just so i can say its "custom".
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11-14-2007, 02:42 AM
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Re: fabing trailing arms
A friend of mine & I are currently doing this. He owns a race car shop (chassis/narrowed rearends/mustang II front ends/etc...) I bought 2x3 square tubing (has to be narrowed in front to mount if I remember him saying) then I bought D.O.M. tubing for the U-bolt & coil spring holes. He say's they are a breeze to do, but we haven't started yet... Only verbalized the plan and bought materials so far.
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11-14-2007, 06:55 AM
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Re: fabing trailing arms
Do a search.I`ve been wondering what happened to the fabricator guy in CA that was planning to make bowed arms out of stainless.He had been making the prototypes and had lots of pics.
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11-14-2007, 09:51 AM
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Re: fabing trailing arms
It was metalmassacer I think his name was and he has them up on his site.
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11-14-2007, 10:08 AM
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Re: fabing trailing arms
I can probably hook you up with a set of these for about $200 plus shipping. They are off a nascar craftsman truck. I will know in a week of two how they fit but they are the same length as the stockers. They are 2x3" tubing.
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11-14-2007, 09:04 PM
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Re: fabing trailing arms
There are more pics in my build thread.
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11-19-2007, 04:39 PM
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Re: fabing trailing arms
ram-man what dimension tubing did you use? Those look about like i would like to build.
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11-21-2007, 09:30 PM
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Re: fabing trailing arms
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11-22-2007, 09:06 AM
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Re: fabing trailing arms
Ram-Man,nice job,very nice.
jkade,great discovery.
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