strut tower bar
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strut tower bar
i am making my own strut tower bar. i was wondering how much one weights that u would buy from an aftermarket place. im trying to compare the wieghts. mine will probly wiegh around about 15-20 pounds.
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What the hell are you making it out of that its that heavy? My rear bar is steel (intended as a harness bar too) and it only weights about 5# with heim joints and all....
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a hoist location? um, i dunno what u mean by that. its about a 1/4 inch thick. not a normal bar, it acuatlly rests infront of the towers, not above them. i dunno what else to tell u abouit it.
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hoist location as in some place to lift the car off the ground from....
1/4" thick is a wee bit overkill depending on the width of the bar. Tubing is ideal for these because the strength of a material is mostly based on the outter most layer of it. Hense why drive shafts are hollow, etc.
1/4" thick is a wee bit overkill depending on the width of the bar. Tubing is ideal for these because the strength of a material is mostly based on the outter most layer of it. Hense why drive shafts are hollow, etc.
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yeah thats what i am thinking now too. i have a ton of scrap metal and figured i would make my own instead of shelling out the money for a new one.
ill have to search for some tubing, im sure there is some around. hopefully it will look good.
ill have to search for some tubing, im sure there is some around. hopefully it will look good.
hmmm this sounds interesting. Can you make a write-up for us? I would love to see some pix of what it looks like. I am liking the "make your own ****" deal.lol I would not mind unsing some scrap metal to try this myself. keep us posted on how it turns out and get us some pix.
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wow, people are actually interested, lol. i just started a couple days ago and am still in the process of cutting and working the metal. that wieght figure was just the raw peices. i hope to have it done again in a few days but work and light hours kinda restrict me. but when i get it done if people want i will get some pics up here.