Mig or Tig? For Air Ride Kit

Can anyone tell me how their welds on a suspension, held up under normal stress. If they welded their air bag kit with a mig? Likewise with a tig?

If you know what you're doing, you could ARC weld it.... its more in the skill of the person welding than the method being used, IMO.

I agree, it depends on the person doing it how well they are with each process.

Tig would work fine, but prbably take you a lot longer.

I've used mig and im sure most other people go with mig as well. 220v mig... 110v is pretty sketch for frame work and stuff.

220V mig

Ive done most of my welding on sheet metal, never welded anything this thick before. I was thinking about buying a Tig, to tackle the job.

Id rather do it myself then pay someone $2500 to do it for me

can you tig weld structural components?

The difference between MIG and TIG is very minimal. They both use electricity to create a "puddle" and then you add the filler metal. MIG just does it all in one step.

MIG stands for "metal inert gas." Metal is the electrode and just happens to be the filler metal and it uses an inert gas to shield the weld.

TIG stands for "tungsten inert gas." The tungsten is the electrode and innert gas is the shield then you add you filler metal.

The reason TIG is so "magical" is because it has a constantly adjustable arc and you only add as much filler metal as you need. You can "lay" a beautiful MIG weld that is totaly worthless, but a TIG weld is not forgiving, at all. If it doesn't join the two metals, it doesn't look like it did (if that makes any sence.)

Many sanctioning bodies requre that 4130 be TIG welded, but mild steel can be MIG or TIG welded. The machines are rated in pretty much the same ways. A 200 amp TIG is the same as a 200 amp MIG. So it stands to reason that anything you can do with a MIG you could do with more control with a TIG.

As has been stated earlier, both MIG and TIG work, but TIG is just more controlable and weeds out the non-talented welders pretty fast.

I hope this helps...

max your sooo smart i would add if you got like 4 months to weld everything go tig...lol mig is just faster also have you ever tig welded before if not i would take some classes i thought it would be easy since i have experience with a mig and arc but man tig is some challenging shit and will test you patience

I know guys who have used 110V mig on frame and suspension work, it does the job, it just takes a little longer, since the 110V mig doesnt have the ass behind it such as a 220V. If you use 110V mig, just go a bit slower so you can get good penetration.