scared of building my own control arms, should I be?

the top of the hole in the frame is slotted witch lets the upper arm move in and out for camber and caster alignment.

--------------------------------------------- Originally posted by TwistedMinis I think I do my jigs different than other people. All of the ones I have seen are based off of a plate. I generally build a 2x3 or 1.5x2.5 frame to base mine off of, because I don't want any chances of the jig flexing. I base my designs off of the stock arms to keep geometry the same. On the last set I did for the D50, I made some lower ball joint cups, and a block to hold them in place on the jig.    I use the height of the balljoint mount versus the height of the bushing in order to achieve the angle of the balljoint I want. On the bushing side of the jig, I have some 1.5" round stock with a 3/8" hole drilled through it. It fits snug in my 1.75" .120 wall DOM. Here is the jig.     And a finished set of arms.    I feel like it looks easier than it actually is. I spent about a month straight designing these arms in the end. --------------------------------------------- Sorry to thread jack, but how much for a set of those?  My Mighty Max has the BYC arms on it from the previous owner and I really want to put them in the trash where they belong.

That's a sweet jig seth. Do you use the same ball joints for all your arms? As the stock ones would be ugly looking bolt in jobs.

Edited: 4/19/2009 11:57:04 AM by society_outkast

 seth and chris  i truely love your fab skills bro...wish i were closer so you could teach me a thing or two and KAOSS good luck on tryin something new man keep us posted on if u decide to do them

sounds like theyre giving you some great advice. sweet jig concept seth. that all looks pretty clean. i like it.  good luck. just dont start making them until you are sure you are confident. and what about using small pie cuts to bend a square tube like the mt mag tech article for frames? no bender needed then...

My suggestion would be to have Seth or one of the other few proven control arm builders to fab a set for you man.