ChadCrissDesign
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Chopped Mazda said:
Edited: 3/23/2011 12:07:56 PM by Chopped Mazda
Regardless of how you have it plated and gusseted, its going to fail, and it just looks scabbed together. It will fold, count on it.
i dont have a problem with plate arms at all, I personally love them. I make them every single day. I deffinentally do not agree with tube being the only way to build a "proper" arm, But that example your putting forth is a terrible representation of what they can be.
In your application, it almost seems to manipulate around the bag like that, you will need to make a tube arm. Or, a flat plate arm with a pocket in the arm for the air bag so it can sit how i needs to. I do my C10 lower arms in this way, i pocket them so the bag can sit at a different angle then the arm.
I agree with jeremy on the uppers as well, you gotta find a way for them to not be standing up and down. Raising the uppers a bit will help.
Taylor
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I know your just trying to help bro, and I appreciate it all, tomarrow im going to stick a stock lower control arm in a press with a gauge, and see how much pressure it takes tell it fails, then Im going to do the same with mine, If I get to the same pressure without fail, then its good to go.
Jeremy- My suspension looks like it does because I like it. Its for my truck. The chevy that you were building with tube lowers, and flat plate uppers, im not a big fan of at all, but I still think your work is badass.
We build stuff all the time to see if it will work.
Taylor- I seen your blue bent lowers on your website, and im more scared of those then I am mine, you water jetted out all the material on your bend line.
But all thanks for the comments.