new strut bar

[88lxi-shortram]

today since my fiances out of town and i had blood drawn i decided to do something calm and constructive and make my own strut bar, or begin to at least. i have already made the base outlines from paper and copied it over to wood to give me a stffer template. i havent cut it yet but the paper template fits. so next on the agenda is to get the angles made for the bar mounts. the 1st prototype will be wood since i have wood to waste and not metal. after the wood version is done i wil copy it to steel and aluminum for the final product... so far the plan is 1/8"steel for the bases and bar mounts with an aluminum bar (thick aluminum) or i may just fab the whole bar from steel. anybody wana modify my sources list feel free to tell me what metals would be best for weight reduction while keeping the price down. if all goes well this should be cheap bar that i could end up selling to people

or... make a how to write up and share with everyone
or both

[lostforawhile]

today since my fiances out of town and i had blood drawn i decided to do something calm and constructive and make my own strut bar, or begin to at least. i have already made the base outlines from paper and copied it over to wood to give me a stffer template. i havent cut it yet but the paper template fits. so next on the agenda is to get the angles made for the bar mounts. the 1st prototype will be wood since i have wood to waste and not metal. after the wood version is done i wil copy it to steel and aluminum for the final product... so far the plan is 1/8"steel for the bases and bar mounts with an aluminum bar (thick aluminum) or i may just fab the whole bar from steel. anybody wana modify my sources list feel free to tell me what metals would be best for weight reduction while keeping the price down. if all goes well this should be cheap bar that i could end up selling to people

or... make a how to write up and share with everyone
or both

i would like to see the bases, i will have to make my own bar due to my oddball setup, but being able to make bases first is a huge help

[88lxi-shortram]

after i cut them out ill post pics give me like 20 mins

[88lxi-shortram]

pics will have to wait til tomoro, my power saw battery wasnt charged so i couldnt cut i tryed it with a handsaw but that just sucks. and now its too dark to handle powertools, even with a light so ill just wait for tomoro.

[lostforawhile]

pics will have to wait til tomoro, my power saw battery wasnt charged so i couldnt cut i tryed it with a handsaw but that just sucks. and now its too dark to handle powertools, even with a light so ill just wait for tomoro.

no hurry, it's not like i'm building my strut bar brace tomorrow

[88lxi-shortram]

Idk why but my computer put itself in a kind of protection mode recently and I can't seem to reboot it. I have sent the pic of the base to my email so if you could pm me your email you could have the pic and post it for me if you had time.

computer fixed for now... so here it is

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[88lxi-shortram]

Ok so obviously I havent cut out the center but I need a drill bit big enough to cut it. But this is my rough base cut

[88lxi-shortram]

bump??? opinions?

[itzdave]

looks good, cant wait to see it finished. try a heavy duty dremel maybe for cutting out the big hole...

[ShyBoyCA6]

Well is that wood? Why not just make dc sport mounts replicas?

[88lxi-shortram]

wish i hada working dremel... mine got ruined when our shed washed away.

yes its wood, im using wood to make all my mock up stuff then when everythings right im copying it to metal. i have tons of wood to screw up with but im scarse on metal. i'd make a dc replica if i had the original to begin with. i pm'd some guy who says he has one for 100 but he hasnt replied. and hes new so im kinda iffy about buying from him. but yea if i could get my hands on a set i could replicate them perfectly with 3 months. maybe longer if theres some weird stuff in the process but u get the idea.

[Tdurr]

Pm mushroom toy. He has one in his closet hes never gonna use nor sell(trust me I've tried lol)

[88lxi-shortram]

Ill just text him later on when it's not 12:30 lol... But anyways are you takin the accord to IA?

[frantik]

make it out of bamboo

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Bamboo_Bike.jpg/800px-Bamboo_Bike.jpg

[88lxi-shortram]

Lol that's amazing... But like I have a bamboo forest around Anyways....

[wh1skea]

and subscribed.

[Tdurr]

Ill just text him later on when it's not 12:30 lol... But anyways are you takin the accord to IA?

he shouldfve been awake thenj lol and was that a serious question??:slap:

[88lxi-shortram]

lol idk maybe not.... well since im guessing you are..... u got a full car??? i need a ride and the headgasket on the eg is going bad so we i dont wana go in it. i'd throw up some money for gas and whatever else. i just really REALLY want to go

[Tdurr]

Lol u got my number right? Txt me

[88lxi-shortram]

ok...

[stat1K]

Hey less gay more worky

[88lxi-shortram]

I am dont worry. I got my hands on a hole cutter for the center today so lll be cutting Tomoro and making the first fit. Then that'll get transferred to metal and I'll progress from there.

[88lxi-shortram]

ok i got the base finished :D i cut the center out and got the three tabs on the side done. now it fits but the wood is wwaaayyyy to thick. but nonetheless its done and mocked up and ready to be transfered to metal. but heres a question for you guys or even someone with a strut bar. how thick should i make the base itself? and should i use steel like i said or something else?

[stat1K]

1/8" steel would be fine i'm sure.

[lostforawhile]

1/8" steel would be fine i'm sure.

it's not just the thickness but the type of steel is also important

[stat1K]

it's not just the thickness but the type of steel is also important

k great suggestion tim...

[lostforawhile]

k great suggestion tim...

i'll look in my application books tomorrow, I know something in cold rolled, but I need to look up what grade would work

[88lxi-shortram]

allright.... pics have to wait til tomoro i cant find my camera and my phones camera doesnt work. but yea tell me what you think will be ok and ill call my metal guy and see if i can order some