control arm matrial??

what kinda(size etc etc) tubein are u guys usein for ur control arms? thanks

look at this thread it may help.
http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=76363

2offroad said:

look at this thread it may help.
http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=76363

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Are you stalking me?

thanks guys... which is better to build off of? round or square tubein?

also iv seen ppl put leaf springs in the front of there xj's?? is that just for bigger lifts, i can seem to see how leafs would get more flex then coils?!?! am i wrong??

2" DOM tubing is good. leaf in the front of xj? yea if you wanna hang up on rocks like you never did before withcoils.

is that out side or in side dia? what size side wall??

outside, quarter inch thick?

I run 2" square 1/4" wall tubing for mine. It is about half the price of DOM and slightly stronger. The only downside is i could not find anyone who makes tube inserts for the square tubing, but i was able to make my own out of some scrap 1.5" square solid.

got any pictures? thanks

I made a set of long arms with square tube



I made them non adjustable becasue I had the llenghts figured exactly and I made the uppers adjustable for changing caster /camber..

what I did was bought a coupler nut to fit snug inside the the sqaure tube (with a little grinding)


and I bought 2ft of threaded rod
for the uppers

I left about 1/4" sticking out of the tube to weld them to the tip of the tube and also bung welded them at 4 points .

side note here .......I had the square tube laying around the house as scrap..

then I decided to go to DOM


with 1.25 HREW sleved internally (inside of the DOM)


the thing is for the price of an entire stick of 2x2x.25 wall sqare I could pick up 7 ft of DOM and use my existing uppers ..

eventually I changed the uppers to DOM..not because of failure I just wanted to change out the bushing tp poly and I figured it would be easier to shape th round tube with my tube notcher..

ps I did all the shaping on my frist set with a grinder
the second I bout a HF tube notcher and some goood bi metal hole saws

way better cuts!!..

I caught a lot of crap for having aquare tube as control arms ...

either way I would defintily sleve em If I were you ..

There is a picture of my new setup here:
http://cherokeechief.zoto.com/user/...a3464961c54899-_CAT.0/date_uploaded-desc/0-30

85cherokeechief said:

There is a picture of my new setup here:

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Wow,you couldnt make them any longer or lower!

They are thick enough so they wont be hurt by hitting the ground, and i am going up to 8" of lift pretty soon with a new engine and tranny, so i could not mount to the crossmember. This way i am at 105% antidive right now, and with the new lift i will be at about 98% antidive, which makes for a very well manered front end.

wow thanks guy id thought for sure i would have gotta alot of "ball breakin", for wanten to save a few $$, plus i dont know what it is i get a kick outt amakein my own stuff, instead of buyin u no??.. ill be sendin out pms for more info shortly thanks guys alot every help ful

also what are you guys using for bushings?? i have been lookin at my buddy long arms on his jeep and it looks like there "eye ball" type so they still let the arms twisted.. not like the stock mounts.. do u guys see any differents in flex? im goin about 10in of lift so either way i have to make long arms..

I use factory rubber bushings on the axle end to absorb vibrations then i bought some flex joints from a guy on pirate4x4 for $30 each.

do u have a link or anything... just so im on the rigth track thanks mike

here is the link to the thread on pirates for sale forums. I used 3 of those on the frame ends of the links and 3 new factory bushings on the axle end.

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=358938

now do they get pressed in the end caps, or do i weld them on the end of the long arm?