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squaretube or dom round tube for long arms

Both are good, Square tube will be cheaper to buy, but its easier to get Bungs and threaded ends for round tube. There are companies who make them for square as well, a lil pricey though.
 
what shape do you like better a circle or a square? I'd use DOM for links... but lets just beat this horse to death.. Hasta My RK links are solid 2"... I feel pretty confident they arent going to break.. If/when I go a different route it will be w/ 2" 0.25" Wall DOM for the lowers and 1.75" .120" wall DOM for the uppers.. But that's just me...
 
Its like this....
round for links
rectangular for bumpers
square is for driveshafts
:roflmao:
 
I used both. 2" 1/4" wall square for the lowers, 1.5" 1/4" wall for the upper. But I had the square, so it was cheap. Like Zac said, both work. Some of the really hard core guys are bending both and going to solid aluminum. If you really want to hasta check on Pirate for an answer. They can go for days arguing about which one is better.
 
Which can you get easier, I'm planning on using 2" DOM 3/8 wall for my lowers and 1.5" DOM 1/4 wall for my uppers but I'm having a hard time finding it locally, though I did find a place that keeps it in stock just a 3 hr drive from my house to get it or I have to order 20' at a time from the place here in town.
 
rob92xj said:
Which can you get easier, I'm planning on using 2" DOM 3/8 wall for my lowers and 1.5" DOM 1/4 wall for my uppers but I'm having a hard time finding it locally, though I did find a place that keeps it in stock just a 3 hr drive from my house to get it or I have to order 20' at a time from the place here in town.
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Ive bought from these guys before.
http://www.aedmotorsport.com/
 
RCP Phx said:
Ive bought from these guys before.
http://www.aedmotorsport.com/
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Under 2.0" DOM they only list a .188 wall I'm looking for 3/8 or .375 wall thickness. What they are selling is fine for roll cages/bars and stingers etc.
The place I might be ordering from (actually driving to) is http://www.stockcarsteel.com/ it is about a 3 hr drive from where I live but they do ship. There is also Ballistic Fabrication in AZ http://www.ballisticfabrication.com/index.html They have a nice selsection of tubing but the shipping on what I'm looking to order from them is going to kill me.
 
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