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Oct 6, 2007 | 08:05 PM

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GROWEMOTORSPORTSCIV

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i have 89 ford mustang and i need to put some subfraims on it. i work at steel shop so i was gonna just cut them and weld them on by my self but was wandering what size steel tube to use any one know? lmk.

Oct 6, 2007 | 10:37 PM

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ChrisN1313

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get a square 2x2 piece 8 foot long cut in half and weld them up.

Oct 7, 2007 | 05:14 AM

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Same thickness youd have for a rollbar. I use that to fab mine(round)

Oct 7, 2007 | 07:16 AM

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use square, not tubes. You get more surface to surface contact and a bigger weld area = stronger an mo betta

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Oct 8, 2007 | 07:15 PM

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GROWEMOTORSPORTSCIV

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i need the thickness of the steel TUBE AKA SQUARE. JUST SO YOU KNOW PIPE IS ROUND. AND TUBE IS SQUARE. i know the lenth, i need the thickness. i dont want to make it too thick and add unnesasary waight but i dont want to make it too thin and break them. lmk

Oct 8, 2007 | 07:19 PM

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Same thickness youd have for a rollbar. I use that to fab mine(round)

You have round subframes?

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