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March 22, 2013 at
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In case your thinking of chroming a set of these, THEY DO TWIST AND BREAK THE CHROME PLATING OPEN OVER TIME. Same goes for axles too.
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March 23, 2013 at
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Bottom line...buy as complete a car as you can. You will save money in the long run. Vintage parts have sky rocketed in the last couple of years. It costs a fortune to build a car from a bare frame unless you use modern parts. Get involved with a club or other vintage racers. Lots of vintage parts are rat holed that people will part with for a fair price to a fellow racer. Unless you get lucky, there aren't many bargains on eBay or the racer classifieds.
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March 25, 2013 at
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Powdercoating is best type of coating these days, get it done on a lot of things I race with, chrome is nice for show but not if your gonna race it.
XYZ Machining out of Indiana has really nice rear arms of all sizes/offsets/thicknesses , I run an XP Birdcage setup which the heim ends pickup point is right under the axle and this requires a much greater off set LR & RR Arm and I have found XYZ has the best quality alum. torsion arms out there and I get the thicker one so they don't flex.
Those tubular arms are nice but a bit pricey as you have to get them custom made for your offset you want, been down that road with them bending them up for these XP Birdcages I run.
Around $155 each for completely bent up and welded and ready to put on, I guess it is ok if you have the $$$ to spend??, XYZ run around $87 for the the thicker rear t arms.
J.D.
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March 29, 2013 at
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March 29, 2013 at
06:30:20 PM by rusty-rail
Got a new powder coater in our area. His chrome powder coating looks really good. Check out the IMCA frame that was complete chrome powder coated.
http://www.nextechclassifieds.com/listings/view/424015/
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