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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 12:15 PM
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what is black steel and would it be good for long arms
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 12:16 PM
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Unfinishes black lacquer steel. No.
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 12:17 PM
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black PIPE which i think you are referring to is gas pipe and NOPE not good!

i would only use DOM tubing for your long arm set up

or a thick box tubing
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 12:20 PM
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Carbon Steel.
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 12:35 PM
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if you can get your hands on tierods from a big rig you can use them my buddy made his own long arms out of them and they are holding up great
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 12:37 PM
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Any tie rods will work, we used them on a 6.5" lift, than went up to 9" and sleeved them
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 04:11 PM
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is this steel good enough for long arms???
http://www.lowrangeoffroad.com/featu...el-tubing.html
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 05:26 PM
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any one
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 05:30 PM
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That would work fine.
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 11:17 PM
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thx
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 11:28 PM
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get your hands on some 2 inch .250 wall dom, i bought 22ft of it and its alot bigger than you imagine, its insane if you can buy it by the foot 7 feet would be enough to do lower arms, i think i used 1.75 .120 wall for my uppers with 7/8 heims from ruff stuff
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