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: Fabricating rear control arms 69MalibuProject Dec 7th, 04, 8:44 PM Was planning on fabbing up some control arms for my brother's malibu. Was leaning towards tubular maybe 1.25 diameter tubing with 1/8 wall thickness, any ideas.........? Big James 4XL Dec 7th, 04, 9:19 PM Why not just box a stock set? Here's what I did http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=4007431&a=31145788&f= YenkoChevelle69 Dec 7th, 04, 9:35 PM They are so very affordable, why go to the trouble? Peter F. Dec 7th, 04, 10:14 PM It's fairly easy. I just used "link bar" bushings from Energy Suspension part number 9.9107. You just get some 1.25" ID tube to make the arm and some 1/2"ID / 3/4"OD tube to replace the inner piece which is too short. I think you can figure out the rest. In case you're wondering, the 1.25" ID tube is thick enough that the flange on the bushing has a nice flat surface to ride against. The bushings are shown here; http://www.energysuspension.com/pages/univ2.html Peter Big James 4XL Dec 8th, 04, 3:54 PM Originally posted by YenkoChevelle69: They are so very affordable, why go to the trouble? In my case, because I can !!! :D YenkoChevelle69 Dec 8th, 04, 4:37 PM NO i Meant with arms being so affordable why fabricate a set of arms. Boxing them is a different story. 69MalibuProject Dec 8th, 04, 7:23 PM I need to get a hold of a drill press and a tubing notcher | ||