Houston area (along with DB's not from Houston) BS thread

1) that's all i use.
2) you have your own welder, but haven't taken the 10 minutes to weld on shackle points?!?!?!

the white one is on stock tires. i always think that looks weird. especially since it's lifted too.

 

Colin does that offer stand for the rear bumper on layla? if i ever get her back from the worst dealership ever that is.

 

lol... you haven't seen the quality of my welds

 

this

 

sure

depends on the structure of the bumper. welding flush to a piece of 1/8 or 3/16 plate with no support directly behind the mount is a poor choice. the welde will hold just fine, but you'll pull the plate in all kinds of wrong directions.

i typically do a tripple pass on the clevis points. if you do the math on the tensile strength/unit area of weld, on a properly penetrated weld, you'll break other things before tearing a weld off.

 

from a weld area standpoint, that's fantastic for strength, but it can have some serious drawbacks as well. unless you cut the hole for the mount with a laser or waterjet, odds are, you're not getting smooth lines, and properly rounded corners. any deveation that creates a sharper edge or angle in your cut, can cause what is called a stress raiser, or other weak point in the plate itself. this can greatly increase the rist of tearing or cracking the plate itself. the same principal is why you drill a hole and the end of a crack to stop it from spreading.

luckily, your typical off road bumpers are overbuilt enough around the shackle/frame mounting points, that this decrease in integrity is never an issue.

 

i have faith in you

 

Got a free black rear bumper. Little crushed on one side but repaiable

 

if i ever saw anything of yours that i had major strength/safety concerns about, i'd let you know. that's why i spoke so strongly against the sleved tubed attachment sliders.

 

I feel retarded

 

go fly something, it'll make you feel better.

 

good idea... although I'm working other stuff today and for the next few weeks...

 

Stock? Send me pictures

 

I'd be lying if I said I hadn't thought about it

 

RAPTOR!

 

Do you guys know of a good website to buy sig sauer stuff. I need mags and stuff

 

If mike does what he does in a baja tacoma, he will tear shit up in a raptor. But don't think he will cause of the shit for gas it gets lol

 

Google? Lol

 

Iv tried that lol can't find any "reputable" looking sites besides sigs website lol.

 

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