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Discussion in 'Long Travel Suspension' started by linked2002, Aug 19, 2011.

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  1. Apr 20, 2016 at 5:43 PM
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    Any tips or tricks to making a waterproof sheet metal storage box? I can't find any off the shelf plastic one to fit on my flatbed so probably gonna have to build it.

    Would need to be 14" L x 8" W x 14" H(height/depth) with a piano hinge style lid.
     
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  2. Apr 20, 2016 at 6:44 PM
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    You could Stitch weld it together through maybe inch and a half long stitches every three or four inches or so, and then seal the shit out of it from the inside and out.
     
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  3. Apr 21, 2016 at 9:11 AM
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    Find someone with a box and pan brake or a press brake with decent tooling. Then you only have to weld the 4 vertical corners. Make the lid slightly larger than your box with a .5-1" lip to go past the box and put some trim molding on the box.
     
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  4. May 10, 2016 at 6:30 PM
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    image.jpgSo I made a bracket for battery posts and welded it to the front of this cage today, I could not get a pretty bead to save my life. Super frustrating, does this happen to anyone else here? I'll lay the nicest bead where you can't see it and then lay a shitty one right in plain view. I had to shut the garage and call it a day I was so irritated
     
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  5. May 10, 2016 at 7:41 PM
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  8. May 11, 2016 at 7:33 PM
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  10. May 11, 2016 at 10:12 PM
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    What are you working with?
     
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  11. May 12, 2016 at 12:00 AM
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  12. May 12, 2016 at 7:54 AM
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    What was It doing when you were trying to weld?
     
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  13. May 12, 2016 at 12:42 PM
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  16. May 13, 2016 at 11:36 PM
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  17. May 13, 2016 at 11:56 PM
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    ^^ Pretty much sums it up...
    I've been buying their stuff for years, they used to be awesome but their CS seems to have taken a tumble off a cliff. :(
     
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  18. May 14, 2016 at 8:36 AM
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    I've got parts for over 50 dual shear face mount spindles coming in from a local machine shop. Whole 22ft stick of DOM being turned down. I've figured out the HD shank spindles as well, I just don't use them too often so I'm not sure if I'll get a batch made.
     
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  19. May 14, 2016 at 10:51 AM
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    What is the OD and height of the DOM housings? Also are the brackets going to have holes for pop pins?
    For my Jeep bumpers they are going to be more of a 'corner' mount rather than a face mount but after gusseting yours should work if they're similar to this:
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  20. May 14, 2016 at 1:32 PM
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