Self made D-Arms

[TJScott]

I was just wondering, could i pull off making my own d-arms with no conversion needed from the j-arm?

Also, if so, what kind of tubing do you guys recommend? Im a fairly decent welder, strength is no problem, I just dont want to screw up the geometry of my frame.

[Trick2stroke]

By the time you fabbed up a pair of D-Arms it would be far easier to just make a new mount to run a arms.

[regalrocket]

Stock stuff is mild steel. 4130 grade moly tubing is better BASE material, welded improperly it will precipitate carbon, and be WAY more prone to cracking that standard carbon steel. But if your familiar with TIG or high carbon MIG its not biggy. I personally where your comming from, I don't like cutting into a frame, I rather make bolt on stuff so that if I don't like it, I can change it easily. I would take the stock arm and trace that sucker out on paper or cardboard, so that you know the stock mount points, and stock locations for ball joints. Measure the angle of the ball joint, then start working on it. I had one issue when I modified my stock A-Arms, and that came from the bigge shocks that I used. I should have known better, and I was easily fixed, but it could have gone really bad. SO learning from my mistake (I knew it was stupid to finish weld before checking it out, but were men, we don't like to take things slow) tack it all together, then bolt it all back up before you fry it so that you know that it all works good. Then fry it, and beat on it.