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why are you going to make them that long? i would cut it off where the crease is in that cardboard
The shocks will be mounted at or near the end of the cardboard, past that crease.
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why are you going to make them that long? i would cut it off where the crease is in that cardboard
The longer i make them the better the angle gets, that is about max what i can fit.
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I would just make sure to get as much weld area as possible and remember that the wider(taller) you make that bracket the stiffer it will be.
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i agree. like the ones i cut out. i have the bracket wrapping half way around the tube.
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