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O ya why is that? DOM is way over kill, for a offroad truck. Its far cheaper to just use ERW
You do know DOM has a seam right?And when you bend metal you put it in its plastic range, so you add strength to it. It then takes even more force to get it to bend again, until you reach the UTS, and it breaks. Its called cold working, DOM is erw, cold worked to its finally size.
A bad cage will kill you DOM or ERW wont matter, A good cage from either will be fine. Now if you want it strong use chro moly
That is true, but will you really need that extra strength? Going 200mph in a race car sure, but cruising around in the woods and taking a roll? Im not rich, that DOM is twice the cost.
DOM is way over kill, for a offroad truck.
You should just stop talking. Nobody cares if you wanna build a cage out of cheap shitty material, but you shouldnt influence others to do the same. Thats like sayin a 5 point harness is overkill, stock belts are plenty stong.... 38in swampers are too expensive, run 27in street tires instead, theyre half the price.Any tube that is ever intended to contact rock in any way should be DOM.
I dont know about you guys, but if you've ever bent HREW and DOM on a bender by hand you will notice a big difference in the addition of force required to bend DOM. Chromoly very similar to DOM, but HREW much easier. You cant tell me that doesn't translate to additional strength. Besides that, there has to be a reason pro racers perfer it over HREW. It cant be because they like spending extra money.
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