I need a good place to get some 2 1/2 and 3" 16 gauge aluminized steel tubing. Any recommendations?

Hoerr Racing
2 1/2" U bend for $18.95
3" U bend for $24.75

Internet is fine, but most places seem to gouge on shipping, $13 u bend with $9 shipping.

i have some 3" mandral bent SS tubing

What do you have up your sleeve this time Black??

asiankid91
I can't weld stainless

Turbo
You'll have to see....

I belive asiankid can though....

JCWhitney sells tubing.

i got 7 2.5" bends on ebay for $93 shipped.

it was $76.65 for the bends
and $17.06 for the shipping

here is the link to the place i bought them from
http://stores.ebay.com/Mandrel-Bending-Solutions

i would buy more than ya need, then resell the ones you dont need.. mark em up a little bit and make up the cost of shipping

I emailed that company today. He must give a bigger discount the more you buy. It was $16 to ship $27 worth of pipe ( 2 pieces if 3" pipe).

So I assume the pipe was good quality?

buy it through auction.. shipping for 2 is only $12 and the bends are $12.95 each

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mandrel-Ben...08413QQtcZphoto

I can get anything welded up for u. I work in a weld shop i can have my dad tig weld it. Let me no i have lots of the 3" stainless

i did have some 2 1/2 steal but some one hasent payed for it yet. not saying any names

Thanks for the offer Asiankid. But, I'm trying to make up some pipes to sell to raise $$ for next year purchases. So to make it profitable, I need to weld it myself and get the pipe as cheap as possible.

I've been selling EGR blockoff and PDA mount kits, but there not a ton of profit there.

If you find some pipe, I might have some work for you in the near future.

ok thats cool

if u need any tho just let me no

best automotive in pekin sells full sticks of stainless steal piping 16 gauge in any size for $100. he has a bender, but it is not mandral. he is a awsome reasonable dude. he could bend the whole stick into the bends you need so you just have to cut and bolt in, and he can also weld. if you are interested his shop is located behind the little aids bicicle shop in pekin. let me know if you are interested b/c i have a friend who might be able to hook you up a little.

why cant you weld stainless? what kind of welder do you have?


you sould try electrical conduit. i get a shit ton of that at work for free. you can probably get some at springfield elec supply in e peoria

eclaser353
I've got a Century 125GL MIG. Just got it a couple months ago. I thought it was best to TIG Stainless?? Guess I'll have to did out the manual and check.

What gauge does the electrical conduit come in? I didn't think it would come in 3", but I guess industrial application would require it. I'll have to check into it.


Turbo
Let me know what you need and we'll see whaty we can do!


After searching around, I ordered a couple of 3" J pipe from Mandrel-Bending-Solutions for $40 shipped, so I should be making some prototypes up next week.

you can weld stainless with a mig. you have to get different sheilded gas for it and different wire but you can weld with a mig. they do have 3" conduit at springfield and i think it is about as thick as normal exhaust pipe. i not exactly sure what that is. i put it on a 95 chevy truck of mine.

Yeah, that's what I was afraid of. I can't spend another $100+ bucks (another tank rental and gas) to weld stainless. At least not now. Good info for later though!

I've welded stainless with pure argon with no problems so if thats what you have you're good to go.

carbon steel uses a 75/25 mix so he would need a new tank