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Very nice cool car nice to see somthing different.
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Wooo another one :D

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Thanks for the comments guys.....

Adam thanks for that i might need to pick your brains soon, would be good to get some dims off your cage!

Scrapped the first hoop now ive got a better idea how the bender operates i have started the second hoop.

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Knocked this up too.

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Clever stuff Lee, they cost a bomb normally.

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Bender or bumper?
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Think I know who to pay to bend me a IC pipe for the truck ;)

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Dan only problem is type of material it will bend, the lowest i have found it to bend wall thickness is 14g without rippling the metal 12g is recommended tho 16g just looks shocking and would not have the strength for cages or flow for exhaust/induction.
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IWANT1 wrote:Dan only problem is type of material it will bend, the lowest i have found it to bend wall thickness is 14g without rippling the metal 12g is recommended tho 16g just looks shocking and would not have the strength for cages or flow for exhaust/induction.

Ahh fair do's mate :nod: didn't think about the thickness limit.

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Thats in mild steel will have to try a bit of ali and see.
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Lee, I meant your efforts at the nudge bar.

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