[EddieJr93]

anybody have any dimensions of their subframe connectors they bought before they put them in. im going to be making my own for my car and a friends 94 5.0 and was wondering if anybody already had some dimensions.if not ill jus make my own dimensions lol

[BakerFX4]

you should make your own dimensions anyway since you are going to be bending your own square tubing. I have mine in my attic still in the box but damn i dont feel like just measuring them. lol

[brett22]

I don't think home made sfc's sounds like a good idea. Wouldn't you want the knowledge that the SFC's are engineered and made specifically for your car with the appropriate steel and design. Just my thoughts unless you know more about the weak and strong points of the mustangs body than I do and how to correct them with SFC's.

[EddieJr93]

i did subframe connectors on my old camaro,could jack the ca up by the front control arm and lift the back half of the car the same height at the same time.idgaf about weight.lol

[Nossit]

I've always wondered why there isn't a lot of people that do this. Maybe its cost but it seems to me it would be a lot cheaper. Its just tubing thats bent. I don't get the problem that people worry about it so much.

[00redgt]

i dont think there is nothing wrong with making your own sfc.
so i made my own full length subframe connectors

[bandity2k00]

Cause there big and thick and not many people can bend them and all the work is done and its only 130 and free shipping lol

[brokenweasel]

I would imagine making your own wouldn't be much worse than any bought ones as far as performance or feel in the car. There are some factors already such as how good of welding you can do, how much surface area they attach too, how thick the tubing is but those are present with the pre-bent ones. Installing them is fun, but when its only $100 to buy a set it doesn't seem worth taking the time to make them, and now that I think about it those seat braces would be fairly difficult to make as well. I put some in a few weeks ago, but I didn't measure them. It shouldn't be hard to just get under the car with a tape measure.

[EddieJr93]

Originally Posted by bandity2k00 Cause there big and thick and not many people can bend them and all the work is done and its only 130 and free shipping lol

you can cut out notches like pieces of pie and weld it shut when you bend it.

[brett22]

Originally Posted by 00redgt i dont think there is nothing wrong with making your own sfc. so i made my own full length subframe connectors

If you are going to do something like the guy in this post did ^^^ please tell me you can do a better job welding. The welds the guy in this post did could use some help, could have been done a lot better and could have been a lot stronger

[00redgt]

i have the standard length ones right now,ive really been thinking about the laural mountain mustang full length ones.i dont think the standard length ones are helping me with the flex on my sunroof

[00redgt]

Originally Posted by brett22 If you are going to do something like the guy in this post did ^^^ please tell me you can do a better job welding. The welds the guy in this post did could use some help, could have been done a lot better and could have been a lot stronger

shit you should have seen the weld job that was done on mine if you think thats bad.the exhaust shop here did bubble gum on mine,but im thinking about taking mine off anyways for some full length ones

[BaznastyDave]

Its only $100 shipped for some FLSFC's, add up what the tubing costs, flat steel for the seat brace, and nuts for the seat bolts and time and effort and its simpler and quicker to order it, now with that said i am all for DIY projects!

[03SonicBoom]

Originally Posted by brett22 I don't think home made sfc's sounds like a good idea. Wouldn't you want the knowledge that the SFC's are engineered and made specifically for your car with the appropriate steel and design. Just my thoughts unless you know more about the weak and strong points of the mustangs body than I do and how to correct them with SFC's.

There's not a ton engineering to SFC if you have the tubing dimensions of the production SFCs. The engineering is all in the force to cause the bend the tubing. The critical dimension here is the height of the tubing. If you wanted to, you could use a very small I-beam and get the same results.