3"-4" DOM Pipe bender

[UVRUGBY]

So I am trying to fab up a double/single roll bar for '90 yota PU ext cab. there will be 2- 90* bends on the two up bars and 1- 45ish* on the kicker down bars.
I can supply the pipe if needed.

I don't have length measurements for the bars yet, but I will have them tonight or tomorrow.

Thank You.

 

[Badger]

You won't find anybody with that size dies. Why do you think you need to use 3 or 4 inch DOM?

 

[UVRUGBY]

Well i thought about 2". But, I am thinking that it is going to look to skinny in the bake of the truck with 2" side by side, then the 2" kicker angle down bar.

 

[UVRUGBY]

Also, most roll bars that are mounted in the back of trucks are 3". So I am just going off what most manufactures produce.

 

[STAG]

Fwiw the "roll bars" I'm sure you're referring to, 90% are about 16 gauge wall thickness and are not DOM. 2" will look fine, do .190 wall and that will be plenty overkill. Also, just throwing out there it takes a pretty stout bender to bend 2" .190 wall. It is my opinion that it will ruin most hobby type benders including ProTools and Jd2 model 3. Probably be fine with a model 32.

 

[Badger]

Your new to fab work aren't you....? What a manufacture uses and what actually needs to be used are two different things. As mentioned above. 2" DOM would be much stronger then what you see being used in Show bars or manufacture bars

 

[slcpunk74]

It's just for show and really won't save you then why not use .120 wall or .090. 2" od is as said about as large as most garage fabbers will be able to bend.

 

[UVRUGBY]

Alright, and yes this is the deepest I have gotten into fab work. My first Tacoma got totaled before I could do much, and sense then I have had cars. So no fab work done. Would like function with look, but honestly I don't plan on crawling this to the point where I might roll it.

 

[UVRUGBY]

Thanks for your guys input. With it I will look at 2" and call it good, with going a double/single it should look just fine, plus like you guys said with that I will be more then good with it incase it happens to roll, but highly unlikely, at least for awhile. I appreciate your inputs.

 

[STAG]

If its just for looks, a bunch of exhaust/muffler shops have the ability to bend 3 or 4" exhaust tubing. Usually not a perfectly smooth bend but maybe good enough.

 

[Badger]

Or you can just start hunting the junk yards for an actual useless show bar which is what it seems you want. Without an actual X bracing it would be good for nothing anyway.

This is what you are looking for huh

Here you go......

 

[UVRUGBY]

Would be difficult to find some that are in good shape I would think. I am just going to go with
2" and bend some up. The exhaust shop would get expensive, and would turn out bad. Already attempted going there for a intake pipe to be bentup and they left creases in a smooth 45 degree angle. Was supposedto be smooth any. But they made the bend a little more dramatic. Still works though for under the hood out of mind.

 

[notajeep]

Or you can just start hunting the junk yards for an actual useless show bar which is what it seems you want. Without an actual X bracing it would be good for nothing anyway.

This is what you are looking for huh

Here you go......

Can't you still but this beauty?

 

[Badger]

I'm guessing you ment can you still buy this turd of a show bar. And yes you can hence the link under the picture.