how hard to you guys think it would be to make my own 'wonderbar'? i was looing at it hawks and it looks like just a pipe that connects to two pieces of flatstock steel...i have plenty of metal tools and i think i can make it pretty easily, but i dont hear about many people making them on here so i'm wondering, is there some sort of secret to making the wonderbar or do people rather just pay 70 dollars for it?

-brian

 

I think people would rather just pay the $70, so that they don't have to worry about making the proper templates and such to install it.

Shouldn't be too difficult to make.

 

yes well you've just described half of all of aftermarket parts, a couple peices of bent metal welded together etc etc
its up to you to decide if you want to take the time to make the measurements, do the cutting, bending, drilling, welding, and painting

a couple hours overtime at work, or a couple hours fabbing a wonderbar, whichever you will enjoy more :P

 

well from the looks of it, it seems like all ihave to do is take some flat stock, drill holes in it and make sure the overhang is about where its at in the pictures i have seen, then just hold a bar onto it, and tack it in place and do the same on the other end (make it a little more exact than just holding it up ya know) and then take it off and take an arc welder to it and make sure it wont go anywhere...i mean it seems like it'll be easy enough........

-brian

 

id use mig just because its way easier but thats just me.

 

$10 worth of material, couple hours of your time, no need to bend anything...yeah, build your own, or grab a used one from the junkyard. I've seen them for $3.


While your at it, build a couple more, and sell those, and make a little cash. Pretty to build 3, while your building 1.

 

I think Stephen meant "pretty easy to build 3, while you're building 1"
Indeed.

I am making my own, never bothered finishing it though, will get to that once I put a new outlet in my garage so I can use my welder.
I used 2x4x1/4" steel plate for the mounts, and a piece of 1"x1/8" square tube for the inbetween pipe.

The mounts need 2 holes and go under the swar bar mounts, so they also need a slot cut inbetween the holes, so the sway bar frame mount "bulge" can fit in. Or cut the bulge off, your call. I used a milling machine to cut the slot.

 

I'm ... Somebody Yeah, I left the word 'easy' out...

 

i would say go for it thats hot rodding, if u cant afford something,don't want to pay the price or cant get a hold of the part. make or customize ur own its a perfect idea. hell drop $150 on one of thos at home poweder coaters u could make money off them

 

Branching off the idea hit some garage sales or people throwing appliances away and find a working electric stove... Then all you need to do is buy the gun to shoot the powder.

 

I made my own wonderbar. It was pretty easy. I used the sway bar bushing clamps as templates for the holes. Only took an hour or two to make the whole thing. After that I've done a Strut Tower Brace and Subframe Connectors. I'd suggest just buying the subframes though. Kind of a PITA.