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General Category => Fabrication => Topic started by: G2 Racer on March 09, 2009, 01:14:03 PM

Title: Cheap V Bands?
Post by: G2 Racer on March 09, 2009, 01:14:03 PM

Where can I get some cheap v bands from?

Title: Re: Cheap V Bands?
Post by: snm95ls on March 09, 2009, 02:59:37 PM

Racing Solutions AKA Columbia River Mandrel Bending.

http://www.mandrel-bends.com/catalog/ (http://www.mandrel-bends.com/catalog/)

Title: Re: Cheap V Bands?
Post by: weirtech on March 09, 2009, 03:37:06 PM

adam is a good guy to deal with at crmb.

Title: Re: Cheap V Bands?
Post by: G2 Racer on March 09, 2009, 10:43:00 PM

Thanks!

Title: Re: Cheap V Bands?
Post by: g_shok on March 09, 2009, 11:54:33 PM

i purchased similar type vbands and when i went to tighten them, the studs on all 3 snapped right off, i ended up having to reweld on new bolts to whatever was left of the original screw, wansnt fun at all, be careful with quality, as long as you can find something with the bolt size similar to a 12mm not a 10mn youll be good

Title: Re: Cheap V Bands?
Post by: mandrel-bends on March 30, 2009, 11:54:15 AM

We buy the best (read: most expensive) clamps we can get - (US made clampco clamps), but even we strip & break them too. Less often then the import ones, but they aren't bullet proof for sure.

Title: Re: Cheap V Bands?
Post by: patsmx5 on March 30, 2009, 05:38:52 PM

gonna be ordering some 3" v-bands this summer when I redo my downpipe. One's getting welded onto the turbine, and another mid-way down the downpipe so it can be taken apart to allow for turbo removal without getting under the car and dropping the exhaust. I ordered a bunch of bends from them a while back and was very pleased with them. Glad I saw this thread.