where can i find a cheap bead roller to do the beads on my intercooler piping? Or, is the easiest way to just have it welded on there?

 

just run a weld across the ends of the pipes.......

 

my bead roller was expensive and its a peice of crap...what material are you pipes?

 

I should be using aluminum. I did some aluminized steel already with a flux core mig and it came out like crap, heavy and bulky. I'm going to get some mandrel bends, test fit it all and have them welded by a shop.

 

my bead rolelr cost 600$ .. so yea .. its expensive

 

i always bead roll aluminum....if you buy aluminum from vibrant it comes bead rolled already.

 

got pm phil

 

who's vibrant?

 

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not always. my 2.25 stuff was, my 2.5 stuff wasn't.

 

all the new stuff is..the old stuff wasnt. i go through a TON of vibrant stuff haha

 

where can I get some aluminum mandrel bent intercooler piping that won't cost me an arm and a leg? I figure 2.5" cold and 2.25" hot side piping for my f22 motor.

 

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You didn't bead roll mine. Even the manifold turned out F...d up that you guys made that I informed you about almost a year ago and called you five weeks in a row and you still refuse to correct the problem.

 

sorry gotta gloat.





mandrel bent thin walled alluminium, bead rolled.

 

lr mr. gloater... where'd you get that and what's it for? you guys and your civics/tegs can find premade piping. it's the accord guys that suffer

 

If you want a quick fix I just put a ring of JB weld on the end of the pipes .

 

i don't want a quick fix.. i want it done right the 1st time.

 

its not pre-made. its all custom work/bent done by guys here in australia. im 90% sure they supply fullrace with there alluminium products also. Those beads were done on a pretty expensive roller though. Like the others have mentioned, they arnt cheap to buy for a once off thing.

 

ok, so am i looking at getting a bunch of 90 bends or u bends and cutting them myself? that's not a problem, i dont mind doing labor. i swapped my other car from an auto to a 5sp. what would be the best way to cut angles in the aluminum piping? a hacksaw just isn't any good for that, i need a nice clean cut so it's not difficult to line up.

 

I made a bead "roller" out of a set of vicegrips.I ground back the top jaw leaving a rib, and ground a slot in the bottom jaw.Took a little tweeking but it works very good now.I just crimp the bead around the end of the tubing.
Glenn

 

got pm

 

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*tear*

 

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Glenn</TD></TR></TABLE>

exactly what i did...works great...just takes some time

 

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There'd be a lot more fast Hondas on the road if everyone thought like you.

 

can you guys post pics of the home made ones yall made?

 

wonder if this would work?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...QrdZ1