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Old May 24, 2010 | 01:20 PM
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Whats a good source for mandrel bent aluminum? I mainly need it for charge pipes. I have used vibrant's bends many times before, however, I do NOT need polished pieces.
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Old May 25, 2010 | 04:06 AM
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i just bought 5 pipes from cxracing, as others had pointed me in the direction of from this baord. i just got them in yesterday and they look great, bead rolled ends ect.

i paid like 110 shipped for a J bend, 2 U bends, a 45 degree bend and a 90 degree bend. arrived in like 3 business days and packaging was prettty good.
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Old May 25, 2010 | 02:28 PM
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www.globaltecheng.com
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Old May 25, 2010 | 04:13 PM
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I like Wolff Aircraft. Nice material, amazing quality. Isnt cheap like most honda tech people want, but then again, I am not cheap myself.
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Old May 26, 2010 | 04:23 AM
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do you any pictures of the material? I am interested to see what the finish is.
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Old May 26, 2010 | 06:41 AM
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this is the only picture i have at the time, you can see the intercooler pipe in the picture
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Old May 26, 2010 | 07:02 AM
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Fast-Turbo has most common charge pipe sizes in stock and Stan is a very cool guy to deal with.
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Old May 29, 2010 | 08:27 AM
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columbia mandrel bends also have great prices.
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Old May 29, 2010 | 10:13 AM
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http://www.verociousmotorsports.com/

No question awsome, so many choices for bend sizes its hands down the best place place. You get clean material and accurate for that matter also in the bends.
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Old May 31, 2010 | 06:50 AM
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Originally Posted by redboost10
I placed a sample order from Global Tech at the end of last week, just a few bends and some straight, to get an idea of the quality. Looks like I'll have it tomorrow. So I will let you know what I think of it.

The price was diffidently good.
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Old May 31, 2010 | 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by bemanuel
I placed a sample order from Global Tech at the end of last week, just a few bends and some straight, to get an idea of the quality. Looks like I'll have it tomorrow. So I will let you know what I think of it.

The price was diffidently good.
globaltech is pretty good, I order from them regularly. What I like about them over others is you don't get a bend packed full of grease, and they have much more options for radiuses, the prices are about the cheapest I've found anywhere (excluding ebay chinese sourced stuff).

You might also try tubesol.com (Tube Solutions, Portland Oregon) they don't have the bends listed on the website, but trust me they have it, or can bend it for you.
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Old Jun 1, 2010 | 12:33 PM
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Got the bends in from Global Tech and they are exactly what I was looking for. One nice thing is they where able to bill my UPS account, so no inflated shipping costs like you expect from other vendors. So far they get a big
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