Chassis Steel

[MoysieWRX]

Originally Posted by Talonmotorsport

Steel is not like autocad it's made to permissible tolerances not absolute sizes. when you ask a steel stockist you need to ask for 25mm or 1" and they'll see what they have in stock on the database your only talking to an office worker not the guy in the ware house some times they will have 3 ton of 1" x 16 gauge and no 25mm x 1.5 box. Also if you just ask for 'box section' you will get HRC/HRS or 'black' which will be 2.5mm thick, what you want is ERW which is a better quality material and has square sides to work with. Otherwise it's like walking into B&Q and asking for paint...

Hi Talon,
I had specified that i was looking for the specific sizes (25mm and 19mm) in ERW. They come back saying they had the 1" instead of 25mm but stated they dont have 19mm, so presumed they dont have 3/4" although i did send them another email to gain clarity.
If i dont get a reply back by a little later on today, i will probably phone them up. So will see what they come back with.

In the meant time, im looking at the posibility of using the 1" instead of 19mm. In your experience, can you think of any areas where i may hit difficulties either in constructing the chassis, or in fitting the parts in?
or do you think i should try somewhere else to get the 19mm?

Would like to get my steel ordered up soon.