Coilovers welding question.

[Batz]

I need to weld my Megan coilovers, but I'm not sure what welder to use, I have can use tig welder, but I'm not sure if it's okay to do it with it as I believe Megan's are made from stainless steel or aluminum (I'm totally new to welding) or do I have to do it with mig? thanks

[REVunlimited]

your welding mild steel. the megan coilovers are mild steel where your welding too i believe. that means you can run stick, tig, or mig to do the job.IMO Tig is the best, mig is the easiest. and stick you just do if thats all you got. you can probably use the copper colored 7018 rod goin DCEN. like 70-100 amps if you dont have a foot pedal. thats if you can run a tig bead good. BTW tig is what you want to use for all the exotic metals most of the time. mig is mostly mild steel. same with stick.

[AndrewBird]

If you can't figure this out, you should NOT be the one welding this. A bad weld could lead to catastrophic failure and cause an accident. Have it welded by someone who knows what they are doing.

[Andy.B]

If you can't figure this out, you should NOT be the one welding this. A bad weld could lead to catastrophic failure and cause an accident. Have it welded by someone who knows what they are doing.

This. I can weld OK, and lay a decent bead, but anything structural I take to fab shop and pay to have done right. Not worth trying to save a few bucks and put yourself and others at risk.

[tytypetersen]

I had my buddy weld them with his tig welder. And since it's stainless to cast iron. Heat the cast iron spindle with a torch until red before you weld, this will help prevent cracks.

[Liquidity]

And since it's stainless to cast iron. Heat the cast iron spindle with a torch until red before you weld, this will help prevent cracks.

The steering knuckle is not cast iron. Iron is too brittle for that. Those parts are cast steel. The only thing that's cast iron on the car is the engine block.

[Minty_Fresh]

if you cant tell the metal from appearance, then chances are your not a skilled fig welder and i suggest you mig weld them if you dead set to do it your self. a inexperienced tig weld can be very week even if it looks pretty. mig welding is pretty hard to fuck up if you have half a brain and under stand the concept of welding.

[Liquidity]

a inexperienced tig weld can be very week even if it looks pretty. mig welding is pretty hard to fuck up if you have half a brain and under stand the concept of welding.

I've seen way more messed up mig welds than tig welds. At least with tig you're guaranteed to melt the base metal. With mig, I can't count how many times I've seen welds were it looked like someone squeezed a tube of toothpaste onto the metal. I could knock them off with a screw driver. Mig welding is very easy to fuck up if you've never touched a welder before.