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Old 01-04-2019, 05:51 AM   #15
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High strength boron is strong but brittle (just like the factory stainless roll bar). So probably great for a slow roll over but when it fails it won’t bend like a mild steel cage it’ll tear. This is why cages have to be carbon steel
That makes perfect sense
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