Leaf spring re-arching.

I have tried to find 1095 quality bar stock, no luck. What I find is for making knives, so it is just small pieces. Not like 2.5" wide and 5 feet long. And most of it is ground flat, and I just need regular rolled and annealed.

I can get it from the local spring shop here in the city, but they want like over $250 for a whole spring for my car if it has 5/8" bolt, and $350 for it if it has 1/2" bolt because that was so rare, and for leaf material for one side, another $200. So, that was not even interesting looking at.

Doesn't anyone in the entire nation sell spring material for a decent "fee", and in the quality and size that is needed for a car spring ? Do the companies who make car springs have some kind of monopoly on spring material ?


Bill