[Fluffy]

well I didn't make the bar itself.
picked it up last night whilst at a bonfire for a carton of pilsner, (he actually wanted xxx but I wasn't gunna be seen leaving the bottle shop with that under my arm)
it was just sitting there on his scrap pile ready for the recyclers.
he said it was off a 4 runner or hilux

[Fluffy]

so a few hours and a few cutting discs later,

[Fluffy]

a few more hours, cutting discs, beers and welding rods.
I had the bar mocked up. and tacked in place.

but not happy where the bar was sitting in regards to the headlights..

[atari4x4]

nice score, i reckon it will look tops.

you even got the auszookers milk crates in there too.

[royce]

If you cut the piece off the bottom of the grille you can lift the bar 30mm

[Saam]

chop the bottom of the grill off and lift it up to the body line, then it will give better clearance and line up with the lights

[Damo]

Needs more angle grinder.

Points for multiple milk crates though, and in different colours gives extra credit.

Great post would read again AAAAA+++++

[Fluffy]

so I removed the black strip under the grill and moved the bar up about an inch and a half.
now all brackets are tacked in place. so in the next week or so. I will reinforce them. and have it all fitted.

not entirely sure about the uprights interfering with the inside of the lights tho.

not bad for under 60$

cheers
Steve

[Fluffy]

Damo wrote:

Needs more angle grinder.

Points for multiple milk crates though, and in different colours gives extra credit.

Great post would read again AAAAA+++++

I ran out of cutting discs and the hardware was closed, I'll grab some more tomorrow..
and that little welder. garage sale for 50$ on saturday came with a box of 2.5mm rods.. only a pissy little thing. but it payed for itself today tacking that bar up

and moving it up made heaps of difference.. but now I gotta make mounts for the grill.. but then again its only ever been held on my the center top screw anyway.

[suzukilwb]

Damo wrote:

Needs more angle grinder.

Points for multiple milk crates though, and in different colours gives extra credit.

Great post would read again AAAAA+++++

i think auszookers needs a official milk crate ranking just so everyone knows the criteria for max points

and the bar looks like it is going well i was going to do the same thing but i got a suzuki one and sold the lux one

[Saam]

would still look good with the uprights chopped off.. chuck a winch and spotties on it with no top bars and it would look really tough, it sticks out enough that i doubt anything would go near the body where the bars are anyways

[atari4x4]

or put hoops on it like the shrockworks one....

[Fluffy]

Saam wrote:

would still look good with the uprights chopped off.. chuck a winch and spotties on it with no top bars and it would look really tough, it sticks out enough that i doubt anything would go near the body where the bars are anyways

I was thinking that..
I'll see how it goes once I finish mounting it..
cos it looks pretty boxy as is

[Polar_Bear]

looks like the 2 posts are gonna fawk your headlights up, need to cut them off and move them inboard a bit, or just cut everything above the bumper off and re-do it, looks a bit big

[Polar_Bear]

atari4x4 wrote:

or put hoops on it like the shrockworks one....

or even like this one

[wyt91t]

is that a home made job... looks great..

[Chop]

Yeah simon made it, its being tested here
http://www.auszookers.com/index.php?nam ... pic&t=4992

Chop

[sickzuk1]

What is the name of the paint that you used for this???

[Polar_Bear]

sickzuk1 wrote:

What is the name of the paint that you used for this???

charcoal hammertone in spray cans... cant remember what brand it was

[sickzuk1]

That shit is really heavy duty aint it? Can you get different colours?
Would this paint be any good for a fuel tank guard?

[Gwagensteve]

sickzuk1 wrote:

That shit is really heavy duty aint it? Can you get different colours?
Would this paint be any good for a fuel tank guard?

Yes it is really heavy duty, but it does tend to chip as it's very hard.

IMHO any paint used on a fuel tank guard is going to last minutes so it's irrelevant.

Steve.

[sickzuk1]

Well the only reason I am installing one is in the case of a freak accident.. It will very rarely ever get hit on purpose.
I am just preparing myself because my brother had a log rip his entire tank to shreds when we were going through some grass on the last trip.. He had to run his fuel straight out of a jerry through his window..