[appsie]

last weekend i started my rear bar build as per my members page.I got a piece of 3mm folded to a 125x75 channel.
45d off ends and capped them


lights of choice plus a 55w spotty i had lying around for reverse

sleeved rear crossmember with some 32NB medium wall and 45d it to support sides of bar


cut to shape of wheel arch

100x50x2 RHS split in half to sink lights in behind bar and a 55W spotty for reverse light wired to a 30A relay mounted in bar also


this tab picks up a nut welded inside the 65x65 RHS hitch using a 1/2" UNC bolt to help take some load

on car and painted.Lights work well and reverse spotty is nice and bright also


40x5 mounts to the top using rear body mounts and 8.8 m10 bolts
100x6 angle mounts at bottom with gussets using 4 1/2"unc bolts to standard towbar mounts
40x6 flat at receiver hitch using 1 1/2" unc bolt
sleeved xmember with 32NB medium wall pipe.
Hopefully it will be better that the old bar.Number plate will go on rear door and FUEL TANK SKID next

[bogfrog]

Nice work appsie good to see you got there in the end great work mate!

[appsie]

haha yeah thanks mate.was a pain tryin to get it strong enough but i hope it works,pretty happy with how tidy it ended up.Good to see your still improving yours mate

[atari4x4]

well done, it looks very strong & neat!!!

[mr.green]

bar looks flash matt. i thought you must have died ( havn't seen you round for a bit) but glad to see you've been hiding in the shed

[mr.green]

appsie wrote:

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new vacuum cleaner for the shed too........ do you wear white suits to get your groceries yet?

[appsie]

i messaged you yesterday mr green,appears you didnt want to write back Yeah new vaccuum for the bandsaw n drill etc getting the steel out.

Come have a look one evening

[rick1970]

Very neat work there Matt.

Only mistake i can see is that you forgot to make a second one for the back of mine while you were at it

[appsie]

a man of your skills can knock one up im sure rick

thanks atari

[eldo]

hey how about a pic showing the whole rear of the car, looks great too!!

[appsie]

i dont think i got any mate,will try get one from a bit more distance back on tomorrow for you

[bails]

looking good. might even be too flash for a zook.

[appsie]

na just mine haha.Makes the rest look pretty ordinary.Now....no more building im just driving it

[rick1970]

appsie wrote:

a man of your skills can knock one up im sure rick

thanks atari

Have to have a closer look over your zuk one day to get some ideas for mine. Gotta make a new rear bar to replace the 40mm RHS 'thing' i knocked up for rego, need something strong enough to swing the spare from.

Hope to (or need to more to the point) have it regoed next week

[Red89]

Definately looks the part mate Not sure how hard you are on your stuff but just be careful if you drop the backend off any rock steps or the like. My 3mm sliders have several dents in them where I have dropped and slid it on rocks or logs.

[appsie]

thanks mate,yeah the 3mm is probly gonna be a bit light for some situations but ill live with it.Its a bar,its steel,its matt black and im gonna use it .If it cops a dent so be it,but in saying that the standard arrangement didnt get any worse in the time i owned it so i should be right.

Plan on moving both diffs an inch or so anyway so it will all help.

[birko]

Very nice, All these rear bars lately are inspiring me to get of my behind and make one. Did you weld the sleeved tube to the side of the bar once on? or did you make up a plate etc to bolt it on, or is it just tacked? I liked this idea for side support as thats where my standard bar has copped a hammering. Also any mor pics of the hitch with the bolt arrangement?

[appsie]

i have no more pics and work from sunup to down most days but will try my hardest to get under there and get some
The pipe was only tacked as i didnt see the need to really weld it,its a tight fit and was tapped in by a hammer as it was.
THANKS mate

and yeah i have been planning one for 2 years when i mounted the cage,then saw the other blokes having a go and that got me into gear

[zot_boy]

congratulations i would have to say that is the best looking custom bar i have seen on a sierra before, it suits very well you dont have any sort of plans drawn out that i could have a peak at?

[appsie]

thanks mate means a heap altho its far from perfect

plans.......what are they??sorry mate i dont do drawings or anything.everything on the car i build i just get some steel and start making it up in my head as i go.Or piecing together ideas from a heap of peoples bars etc and changing them for me.

[Fatzook]

appsie wrote:

thanks mate means a heap altho its far from perfect

plans.......what are they??sorry mate i dont do drawings or anything.everything on the car i build i just get some steel and start making it up in my head as i go.Or piecing together ideas from a heap of peoples bars etc and changing them for me.

Haha. I draw on bits of papaer and napkins, then give it to my brother to sort out Eventually it comes back to me as a laser cut part

[appsie]

while i spend half a day with a grinder and drills to cut things out lol

[Fatzook]

appsie wrote:

while i spend half a day with a grinder and drills to cut things out lol

Yeah but I'm guessing your brother doesn't hate you afterwards

[appsie]

here you go eldo,sorry it chopped the roof off but you get the idea

my 6LED number plate light from supercheap and number plate mounted on rear door


gonna be plenty of cutting required to fit my new 35s

just a little bit i added for somewhere to mount chain and d-shackle when towing my trailor

also birko just a pic of the nut welded inside the RHS hitch,theres a heap more weld on the other side as i could get to it.It pics up the bit of flat bar shown further up the page mounted to the crossmember

[shakes]

shame the pics are gone... How did the 3mm plate end up holding up?

[xedent]

also interested.

[appsie]

i may still have them on the computer but basically it looks like the day i built it lol

it hasnt bent,cracked,torn it has towed a loaded trailer and recovered a mates patrol. it has lent up against a bank and dragged a corner,nothing budged but is back to bare metal.

[appsie]