[Mike]

clare wrote:

Mike wrote:

here is the first one without the space for a winch

I like! I'm thinking about ditching the nudge bar and getting something a bit beefier with the spotties mounted on that instead of the roof...

your lucky you have a roof to mount spotties on

[Zook_Fan]

build a little bar mike i would make on up for you but it would cost more in postage then what it worth

[Mike]

im jealous i wish i didnt have a roof made out of a sheet sometimes

[Zook_Fan]

lol how bout you leave the car as it is for 3 weeks save up and buy a welder

[Mike]

what am i supposed to weld a roof onto my softtop?

[Zook_Fan]

why the hell not

[Mike]

well in that case

[Zook_Fan]

i am thinking of fabricating up a chequer plate roof (bikini type) that attaches to the normal mounts

[zookkid]

is there a website or an online gallery were i can look at heaps of zooks with custom front bars,i will b making one soon and need some inspiration.
cheers

[Mike]

google image search will show you a bit but search for suzuki samurai so you can see some of the stuff americans do

[Built4thrashing]

we started with the winch and built the bar around that. its strong and its never gonna bend.

[Mike]

how is it mounted to the car?

[Zook_Fan]

it looks good how did you do the bends i bought a hydralic bender and when you try to bend 2" with it it just kinks and folds

[_noddy]

you could make it out of wood it will be good

[Bruce]

Make what out of wood The bender or the bar

[royce]

that really is a nice bar BFT, lots of times they end up looking like a setsquare on a sierra

have you thought about replacing the rollers with a hawse block or making up your own out of some steel rod?

[Aerenandmel]

my old dd with home made front bar

my Zooks home made front bar, i wanted something a little different.

[Aerenandmel]

Zook_Fan wrote:

it looks good how did you do the bends i bought a hydralic bender and when you try to bend 2" with it it just kinks and folds

try thicker pipe, 3mm is ok but the thicker it is the better it seems to bend. For some reason i find that gal pipe seems to bend better than the same size black pipe, maybe it slips in the die a little better.

[Zook_Fan]

i like that second one but how big is the pipe? like diameter

[Built4thrashing]

if i ever go to plasma rope i might replace the rolers. total cost to make bar was less than $900 and that included the ebay winch. But it does help having a mate that is a wizard with making stuff with steel.

[Zook_Fan]

did he use a hydralic bender?

[tonka_zook]

here a drawing i drew up of wat i want my zook bar work to look like

[steve]

well if this is the bar thread, i better put my bar in here too.

[Damo]

Some nice bars! But I still like my stock bumper

[Zook_Fan]

that was my initial sought of plan tonka but it has changed a bit now

[Built4thrashing]

yeh we used a hand hydrolic bender. you can see the small dents where the rolers were but they will get filled up and repainted so they dont show. One day when i remove the bar i might do it.but dont hold ya breath.

[Aerenandmel]

Built4thrashing wrote:

yeh we used a hand hydrolic bender. you can see the small dents where the rolers were but they will get filled up and repainted so they dont show. One day when i remove the bar i might do it.but dont hold ya breath.

to stop the dents get a 100mm length of pipe a little bigger than the one u r bendind, split it in half and put it between the roller and the pipe ur bending. dosent always work, but helps a lot

[Zook_Fan]

what size and thickness pipe did you use?

[basketcase]

I made this up yesterday with Bolsy from Patrol4x4 and OL.

Still needs paint, new lights and some gussets near the recovery points.

[Mike]

thats a nice looking bar did you just use the standard front bar mounts?