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custom vitara bullbar

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custom vitara bullbar

Post by vitara guy »

hey guys in the process of building a custom bullbar for my swb carby vitara but no to keen on the factory mounting points has any one mounted there bars any differnt if so where to and do you use it as a recovery point/winch bar

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ARB put u bolts around the front tubular crossmember to add support.

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Post by sheps »

don't know about vitaras but this is what i did with my sierra.
strengthened the tube chassis bit
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welded a bit of plate over the tube and also to the body mount
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the bigger plate becomes part of the bar and can also be used as a recovery point.
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Post by suzi racing »

I welded tapping plates to the end of the rails and my bar mounts to them. Seem to be strong enough i have had the car winching up step hills with no problem.
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Post by ofr57 »

sheps wrote:don't know about vitaras but this is what i did with my sierra.
strengthened the tube chassis bit
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welded a bit of plate over the tube and also to the body mount
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the bigger plate becomes part of the bar and can also be used as a recovery point.
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what thickness tube did you use?
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thanks mate that is a good idea i will try and change my design to accomidate that

just wondering seening this car is my every day driver isnt it illegal to weild to the chasy
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Post by sheps »

ofr57 wrote:
what thickness tube did you use?
from memory it was 43mm od with 4mm wall thickness
vitara guy wrote:thanks mate that is a good idea i will try and change my design to accomidate that

just wondering seening this car is my every day driver isnt it illegal to weild to the chasy
in the NT it just has to be welded by a certified welder
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Post by Guy »

Is welding to the end of a crossmember like that considered welding the chassis ?

I can understand not welding on the flats, but a tubualr crossmember I would say it would be quite OK ...

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Post by suzi racing »

I'm not sure if its illegal or not. But its only to the end of the rails so i can't see why not and the mounting plates are pretty well hidden.

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