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Cheezy racing front bar, tow hook mods

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Post by Screwy »

picture of inside the front bar to show that they pass through and get welded in the back as well.....

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Looks good .. the only thing I would have done different is to make the recovery points a |-- shape with the vertical bit behind the bar.
This would mean that the welds would not be doing all of the work.
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Post by Screwy »

love_mud wrote:Looks good .. the only thing I would have done different is to make the recovery points a |-- shape with the vertical bit behind the bar.
This would mean that the welds would not be doing all of the work.
interesting point, didnt think of this. may look at this next time....

I believe what ive done should be strong enough to do whats required though.....

Ive seen much much worse out there

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Screwy wrote:
love_mud wrote:Looks good .. the only thing I would have done different is to make the recovery points a |-- shape with the vertical bit behind the bar.
This would mean that the welds would not be doing all of the work.
interesting point, didnt think of this. may look at this next time....

I believe what ive done should be strong enough to do whats required though.....

Ive seen much much worse out there

Screwy
looks good mate, I know this was bugging you :D

hows the rest coming along for RD3?
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Post by Screwy »

Tiny wrote:
Screwy wrote:
love_mud wrote:Looks good .. the only thing I would have done different is to make the recovery points a |-- shape with the vertical bit behind the bar.
This would mean that the welds would not be doing all of the work.
interesting point, didnt think of this. may look at this next time....

I believe what ive done should be strong enough to do whats required though.....

Ive seen much much worse out there

Screwy
looks good mate, I know this was bugging you :D


hows the rest coming along for RD3?
pretty good.... check my thread
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Post by Black Bull »

Nicely done Screwy. ;)
only issue is you might get some narky cop book you for "protrusions" on your bar
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Post by familybus »

Black Bull wrote:Nicely done Screwy. ;)
only issue is you might get some narky cop book you for "protrusions" on your bar
they dont look any further out than the fairlead so they prob wont hassle him anyways, but just to be a bit sort like yah give a hoot about saftey just wack a pair of those yellow caps over yah eyelets like the ones they use on star pegs in worksites!

im just about to build a bar on the dual cab Mav and goin to do just that so it hides the eyelets!
just a thought any way!
[color=lime][b]Im not a gyno but ill take a look at it for you![/b][/color]
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