custom bullbar

[razza101]

hi all i am looking at making a custom tube bar for my suzuki sierra high top i was just wondering if people could send in some pics of yours and some handy tips on making one

[Sheafofskie]

i'm also lookin to do this as well....and before someone jumps on and flames either of us about the search button....i have searched! and all i can seem to find is roll cages..

Clint

[P@nda]

Heres a pic of the front bar I knocked up for my zook.

[alien]

Mine:


Mine hides a chassis extension.

When building the bar make sure you're not killing your approach angle and also make sure the bar doesnt just become a giant lever on the chassis in an impact.

[Zooknut]

Good luck with your build! Regards, Stirlo.

[google]

here is a pic of my bar

[Neofitou]

I will be making mine soon and this is a handy thread.
Thanks to those who posted examples and razza101 for starting it.

I have pipe bender and the welder already,
Other jobs have higher priority though.

Neo

[Sheafofskie]

sorry for digging this thread back up...but i'm nearly finished making my bar and i'm stumped on how i'm to mount mine exactly....could anyone pssibly post some photos on how they mounted theirs??

Clint

[Turbo Tonka]

mine is 40x40x3 rhs mounted in the end of the chassis rails.You will see there is 2 holes in the chassis rail i used them and notched out the rhs where it has the round pipe crossmember on the zook chassis.

others just use a bit of flat bar and pick up off one side of the rail.Hope this helps,too dark to get pics.Have you gotten rid of the pipe where the standard bumper mounts yet?Probably will if you have gone bigger tyres

[supazuk]

this is how i mounted mine.
bashed some pipe into the front chassis rail

made a plate to fit over the chassis rail


tied the plate into the body mount and the chassis

then made another plate to tie into the bar.

i reckon that the problem with just using the chassis is the bolts are too close together
and the bar will easily rotate from impacts or winching stresses. making the body mount a part of the bar mount makes it very strong.

[Pinball]

i'm also lookin to do this as well....and before someone jumps on and flames either of us about the search button....i have searched! and all i can seem to find is roll cages..

Clint

You're right, bullbar didn't work so good... but tube bar might

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/ftopic108 ... highlight=
http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/ftopic537 ... highlight=
http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/ftopic298 ... highlight=

Some of the old pictures are defunct... but enough to give ideas i think

Spock

[masterA]

Some nice bars
Anyone got any more pics/ideas?!

Spock....those links you provided don't work?!

[V.W.Dave]

I would jump on AZ and have a look at a few of the bars the guys are selling over there. very clean looking and very strong.

[Gutless]

If your not into tube bars, these are pretty robust!

[Pezooki]

Hi all,

Here's mine (ignore the booty-fab blinkers) :









Cheers,

Pez