Outer Limits 4x4 Board

hey lookin at making a bullbar out of tube, does anyone have any pics for some ideas. and mounting set ups. cheers

These pics are from my old coily. The bar was from a leaf sprung, I removed the third (rear cross tube) from the bar to save weight and clear my aircon assembly I also welded up the ends with plate. When I bought it the guy told me it was made by overkill. I have since sold the car so I can't help with any measurements but PM me if you want to know more and I will be only to happy to help. Regards, Stirlo.

see link to 'The UFO' below for mine. Its hiding the chassis extension.

sorry couldnt figure out how to make it smaller

Here is a pic of mine built by 80LSY. Brackets were made with 8mm plate that were cut to fit around the tube xmember. New lights are still to be mounted, don't like the originals just zip tied there and some bracing around recovery mounts.

basketcase - have you impacted anything with yours yet? looks like it'd rip right through the 3mm chassis rail... better to put crush tube in the rail and bolt all the way through it...

i had mine the same as baskets
was ok until my farkwit mat snatched me at about 6000rpm and ripped the bar bolts through the ends of the rail
now i have 60mm chassis extension with 4 bolts per side running right through both side of the rail with crush tubes welded in.
now the body will separate from the chassis before the bar does

this bar works extremly well for protection. hits first at all angles, and
carries a high mount winch, number plate slots in the two holes above fairlead.

alien wrote:basketcase - have you impacted anything with yours yet? looks like it'd rip right through the 3mm chassis rail... better to put crush tube in the rail and bolt all the way through it...

Was thinking about crush tubes, but got to find a bolt or nut that will sit inside that bit below the body mount, mabye allen key type??. But have seen a few other done like mine and had no problem.

grind the side of the bolt of so it fits in

skez wrote:grind the side of the bolt of so it fits in

I would prefer not to do sh*t like that. Would almost have to grind the head down to the size of the bolt.

Don't grind the head off the bolt. Use a longer bolt with two crush tubes. One inside the chassis rail and one outside it, inside the perch outrigger.


Jas.
EDIT: Added the red bits to highlight the 3 crush tubes each side.

basketcase wrote:

skez wrote:grind the side of the bolt of so it fits in

I would prefer not to do sh*t like that. Would almost have to grind the head down to the size of the bolt.

dont see the problem with it looks alot better than the one above

but there is a big difference between looks and whether or not you damage your chassis.... i know which i would prefer....

how will it damage your chassis

idont think u no wat im talking about i will get a photo and show yas ok

That's hot ^^^

thats a bloody nice bar '84ZOOKSTA'. How did you attach it to the chassis though?

^^^that is exactly what i thinking of, tube with the front plate to cover the winch. very nice.

any pics of the connections to the chassie?

It is attached to the chassis rails using the factory holes and crush tubes, i also have 3mm plate welded to the chassis and the bar also bolted to that. i will take some photos soon.

The winch is actually mounted in a FULL winch cradle. it was laser cut, folded and welded and is made out of 5mm steel, the photo attached shows a view from underneath.