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my new DIY front tube bar

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 2:02 pm
by Tommie
After seeing others do great jobs on their bars i thought i would have a go myself.
The bar is 3.2 mm 50nb tube with a 3.2mm 25nb tube below. 3mm rhs for the mounting and support and all wraped in 3mm plate The hoop is 3" 1.6mm mandrel bent pipe with 2 spottie mounts and the uhf mount. Also have holes drilled on the plate to fit 2 250mm spoties.

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Gained about 200mm on my aproach angle in the middle and about 300 on the sides compared to the old alloy bar.
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Bash plate is 1 folded piece of 3mm plate
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Checkerplate on the sides
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Made it to suit my 2" bodylift and its held on by 8 high tensile 12mm bolts.

What do ya think? im pretty happy with it.
Cheers
Tom.

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 3:22 pm
by SIM79
Well done, looks like a bought one. :armsup:

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 4:21 pm
by twodiffs
Yep does look good. Very similar to how mine started off, I added corner sections and steel welded mesh to protect the lights. Well done ;)

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:52 pm
by hiy6o
Just a quick one the spotlights above the bar are illegal MR Plod told me the other day that they are targeting this now in brissy too . dudes just cant let any one have a good time.

Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 8:16 pm
by Tommie
Just a quick one the spotlights above the bar are illegal MR Plod told me the other day that they are targeting this now in brissy too . dudes just cant let any one have a good time.
Im sure they would pull me over for the tyres before the spotties but at least now im prepared for it. :) Thanks ..
I will add it to the ever growing list of DIY Defects :P