Recovery Points for D1
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:01 am
A while back I bought an ARB "style" bull bar off ebay for the right $$$ to go on our D1, im very slowly fashioning into an ARB Sahara style looking thing.
It had been sitting for a while and had suffered a bit of cancer on the under/inside where the mud and crud tends to lay. Ive been chopping the rust out of it and welding new sections back into it (all non structual) and I am at the point where I need to attach some Reovery points to it. I know this allways opens up a HUGE debate as to whats rated/strong enough but im hoping this wont go down that track.
Anway, I had to removed the pissy little 5mm plate offerings that hang under the beveled edge of the bar as the cancer had got em, what im thinking now is that ill slot the front bar and slide in some 10 (ish) mm plate and pick up the 3 bullbar mounting points for some strength. Also was thinking that ill stitch it to the bar mounts for some just-in-case-ness, and maybe even run a bead around it where it pokes through beside the number plate.
Sorta something along these lines.
One on either side, picking up the INSIDE of the chassis rails, using 3 X 1/2" bolts that also hold the bullbar on.
Will 10mm be strong enough? or should I be looking at 12 perhaps? I feel anything thicker than this will (a) look a little silly and (b) be a bit pointless as the chassis rails are like 1.6mm...
Thoughts/oppinions/suggestions
Cheers,
Robert.
It had been sitting for a while and had suffered a bit of cancer on the under/inside where the mud and crud tends to lay. Ive been chopping the rust out of it and welding new sections back into it (all non structual) and I am at the point where I need to attach some Reovery points to it. I know this allways opens up a HUGE debate as to whats rated/strong enough but im hoping this wont go down that track.
Anway, I had to removed the pissy little 5mm plate offerings that hang under the beveled edge of the bar as the cancer had got em, what im thinking now is that ill slot the front bar and slide in some 10 (ish) mm plate and pick up the 3 bullbar mounting points for some strength. Also was thinking that ill stitch it to the bar mounts for some just-in-case-ness, and maybe even run a bead around it where it pokes through beside the number plate.
Sorta something along these lines.
One on either side, picking up the INSIDE of the chassis rails, using 3 X 1/2" bolts that also hold the bullbar on.
Will 10mm be strong enough? or should I be looking at 12 perhaps? I feel anything thicker than this will (a) look a little silly and (b) be a bit pointless as the chassis rails are like 1.6mm...
Thoughts/oppinions/suggestions
Cheers,
Robert.
