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fat bar

Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:14 am
by mudmav
hey guys i just picked up my new fat bar from pro comp, it came with mounting brackets but no bolts which i thought was poor form but oh well. anyways the prob is i went ot the bolt bloke to get hi-tensile bolts and we run them thorught the mouinting plate bolts and they are m10's so i got m10's. but the captive nuts that are wleded to the bar are a differnet thread have tried metric imperial course and fine thread with no luck, the bolt bloke had thrown his hands in the air and cant help me. so iit hought about ringing stewart from fat but he is not picking up the phone and i need the bar and winch on today for the weekend. Any ideas or anyone who has fitted a fat bar have any info

Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:26 am
by grimbo
have you spoken to Pro Comp?

Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:37 am
by mudmav
yeah they were useless as tits on a bull

Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:46 am
by Jimbo
Are you sure it sthe thread and not the captive nut being welded on a slight angle and is cross threading the bolt??? I say this because you would think the bolt guy would have something!!

Take it back to Pro comp and make them source the bolts for you!!!

Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:48 am
by bogged
take th bar back to Procomp and tell em to insert it or fix it ..
I'd also take the bar with you to a different bolt store.

which bolt place you try?

Dande bolts on frankston dande road.
or
seaford bolts on hartnett drive opposite vic roads

Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 9:21 am
by mudmav
hey guys i tried 2 local bolt guys in bayswater and fern tree gully and both said no good. i would take it back to pro comp but that leaves me without a bar for the weekend? oh well ill just wait to here froms tuart at fat

Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:31 am
by bogged
mudmav wrote:hey guys i tried 2 local bolt guys in bayswater and fern tree gully and both said no good. i would take it back to pro comp but that leaves me without a bar for the weekend? oh well ill just wait to here froms tuart at fat
your going to be without a bar which ever way it goes... so go without it and get it fixed

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 6:39 am
by ozy1
when i spoke to stuart he advised em that the bolts are 1/2 inch, i have been tryin to get a hold of him as well as my bar is meant to be ready,

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:39 am
by LOCKEE
Do you some STD Bumper Bolts to match?

Last resort Borrow some and match them.

What about the bolts that held on your previous bar?

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 5:20 pm
by mav_uteswb
i had trouble getting bolts for me gq bullbar ended up going though me bolt draw and commodore strut bolts fitted.. maybe they might fit urs

if ya need some ive got a few here

cheers brett

Re: fat bar

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 9:24 pm
by GUJohnno
mudmav wrote:so iit hought about ringing stewart from fat but he is not picking up the phone ...
Common story.
Great guy
Great product.
Hard to get hold of. It can be a very frustrating experience.

Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:18 pm
by ozy1
ok, my FAT bar arrived today, itz came with allthe bolts and sandwichplates to slide into the chassis, i cant complain about the product, or the service really, only had trouble gettin on to him a couple of times, but it is a business and people get busy,

Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:40 pm
by RoldIT
May or may not help, but on my GU the bottom bracket with captive nuts had M12 x 1.25 pitch thread. I think all the others were M12 x 1.5 pitch.

Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:34 am
by Fathillbilly
sorry about not been able to get to the phone, if i stopped and answered it every time it rang i would never ever get things done.

in referance to your bolt delema they have been for the last 5 years M12x1.25 this is the standard nissan bolt. i have changed them now to 1/2 UNC to cut costs.

and just for future referance. when i designed the products i try to get hold of at least 4 vehicles to try the bars on before production, when i did the GQ bar i found there was a variation of +/- 15mm that means from worst case to worst case there is the potentual for 30mm variation, and that is a f%$%$#g lot, to date i have not found this with the GU 80series or RR bars they have stayed around +/-5mm

your best bet is to get me via email

F.A.T@bigpond.com