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i know its been done before but i am going to start the steel work on my and my better halfs trucks and want some different ideas of front bars for both trucks.
she wants a ARB style bar and i am wanting a tubular one


cheers jase
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Somebody did a thread on this not so long ago if you have a search back through the archives :mrgreen:
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i`m gettting mine made at the moment, should be done in a couple weeks,

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The metal ver of this is done, and looks damn good :D
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T-Boon wrote:i`m gettting mine made at the moment, should be done in a couple weeks,

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The metal ver of this is done, and looks damn good :D

are you sure you are not just using the rear bumper from that skyline in the picture :lol:
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nope he is using cardboard lol
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i have one that was for VX's but just want some ideas for surfs
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fibreglass winch bars ftw !
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T-Boon wrote:i`m gettting mine made at the moment, should be done in a couple weeks,

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The metal ver of this is done, and looks damn good :D

hey t boon keep me informed of what it looks like and cost cheers jase
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will have more pics on friday, and cost is gonna be about 2K, for front, rear, sides and swingarm. + a few other bits..
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is she gunna be ready by this weekend?
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Not Likely, dont think i`ll have back for a few more weeks.
Starting to miss it :(
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Front base part of the winch bar done,

Fronts only dropped 30mm :? thank god for torsen bars!


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Pretty sweet progress :D
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Looks cool!
I thought of :Mad Max" when i first looked at it. Looks mean as. :evil:
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so i just finished doing some of the bar work will look into finising of with full exo skeleton but thinking shal i replace the safari snorkal with a steel tube one and use that as part of the skeleton


what do you guys think



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thats some sexy barwork right there..
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Looks good. Needs some more testing me thinks
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dont worry jeremy we will be haha

im still celebrating haha
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