Surf Bullbar - Backyard grinder style

[UBZ]

Finally got around to starting to put a Bullbar together for the Surf.

Went out the back , grabbed some scrap steel I had lying about the place and whacked this together over the last couple of days.

Just tacked up at the moment till im happy and needs light surrounds ,a few more bits of pipe and gustesting .

[T-Boon]

Wow, looking good !

Be ramming stuff in no time !

[Bubba]

Looks good except for the orange bits at the bottom, they may limit your approach angle

[DieselBoy]

Don't let David see your work, Euan might miss out on a sale!!!!

That looks bloody awesome

[UBZ]

Got some more done today.
Blazed up most of the top frame and fabed up one of the light guards.
crap photos only sorry

[UBZ]

Was going great today , until my welder let me know how it felt about welding heavy steel on the winch mount and crapped out on me.

Winch mount


Just about done


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Needs a final blaze up , then mounts for indicators , hooks , spotlights and antennas.

[DieselBoy]

Fuk yeh

[3VILC]

I wish I was that handy with a welder lol. Looks good tho.. don't think your winch mount is going to come loose any time soon And I thought my 10x100mm plates were overkill
Nothing wrong with something built from junk tho..its near free and you did it all yourself. I just cheated and paid $30 for a bullbar/side bars or tardme and chopped it up to fit around my winch mount

[UBZ]

I wish I was that handy with a welder lol.

im completely self taught , just pick up metal and start practicing .

my welding is getting better. sort of , at times....
borrowed a mates welder and blazed up the winch mount tonight.

[Roenut]

looks awesome mate! tucks in real nice.
may be a dumb question, but will the sides not fold towards the guard when you get rowdy with a bank or tree? or are they strengthened through the sides somehow?

[UBZ]

hopefully the lower diagonal braces will fend off love taps and stop the bars folding in . Seems to be a popular and proven design from all the research I've done. The offset of my rims generally hold the truck out off the banks etc.

Also this is mainly my adventure touring truck , so Dosent get smashed about to hard the factory bumper has taken A few knocks but nothing serious.

side bars will be added in the future and i have a cunning plan to incorporate a strut brace of some type to strengthen them from side impacts

[Roenut]

Also this is mainly my adventure touring truck , so Dosent get smashed about to hard

mods will never stop!
love the design anyway.