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Stinger Bars
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 8:24 pm
by ruf_zuki
could somebody please enlighten me on what stinger bars are for?
they are hideous but im guessing they serve a good purpose..
cheers
matt
;-p
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 8:38 pm
by wopass
i got a comment from a girl in the USA who drives an FJ40....
(i secretly love her)
....about my "stinger bar" im assuming its my bumper, and where i got it. well i buzzed it up in an hour and bolted it on
so.....
i think a stinger bar is what we call a bull bar, or a slight variation of it, maybe the tipped forward bar makes it a stinger?
i dunno, im just guessing
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:04 pm
by dazza85
Hi there
Try this ...
Looks like the removeable tow hook / bow ball mount thingie
Though I could be wrong
http://www.trailerlife.com/output.cfm?id=40843
SHANK -- Also called a hitch bar or stinger, the shank is a removable portion of the hitch system that carries the ball or adjustable ball mount, and slides into the receiver.
SPRING BAR -- Component parts of a weight-distributing hitch system, the spring bars are installed and tensioned in such a manner as to distribute a portion of the trailer's hitch weight to the front axle of the tow vehicle and to the axles of the trailer.
STINGER -- See "shank."
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 7:19 am
by nz4x4
The purpose of a stinger from my understanding is that; if you roll the truck it is soposed to protect the front end of the vehicle (front of the truck will rest on the stinger point when upside down rather than the front of the bonnent possibly wrecking radiator etc)
Thats what I thought
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:26 am
by doddzee
A Stinger bar is to stop you rolling over end for end, popular with the rock crawling guys. Here is a zuk with one
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:55 am
by ruf_zuki
yeh was doing a bit of reading last nite and thats what i came up with to, cheers for clearing that up
