The GU custom barwork inspiration thread

[Finly Owner]

Great Thread Tony!

Tim

[frenzy]

Hey Tony,
Is that rear bar with the round LEDs built by Les?
Workshop looks like his.

Also, where does the bar in the first post come from?
Cheers,
Steve

[YNOT]

Hey Tony,
Is that rear bar with the round LEDs built by Les?
Workshop looks like his.

Also, where does the bar in the first post come from?
Cheers,
Steve

I'm not sure who made the bars. I've been collecting these photo's for a few years, some are from Patrol4X4 and others from 4WD action forum.

Tony

[XLR8]

XLR8 Custom Tube bar - Series II


XLR8 Custom rear bar - Series I-III (no pics available with Slimline LED tail lights)

[Gert B Frobe]

For a rear tube bar, are the original bumper mounting points used? Also is there a big difference between a series 4 and all earlier models, or are the rear quarters the same dimensions? And can the factory tow hitch be retained or are mods needed?

[YNOT]

For a rear tube bar, are the original bumper mounting points used? Also is there a big difference between a series 4 and all earlier models, or are the rear quarters the same dimensions? And can the factory tow hitch be retained or are mods needed?

Most people choose to use the original bumper mounting points, some add additional points for extra ridgitity.
There is slight differences in the rear quarters especially with the series 4 onwards flares. As this sort of barwork is custom made it's no problem to follow the lines of the bodywork what ever model you have.
If you want your towbar to be legal and insurable then you must use a rated towbar. In most cases this is what people have done, retain the approved towbar and custom make the barwork to fit around it. There are manufactures like Kaymar that make steel rear bars with built in towbars (approved) but expect to pay around $2500 just for the bar, jerry can holders and spare wheel carriers cost extra.

Tony

[Gert B Frobe]

Cheers for the input,

Not too worried about the flares as im looking at some fibreglass replacements. The flares on the series 4 in my opinion are too chunky.

I have seen some of XLR8's work about the traps and im most impressed. The work is going to be carried out mostly by myself as i have just moved to the fab workshop so will have access to all sorts of goodies mwahahahahahahahahaha.

Was just looking for inputs and advice from anyone who has tackled this on their own and succeeded well.

[hekarewe]

great pix tony good ideas great thread,,,, but!!! are these rear tube bars air bag compliant???? and do we know of any manufactures that can make these bars comply with the ned for air bags????? I had thought of going to a tube bar on the back but after talking to a few people in the know i was advised that it would be hard to make a tube bar compliant, and to have that wasn't could have the vehicle stickered as unroad worthy etc. please correct me if i am wrong.

[GUIV]

rear bar airbag compliant?? your airbag will NOT depoly if someone hit you from the back, even with the factory plastic bumper... So there should not be any issue with that.

Front bar is different, most of the tube one is not compliant. The only one that is complaint is XROX one as far as I know.

[YNOT]

rear bar airbag compliant?? your airbag will NOT depoly if someone hit you from the back, even with the factory plastic bumper... So there should not be any issue with that.

Front bar is different, most of the tube one is not compliant. The only one that is complaint is XROX one as far as I know.

Got it in one!

Tony