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Peter,
You just wanted pics because you are itching for yours to arrive hey ;-)
Still love that colour intheozone! My old P38 was that colour and it was such a shame to see it go... Best P38 colour by far!
Your bags look mighty inflated for standard height! Have you modified your heights?
Bar is looking great as usual!
Cheers
Keithy
Thanks for the xtra pics. Just playing the waiting game now. Was hoping to have them by Saturday but no word yet so maybe next weekend... Got the winch sitting there. Bought the Runva 12000Lb one. Meant to be a good budget winch.
I can't see the bar being too hard.. I think the winch will take longer to do properly.
I'll be looking at trimming the wheel arch liners.. Be interesting to see how much can be trimmed so it doesn't show at the front. Still looks good though. I can't seem to find any shorter washer bottles so the guard can be left off.. Or well their guard looks pretty tidy anyway and if the washer bottle is gonna hit, well I probably shouldn't be climbing that rock anyway ha ha.
Stay away from ALL water when you finish that job! The passenger side inner liner has the air intake above it... you open the front of it up in any way and your asking for water straight up the guts of the intake into the MAF and then through and into your engine. Have seen this a number of times with std unmodified inner guards simply being a little loose at the front edge.Quote:
Originally Posted by pbrown
Seriously, be careful.
Thing is I was made concerned before about water and this bar. Then for some reason I managed to forget about it again and wanted to make it worse..Quote:
Originally Posted by DT-P38
Thanks for the heads up. Hmm maybe they'll stay there and just get tidied up somehow.
It reinforces the need for a snorkel. Does it not.
True true.Quote:
Originally Posted by davidsonsm
I'd like one and have thought about it a number of times, perhaps even dreamt, but I might visit the temporary raised air intake idea as well. Maybe this should be further up my list I guess as water does scare me a bit in a P38.
All these things. Front bar, winch, rear tube bar, rock sliders, snorkel and finally finish my extended shocks and spacer install.. And by then I'm sure there will be more
You raise a good point! Without the added "wading" protection of the front bumper there would be even more need to lift the air intake.
It's a good case to put to the minister of finances hey Peter ;-)
Glad I've got one on mine now!
Cheers
Keithy
As my last car was lost to water in the engine. I am also concerned about water getting past that guard which is why I have not trimmed it yet. What is to stop using some silicone hose to make a Snorkel?
The snorkel issue still remains my biggest issue. Why is it this hard?
Hi
The water thing, and the look, is what is making me inclined to go for the MCC Bar rather than the XROX
Steve
Got my xrox bar yesterday. Supposedly there are two more coming for the P38 next week at Penrith branch alone.
It bolted up pretty easy. Few little things like the holes in the air con condenser bash plate needed to be drilled bigger but thats it really. All holes on the bar itself were spot on. Not too heavy to lift as it goes on in 3 bits and pretty easy to line up perfectly.
Pics to come once I fit the winch... And either get the bar and painted black grill dirty or give the car a wash to match the clean front bar. Maybe tomorrow.
It doesn't look anywhere near as up at the front as the recent pics. The 265/75/16 km2's look good glaring out the front. Standard tyres would look a bit odd mind you.
But I feel it does need a tube bar on the rear as the approach looks are more aggressive (and high) than the rear departure.... But my rear bar is split and refer to it as a saggy bum. Had planned a rear tube bar and carrier anyway. So this will be either a custom one by a fabricator or an xrox one itself once they are made for the p38. Supposedly a GU Patrol prototype has just been made so hopefully its not too far away seeing these bars share common attributes.