Thread: D2 Rear Bar

Wow it took you all day to get to this point?

Originally Posted by Hendrik

Wow it took you all day to get to this point?

Hahah been busy!

exo cage man haha

Hi Shamo
Looks good so far. How are you going to fix it to the chassis. I see that Kaymar fix them to the tow bar somehow as the standard bumper mounts are not enough. Looking foward to seeing finished product.
Cheers Rod

Originally Posted by hot rover

Hi Shamo
Looks good so far. How are you going to fix it to the chassis. I see that Kaymar fix them to the tow bar somehow as the standard bumper mounts are not enough. Looking foward to seeing finished product.
Cheers Rod

Bolting to the original plates at the rear but have drilled 4 extra holes (6 in total now) and made them thicker so I can get a decent bolt in. Not sure how I'm going to bolt it to the chassis coming in from the side just yet... will cross that bridge when I get to it haha.

Got some more pics i will post up in a second..

Shamo

So have been working away at the bar a little more, have also spent alot of time trying to pull out the high pressure line for my power steering.... here's a pic to prove how long it takes...



After taking that out I'm now waiting on the new part so I continued with the rear bar. First of all we measured it up and marked out where to cut the pie cuts into the bar to get the bend.



Here's a cool pic of my mate trent having a go at cutting,



Then weld...



Against the car





With the spare on





Next was to make up the mounting plates. As i said in my previous post i drilled out two more holes on either side to make a total of 6 holes. Then i welded the bolt heads in and a bit of 50x100x4 over the top and cut on an angle to suit the bar... hard to explain, but I will take more pictures of the system when i take the bar off next as i didnt take many whilst putting them on..





Bolted up!



As you can see the standard plastic thing fits over the top so i dont have to use any sheet metal to cover any gaps.



With the plastic off










As you can see I decided on a slight bend but not as far out as slunnies went as I want a better departure angle but i wanted it to come out enough to cover the tow bar as i don't like the look of them when the tow bar setup is sticking right out

Still havnt completely made up my mind on how to do the ends of the bar... and how much I should cut off of the lower bit of the quarter panel...

More pics soon!

Cheers,
Shamo

If you're in Toowoomba, you're welcome to come and have a look at mine. Mine is basically Slunnie's design, but it may give you some ideas seeing it in the flesh.

edit - and I'd suggest putting the spare on when fitting up. with 285s you may need to take a curved piece out to the top of the bar... I'm not sure, but it's something to keep in mind....
Waz

Thanks for letting me see the bar today waz, helped alot!

Spent the afternoon chipping away at it again, got the mounts welded on properly, was having troubles with the welder though, wasnt getting a good neat weld on the thicker stuff, I think im going to buy some thicker welding rods tmrw! might fix the problem.

Otherwise i marked the angle on the ends and cut them and then cut the end pieces which included cutting a 50x100 in half to two 25x100 pieces at 300 long.

Here are some pics...

A better look at the mounts which i previously tried to explain..







Ends..



This is probably where they will join on and i will cut the edge so it has another bend.



Cheers,
Shamo