I seriously do love holidays. Today i started my quarter cut and rear bar project. It will the strongest rear bar ever made for a mu (that i have seen so far) and i feel sorry the person that ever runs up the back of me.
I am using 150mm C Channel structural steel beam for the majority of the project. It will weigh in at about 45 kgs. But thats ok (rear springs are a constant 200kg and weight makes the car ride better and leaf springs work harder offroad). nothing fancy with this bar, but hopefully will be able to incorporate a couple tow hooks and a hi lift jack point either side.
Picking up the steel
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Giving the grinder a workout.
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Rear bar and Quarter Cut.
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Mocking up the side bar. Going to leave a small 2 -3 mm gap between bar and the sheet metal.
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You Can start to get the idea of where i am heading. Looking at the white line i plan on chamfering the corners of the bars. the gap under the tail lights will be boxed in.
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