Push Bar

[Hiredgoon]

I've been wanting something to mount some lights on for a while, and so my fabricator brother-in-law whipped up a push bar this weekend. It's still got to go in for a powder coat (or possibly undercoating, I want something with a bit of texture to it) and it needs a couple of nice big shackles in the grommetted holes, but other than that, the major work is done.

[joshi]

Nice job ! Let me know if u have 1 for sale

[killinformula]

Very impressive! What software did you use? If you feel like sending me the file I would like to mess around with it on a stress test and deflection test on it. My email is KillinFormula@gmail.com

[Riff Raff]

Interesting design. However, it appears to really deminish the "approach angle" in an off-road environment. Might be best served for the street only.

If mounting points for extra lights is the primary goal, there is a replacement License Plate Holder Bracket available that looks like Cattle/Bull Horns which would be a very simple solution for additional lighting mount points. Perhaps L-Dub will post a "link" to the specific thread.

[Hiredgoon]

It's the primary purpose but not the only. I wanted something unique looking that wouldn't require any structural changes to the vx, as well as something that accentuated the lines. I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, but I'm pretty happy with what we came up with. It's held on with 4 bolts, and if I wanted to remove it, it's easy to do. I know off-roading is the primary use that many of you put the vx to, but with the cost of repairing it, I don't plan on doing much. I go off the street regularly but for anything too serious I just wouldn't want to risk it, when I could do essentially the same thing with a jeep beater, albeit in a little less comfort and a lot less style.

I did the original designs and renderings in Vectorworks, and the finished product is made of hardened 1/2" aluminum and sched 40 pipe. Like I say, it's mainly for show, and making it out of steel would have made it really heavy, for the square foot of added protection it would add. As it stands, it's rigid as hell, anything that hits me hard enough to really damage it would have written off the front end anyways.

I never liked the look of the bull horns, although I've always liked the JDM rig Crotchrocket has on his machine.

My brother-in-law had a lot of fun putting it together as well, so it was almost more of just a nifty exercise than anything, with a result I like enough to keep.

[crotchrocket]

I think it looks amazing!! good work!! i would consider increasing its size accross the front over the headlights?

[Ldub]

I like the look of the raw aluminium...

I'd sand the whole thing with 120 grit in a random orbital sander to even out the surface appearance & call it good...but that's just me.

[vt_maverick]

Nice job, always nice to see a fellow Foxfire sportin' a cool new mod. Can't wait to see pics after the powder coat (black I presume?) and with lights mounted.

Very nice!

[vt_maverick]

So did you ever powder coat it?

[Hiredgoon]

I did, it looks sharp in black. Next time the weather's nice enough to warrant a wash I'll take some pics.

[RamAirZ]

Looks good, your bro-in-law does good work. It does take up a good bit of ground clearance though, gotta be careful not to mess it up if you offroad it.

[Hiredgoon]

He does do nice work! It's actually held on with 4 bolts and some loc-tite, so if I was doing any (planned) offloading, I'd likely pull it off first. On the other hand, while it may lose me a touch in approach angle, replacing it would be a lot easier/cheaper than trying to track down new front cladding!

[RamAirZ]

Tis true, that is unless you hit it on something and it bends back into the cladding lol, but in either case you'd probably be replacing it if you hit something that big I kinda liked the machine look, looking forward to seeing it black.

[vt_maverick]

+1 - There's no need to clean it first! We understand!

[vt_maverick]

I did, it looks sharp in black. Next time the weather's nice enough to warrant a wash I'll take some pics.

Alright dude, it's been four months, surely the weather has been nice at least one day, even in Canada?