Front bar repair

[I8A4RE]

Well as some of you may know I ripped my front bar off and ripped off the passenger side wheel arch mounting point. FARKKKKK!!!!

Anyway, here is the repair.

I forgot to take a pic of the piece broken in two. But you will get the idea from this fabulous paint pic....
So I used a glue gun to glue the two piece back together and then fibreglassed the underside.


Then trimmed and drilled holes. This is so that resin can fill these and give a stronger bond when I fibreglass the top. I also grinded away a lot of the old of piece that was glued in.


Top fibreglassed



Then trimmed up....



And fitted. It actually sits way better than it did before.


While I was fixing this I got bored and thought I would make some headlight covers.

Fibreglassed


Removed from the car


Trimmed


Trimmed some and fitted


Not far off finishing, I will paint these black and post some more pics.

[Kustom]

Looks awesome dude A+ job

[I8A4RE]

Also I brought a welder a while back now and thought I would make my old man some bar stools.


Still far off from being a pro at welding but getting better and better each time.


Almost finished just got to put some wooden tops on.

[Bennoz]

Awesome

I made some stools once, used flywheels as the bases & crankshafts as the body, then just wacked on some cushy tops.

[I8A4RE]

that would look awesome, got any pics?

[Bennoz]

Still got them somewhere. Think they're stored in my roof, will dig one out.

[aza013]

The bar came out great
Also the light covers are looking good, if you got time and feel like making a 2nd set I will take them just name the price.

[I8A4RE]

Do you want eyelids or full covers like mine, I can do either.

[aza013]

Full covers as they would be good for the track and also somthing away from the normal for car shows.

[I8A4RE]

Ok no worries. Do you want me to primmer it for you, paint it or how would you like it finished?

[aza013]

If you could do the primer that would be great
Thanks mate.
Just pm me you bank info and a price when you are ready and I will fix you up for them.

[rock_it]

I may be in for that as well .. If you are making a set for Aza ... But yeah, will go home check the pics and ask nicely if I like em .. Hehehee

[Astron_Boy]

Are you just doing stick on design Simon?
Like 3M job.
Or are you lipping the bottoms so they can sit on top of the headlights by their own free ability?

They are a good headlight protector, and heavily tossing up for ours as it's sits outside all the time.

[aza013]

they would have to be clip on as you could not keep them on at night, as there would not be a lot of light coming through it.

[Astron_Boy]

That's true Az, however I'm not certain of Simons intent.
Eyelids would be a definite 3M job as per most cars
The full covers though, he would need to keep a bit more fibreglass on the top/ bottom, unless those images simply dont show the lips to clip onto the ridges of the headlights.

[I8A4RE]

Got some more supplies today so I should have the first set done by the end of this weekend.

Now in terms of how they are attached, it can be done in a few different ways. At the moment which you cant see by the pics I have actually molded them to attach to mounting bolt that hold the headlamp in (ill get pics tomorrow) which I reckon will be more than enough to hold them in place.

I have thought about putting a lip on the bottom which is easy to do but the only problem is there is not enough gap between headlamp and the front bar. 3m tape is an absolute last resort, I want to make them so that they do not need an adhesive.

[payaya]

What is the point of a head light cover??

[Astron_Boy]

Protect headlights...

In that case Simon I'll take a pair also, the full covers.

I suppose our bar sags, so there is a gap...

[rock_it]

Mate.. They look great.. I'd like to get a set of full + eyelids.. So I could alternate... Would the eyelids bolt on too...

[I8A4RE]

yeah eyelids would bolt on as well.