Front bar

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Damo834
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Hey guys. I recently bought my first mighty boy and want to put a front bar on it. Does anyone have one for sale or can give me a run down on how to make one?
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Brayden
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There's no guide for making one, it's a matter of learning how to work with fibreglass and buying an aftermarket bumper of similar shape/size and cutting it down to fit. Places like Sydney Special Vehicles have aftermarket fibreglass parts that could be used as a starting point.
The alternative is to import a bumper from a Japanese Kei car and modify it.
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MightyTOFU
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I noticed a lot of MB's using Alto Works front and rear bumpers. Is there any kind of guides as to what work needs to be done to fit them to an MB?
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86BOY
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I'd say a few people have mounted them different to others. For my setup I cut the front of the guard off and folded/welded a flat lip for the bar to then meet up and sit flat on. I made a little tab coming from the guards and used the factory bar side mounts. For the front I bent up a couple of 90 degree brackets that are welded to the body, these bolt through the mounts behind the indicators. I then added a couple more of my own right down the bottom so it wont wobble and makes the setup solid.
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The rear bar requires a little trim of the arch bit and round the top edge to follow the body line. For the wheel arch, the best way is to cut and fold a lip (using heat) in the same form as the MB wheel arch. Some good screws hold both sides to the inner lip of the MB wheel arch. The back has a hole behind both of the plastic inserts, drilled through the rear of the MB and bolted it up.
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MightyTOFU
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Looks very nice mate!
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86BOY
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Thanks mate, It'll be great when they are colour matched later on!  :thumbup2:
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Brayden
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I used a similar method for fitting my Alto Works front/rear bars.
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MightyTOFU
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Hey 86BOY what size are those rims and tyres you're running in those pics?
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86BOY
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Currently running 14's with 165/55/14 tyres. Hard to get a decent tyre in that size as its not a common profile to run. Only 1 tyre shop had them so I was pretty lucky to get some.
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MightyTOFU
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Yeah that's my biggest concern as well now that I'm looking at upgrading stock wheels. I'm having a lot more luck with 13s so I might go that way.
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Zuffen
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Achillies make that size tyre.

We found the same lack of availability here in Australia.

Apparently quite a common size in Europe.
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