Tips on Customising Front bar

FtoSam · Post by **FtoSam** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:03 pm

Righto... While the car has 8 weeks off road i've been fiddling with it..
Installing massagers into the rest of the seats, etc...
Anyway, i noticed that Brutus in the UK modified the standard front bar..
I've been looking to get a Bozz front but they are more common then veilside now in qld... So i have been trying to find something with a nice open mouth for the intercooler and not common...
Solution... Modify the standard one...
I have the bar off and in my garage...
I have plenty of Fibreglassing gear
I have some mesh to use as a guide
I have way too much spare time.

Plans are to cut away the middle bar, use the mesh as a guide and then fibreglass over it.... fill the rest with body filler, sand it back nice and smooth, then get DMD to paint it when they do my side skirts...

Only catches are...
- I have limited experience with fibreglass and none with body filler
- The front bar it already pretty wrecked. Needs some plastic welding done on 2-3 cracks.
- front bar needs a respray anyway.

Anyone got any advice before i start? (hoping Brutus will read this)

mr-charisma · Post by **mr-charisma** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 3:32 pm

if you need a hand with it I can come round & help out ... my experience is probably about the same as yours is, but 2 heads are better than one right? it'll help me out when I get around to doing mine anyways... haven't even gotten as far as cutting the middle section out yet.. :S

or... if you wanted a front bar to practice on before mucking yours up I have my partially damaged one that I'm planning to mod.. (it has a small dent in it & slightly bent out of shape..)

FtoSam · Post by **FtoSam** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:19 pm

Sure mate...
Pop round one weekend and we can do it..
My bar is McRooted anyway. So i dont mind hacking it up.

mr-charisma · Post by **mr-charisma** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:26 pm

got any designs drawn up?

SG · Post by SG » Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:58 pm

hks bumpers are similar to the standard one with the middle piece removed... i think i like the standard bumper better though
http://www.mitsubishi-fto.org/aero/kansai/kansai-00.jpg

robsta · Post by **robsta** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 12:26 pm

I've always liked the HKS front bar

wouldn't mind getting one when I get a FTO again

FtoSam · Post by **FtoSam** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:53 pm

Hahaha.... i told u so much to keep your fto rob.... i told you... over and over....

Lukas (nosman) has caught the RWD bug and is contemplating selling his...

Help me persuade him otherwise bretheren!!

robsta · Post by **robsta** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 5:04 pm

Don't do it! Trust me! lol
it may seem fun at first, but the novelty soon wears off...took less then a month for me haha.
I've already found one...almost bought it, just working out a few of the finer details

P.S lukas don't do it!

nicholas · Post by **nicholas** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 6:03 pm

Rob,

Just out of interest, what RWD did you swap into?

robsta · Post by **robsta** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 6:34 pm

I owned a R33, but I was also driving a 200sx, 180sx and an S13 during that period, all turbo. FTO was much nicer to drive.

nosman · Post by **nosman** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 12:42 pm

Well i think the bug is over lol. I think i might get an evo 6 or 7

I dont know yet.

topao · Post by **topao** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:34 am

Why not evo 8?

eThix · Post by **eThix** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:04 pm

topao wrote:Why not evo 8?

why not an enzo...

nosman · Post by **nosman** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:29 pm

1- cant afford an evo 8

2 - cant afford an Enzo either

Im not rich lol just wealthy

FtoSam · Post by **FtoSam** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:45 pm

nosman wrote:1- cant afford an evo 8
2 - cant afford an Enzo either

Im not rich lol just wealthy

Well champ... If your planning on moving, i'd say move before u buy a new car..