fitting bumper IN FTO
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fitting bumper IN FTO
Is it possible to fit a front bumper IN the FTO?
if so, does the passenger seat need removing?
thanks,
Braydon
if so, does the passenger seat need removing?
thanks,
Braydon
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Re: fitting bumper IN FTO
I have had to transport a rear bar from Brisbane to a little past Newcastle in my Fto just need to recline passenger seat and should fit from foot well to the back to the driver seat I think it will make it
gotta get there one day :)
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Re: fitting bumper IN FTO
Yeah they fit on the diagonal... just
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Awesome, thanks!
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Re: fitting bumper IN FTO
Yep!
It'll be going in from passenger's door with the windows fully down, and passenger's seat fully reclined flat down to the back seat.
the bar will go high up into the backseat of driver's side with the other end down to the footwell of front passenger seat.
It'll be going in from passenger's door with the windows fully down, and passenger's seat fully reclined flat down to the back seat.
the bar will go high up into the backseat of driver's side with the other end down to the footwell of front passenger seat.

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Re: fitting bumper IN FTO
Just don't do what I did
Rocked up to the Startrack Express depot to pick up my bars with my work car. Being a Ford I thought sh*t yeah, they'll fit, if they can get them into FTOs i'll fit them in here like a piece of cake.
An hour later after becoming really frustrated and giving the security guard something to laugh at I realised I couldn't even get one into it....
So I left them behind to get put back into storage..
Moral of the story, make sure you can fit them before you pick them up
Rocked up to the Startrack Express depot to pick up my bars with my work car. Being a Ford I thought sh*t yeah, they'll fit, if they can get them into FTOs i'll fit them in here like a piece of cake.
An hour later after becoming really frustrated and giving the security guard something to laugh at I realised I couldn't even get one into it....
So I left them behind to get put back into storage..
Moral of the story, make sure you can fit them before you pick them up

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Haha, ended up fitting in fine 

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Re: fitting bumper IN FTO
The good thing with an fto is, that the parts of it, can always fit somewhere else within the car itself and still be driveable. 


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haha, even the engine?
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Re: fitting bumper IN FTO
Yeah back seat
But not safely lol
But not safely lol
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Good luck lol
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Fair enough
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Re: fitting bumper IN FTO
Wouldn't fit in my bootAstron_Boy wrote:Or boot.

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Re: fitting bumper IN FTO
I can say a big yes to that, also the gear box, side skirts, front and back bars, doors, boot lid and wing, rims and tyres the list keeps goingTechnikhaus wrote:haha, even the engine?

But before any one asks no the bonnet will not fit

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I'm kinda thinking it could, depending how exactly it was done.aza013 wrote:But before any one asks no the bonnet will not fit.
I'm not going to grab the CF bonnet to test my theory however.

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It won't fit in the door.
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cover in a bed sheet and strap down to the roof? probably illegal and unsafe but its a way to do it 


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