i hope to make a bull bar for my vit soon, no winch cradle in mine as i do not require it.
here are some images of things similar to what i am describing:
EDIT: fixed pictures^^
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| Author: | DAB [ Sun Jun 16, 2013 9:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | winch bar on vitara ideas |
ok. there is a whole heap of info on this site. and most is about sierras which brings me to the point. .. anyone got a suggestion guide on making a winch bar and where to attach to a shorty vitara? maybe ive been missing it reading through the threads but there are a hell of alot of them |
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| Author: | tassie jeeper [ Sun Jun 16, 2013 4:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: winch bar on vitara ideas |
step 1: remove front bumper. step 2: create a mounting cradle for your winch. step 3: "u may need help with this one" hold the winch and cradle up under your grill and take measurements for the chassis mounting plates. step 4: add the chassis plates to the winch cradle and fit it to the car. step 5: bend up a piece of 50mm pipe 3mm wall to fit around the lower part of your grill and back to your wheel arches and fix it to the cradle. step 6: take another piece of pipe can be 50mm again or a bit smaller 40mm (depending on what u think looks right) and make a piece that from your headlight to down below your winch cradle across underneath it and back up the other side. step 7: make a support bracket from where the front wish bones are mounted to the lower pipe on bull bar and plate it in this will act like a skid plate. step 8: remove bull bar finish all welds off and tidy for aesthetics then take it to your local powder-coater. if you have experience with a welder and are mechanically minded you should be able to accomplish this in a weekend. best of luck with it and post photos. |
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| Author: | tassie jeeper [ Sun Jun 16, 2013 5:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: winch bar on vitara ideas |
i hope to make a bull bar for my vit soon, no winch cradle in mine as i do not require it. here are some images of things similar to what i am describing: EDIT: fixed pictures^^ |
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| Author: | Gwagensteve [ Sun Jun 16, 2013 6:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: winch bar on vitara ideas |
tassie jeeper wrote: i hope to make a bull bar for my vit soon, no winch cradle in mine as i do not require it.
here are some images of things similar to what i am describing: http://www.suzuki-forums.com/gallery/im ... Bumper.jpg |
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| Author: | tassie jeeper [ Sun Jun 16, 2013 8:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: winch bar on vitara ideas |
Quote: Gwagensteve thanks for fixing that for me. i do not have a photo sharing account on any pages. can u show me how to link photos like above with URL? that might make everyone elses life a bit easier. |
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| Author: | atari4x4 [ Sun Jun 16, 2013 8:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: winch bar on vitara ideas |
hit the [IMG] button when you go to the full editor/reply screen then paste the link in between. |
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| Author: | tassie jeeper [ Sun Jun 16, 2013 11:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: winch bar on vitara ideas |
  just trying something yere see if it works 
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| Author: | shandy92 [ Sun Jun 16, 2013 11:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: winch bar on vitara ideas |
while the topic is current, any one got any good pics of some decent mounts? There is virtually nothing on the front of the swb chassis to have a good solid mount. Unless you incorporate some U-bolts around the crossmember. Joe- you would have seen/made something for a swb vit in your time? would you be able to shed some light on these please. Thanks Mitch |
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| Author: | tassie jeeper [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 12:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: winch bar on vitara ideas |
don't know if this is of any use to you: http://nbs4x4club.com/forum/index.php?topic=11508.0 viewtopic.php?f=5&t=35745&view=previous http://auszookers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=20901 http://auszookers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=37860 |
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| Author: | got_bar_work [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 4:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: winch bar on vitara ideas |
Try something like balls sierra mounts in the good tech there isn't anything strong on any suzuki chassis |
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| Author: | got_bar_work [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 4:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: winch bar on vitara ideas |
How bad would air flow be having the winch up in the grill? |
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| Author: | tassie jeeper [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: winch bar on vitara ideas |
got_bar_work wrote: How bad would air flow be having the winch up in the grill? personally i wouldn't do it with standard radiator but i havent had my zook long enough to know what the radiator is capable of. |
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| Author: | DarkHorse [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: winch bar on vitara ideas |
I'd hazard a guess that most of us block a good percentage of our grilles with lights and other crap without any negative effects. I seem to recall reading that significantly more air gets to the radiator from beneath anyway... but I can't remember where or how I came across that... |
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| Author: | SierraDan [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: winch bar on vitara ideas |
MOAR!! |
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| Author: | DAB [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: winch bar on vitara ideas |
cant believe how well the question got answered. by the sounds of thing meny people was after a little inspiration. thanks all. when I get round to making mine ill try to document a detailed step by step for others to follow and improve on |
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