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Post Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:47 pm 
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Hi, just wanna know if it's leagal in qld to mount a whinch direct to the chassis so its hidden inside the jimny bumper. Trying to avoid installing a bull bar. to much wieght and throws the front end balance out when racing.... any thoughts?

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Post Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:17 am 
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Dunno how much room there is in a Jimny bumper but I put a 9500lb winch in a custom cradle behind a Sierra bumper.
I don't see any legality issues.
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Post Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:24 am 
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Mistaria81 wrote:
to much wieght and throws the front end balance out when racing.... any thoughts?


what racing do you do in the jimny?

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Post Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:36 am 
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Can this be done to a car that has airbags?

I've been thinking about doing something similar to the GV...

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Post Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:29 pm 
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going to get into gymkhanas and rally's next year hopefully :D

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Post Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 2:33 pm 
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to bring up an old thread, but are their any off the shelf winch cradles available for the sierras that I could adapt to my alloy bar?

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Post Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 3:04 pm 
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to bring up an old thread, but are their any off the shelf winch cradles available for the sierras that I could adapt to my alloy bar?

No. None that I know of.

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Post Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 3:19 pm 
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okies, thanks

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Post Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 4:21 pm 
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shabz wrote:
Can this be done to a car that has airbags?


no not at all wont be legal you need something airbag compatible better of buying a bull bar of the shelf

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