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camskea

Joined: Sun Jul 24, 2011 2:38 am
Posts: 179
Location: Melbourne
Vehicle: 1991 Vitara SWB

Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2014 5:32 pm

I'm wondering if some fabrication guys can give me some ideas on what I can do to this bar to be able to mount and use a winch?
I have a mate can do the welding.
appreciate any help
cheers
Cam

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Gwagensteve

Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:30 pm
Posts: 12997
Location: Melbourne

Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2014 8:02 pm

Better to start from scratch. Those bars are very weak and trying to add enough strength to bear winching loads will result in a huge, heavy mess. They're really just a nudge bar.

From memory, those bars were built for suzuki by Hayman Reece and sold as the approved dealer fit bull bar. Mate had one on his vitara.

camskea

Joined: Sun Jul 24, 2011 2:38 am
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Location: Melbourne
Vehicle: 1991 Vitara SWB

Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2014 9:22 pm

Thanks mate.
I've seen your posts around the forum...... I'll take the sensible advice, it's appreciated.
Cam

camskea

Joined: Sun Jul 24, 2011 2:38 am
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Location: Melbourne
Vehicle: 1991 Vitara SWB

Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2014 9:24 pm

Having said that, I'd like to keep the standard bumper..
anyone got pics of winch bars that incorporate the original bumper.
Thanks again
cam

Jezza86

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Joined: Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:30 am
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Location: Nhulunbuy 0880
Vehicle: 2010 jimny

Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 7:51 am

lots of overseas guys. what size winch you planning to use

camskea

Joined: Sun Jul 24, 2011 2:38 am
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Location: Melbourne
Vehicle: 1991 Vitara SWB

Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 2:28 pm

Not sure mate. Whatever comes along second hand or is a reasonable price new.
just enough to help me out of basic situations

Jezza86

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Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 2:45 pm

hand winch and recovery points
their stronger, you have better control, you can winch from front or backwards. even sidways if you need,
they fit in a milk crate in the boot and dont add 30-40 kg to the verry nose of your car.

also, you can use a hand winch to winch up a hill then rollstart the car with a flat battery.

Skippy

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Joined: Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:57 am
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Location: Gold Coast
Vehicle: 2011 Jimny

Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 7:39 pm

have a look at this..

http://www.offroad-armory.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&path=154_20_72&product_id=220

This is the fitting guide to it

http://www.offroad-armory.com/store/pdf/Jimny-Front-Winch-Mounting-Plate.pdf

Says not suitable for Jimny's with A/C but i have seen a lot of jimny's getting around with it and they all couldn't have no A/C so i think you could make it suit.

Joe

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Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 2:25 pm

camskea wrote:

Having said that, I'd like to keep the standard bumper..
anyone got pics of winch bars that incorporate the original bumper.
Thanks again
cam

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jimny_timmy

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Joined: Fri May 13, 2011 1:56 am
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Vehicle: Suzuki Jimny 2010

Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 5:39 pm

Skippy wrote:

You can see the ac lines in the instructions :rofl:

Skippy

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Location: Gold Coast
Vehicle: 2011 Jimny

Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2014 6:57 am

Yea, I dunno what they were smoking... I would say it just sits further forward.

ozzycouch

Joined: Sun Sep 18, 2011 11:23 pm
Posts: 256
Location: Maroochydore Sunny Coast
Vehicle: SWB Vit

Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2014 3:05 pm

camskea wrote:

Having said that, I'd like to keep the standard bumper..
anyone got pics of winch bars that incorporate the original bumper.
Thanks again
cam

This almost went behind my standard bumper.
Ignore the two end plates, now used for the other things.
It's made out of 8x10mm plate and is bolted through the bottom chassis tube and the body mounting towers at the top.
Might give some ideas if you go that way...

striker99

Joined: Tue Jul 30, 2013 6:13 pm
Posts: 269
Vehicle: Suzuki Jimny 2013

Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 9:47 am

Something like this might be of interest.. (from another website)

http://www.bigjimny.com/index.php?view= ... &Itemid=54

tonyevans

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Joined: Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:18 pm
Posts: 1998
Location: Lightning Ridge NSW
Vehicle: SJ40 - LJ50 - LJ50V - Vitara

Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 11:03 am

That looks a really tidy winch setup.

Skippy

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Location: Gold Coast
Vehicle: 2011 Jimny

Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 5:19 pm

exactly what my plan is for the car one day just with those slim fairlead plates

camskea

Joined: Sun Jul 24, 2011 2:38 am
Posts: 179
Location: Melbourne
Vehicle: 1991 Vitara SWB

Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 2:08 pm

Some good ideas guys thanks.

philandrae47

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Joined: Mon Mar 17, 2014 8:11 pm
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Vehicle: grand vitara 2001

Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 8:24 pm

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i have made a 95 vitara bar for winch

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