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Hatchie... now with Vidler bar.
Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:47 am
by SuBaRiNo
Pulled in some favours on Saturday and Vidler did his usual magic and built me a custom tow bar for the hatch.... VERY happy with it.
Dave
Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:48 am
by Alex
lookn good dude!
alex
Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:51 am
by Captain Obvious
nice work now all you need it the attachment with a hook instead of a tow ball to tow off likr the big boys use...
Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:54 am
by SuBaRiNo
LOL... belive me... i bought that attachment before we even made the bar... just need to pick up a pin for it today... It was more designed to pull out people than pull a trailor.
Dave
Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 1:21 pm
by vidler
you better paint it:)
fingers crossed the welds on the chassis rails hold.... in the remote case they dont, we'll have to go to some more extreme measures, like removing as much of the ass end as possible so i can get up there for some decent welding access...
should be right, ill put a life time warranty on it for ya:)
Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 2:38 pm
by SuBaRiNo
LOL... if you looked at the photo at all vidler u would have noticed it has been painted. It was painted 5 minutes after i got home with it.
Dave
Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 7:27 pm
by AndrewT
Photo does not do it justice.... I checked it out this morning, work of art. Well done Vidler & Dave!
Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 7:56 pm
by Subafury
oh no. hatchie will loose some departure angle. lol - like it matters. looks good.
vidler can u make me a front bar with tow hooks and a bash plate and a roof rack/cage and a bull bar and diff guard and....
Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 8:52 pm
by SuBaRiNo
I don't mind the bar being a bit lower... protects my exhaust.... and more importantly my rare Hatch back bumper.
Dave
Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:05 pm
by tim_81coupe
The hatch already has an awesome departure angle, and having the towbar there won't really affect things as the approach angle is still smaller...
Well done Dave (aka Boss) and Jay. I have to see this in the flesh!
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 1:36 pm
by BlackMale
Looks good and just what you were after. although i am a bit concered about this...
vidler wrote:fingers crossed the welds on the chassis rails hold
If they do not its some serious damage to someone/something and bye bye Hatchi - neither of which we want to see.
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:47 pm
by SuBaRiNo
LOL... good way to find a bad thing about a GREAT thing Jaffa. I have full confidence in it... considering it appears about 5000 times stronger than the tie down point i have snatched people off in the past.
Anyone with concerns can get snatched out by someone else... no worries there.
Dave