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Title: Warren's new Grab Bar (added pics of it mounted)
Post by: Warren on October 29, 2008, 06:32:19 PM
here's the pics i have as of right now of my new bar.

(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d31/warno_p/newgrabbar1.jpg)

(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d31/warno_p/newgrabbar2.jpg)


you guys think it will look ok?



here's the pics of my bar after i mounted it. i took it out for a ride tonight thats why it's so dusty.

(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d31/warno_p/newgrabbar3.jpg)

(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d31/warno_p/newgrabbar4.jpg)


i'm going to take it off and make it longer. could anyone tell me the length that the PRM bar is from the very front of the mount to the end of the bar?
Title: Warren's new Grab Bar
Post by: Colorado700R on October 29, 2008, 06:33:21 PM
Looks allot like My PRM  :clap:

I love the way it looks  :grin_nod:
Title: Warren's new Grab Bar
Post by: Warren on October 29, 2008, 06:40:03 PM
do you have any pics of yours i could see?
Title: Warren's new Grab Bar
Post by: Colorado700R on October 29, 2008, 06:43:42 PM
Quote from: warren on October 29, 2008, 06:40:03 PM
do you have any pics of yours i could see?
lemme look  :thumbs:
Title: Warren's new Grab Bar
Post by: Warren on October 29, 2008, 06:51:14 PM
ok :thumbs:
Title: Re: Warren's new Grab Bar
Post by: Colorado700R on October 29, 2008, 06:53:11 PM
(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii265/Cololrado700R/10-29-08_1844.jpg)

(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii265/Cololrado700R/10-29-08_1845.jpg)

(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii265/Cololrado700R/10-29-08_1846.jpg)
Title: Re: Warren's new Grab Bar
Post by: Peelz on October 29, 2008, 06:53:37 PM
Cool Warren! :thumbs:


Id be worried posting pics with your bed sheets in it with Colorado lurking. :lol:
Title: Re: Warren's new Grab Bar
Post by: Warren on October 29, 2008, 06:58:43 PM
Quote from: Peels660 on October 29, 2008, 06:53:37 PM
Cool Warren! :thumbs:


Id be worried posting pics with your bed sheets in it with Colorado lurking. :lol:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:




thanks for those pics. i think mine will look ok once i get it powder coated black to match everything else i have. lol.
Title: Re: Warren's new Grab Bar
Post by: Gunz on October 29, 2008, 07:30:22 PM
I have the same one as Colo700. PRM...
Title: Re: Warren's new Grab Bar
Post by: BRAD on October 29, 2008, 07:59:01 PM
looks good warren
Title: Re: Warren's new Grab Bar
Post by: Warren on October 29, 2008, 08:30:41 PM
thanks



i just remembered one thing i'm worried about is how close my exhaust tips are to the ground when the raptor is at 12 o' clock. the tips are about 1" from the ground. should i worry about this or should it be ok. i mean if i do a wheelie while on soft ground, such as sand, the bar will sink in and the tips will hit. you guys think it will be ok?
Title: Re: Warren's new Grab Bar
Post by: Colorado700R on October 29, 2008, 08:34:55 PM
mine dont touch  :thumbs:
Title: Re: Warren's new Grab Bar
Post by: Warren on October 29, 2008, 08:37:46 PM
yours is longer though. i already had my mounting peices cut before i realized i wanted to change my design. :thud: so i have to use the peices i have and they are, just by looking at your pics, about 1-1.5" shorter then yours.
Title: Re: Warren's new Grab Bar
Post by: Kenneth on October 30, 2008, 01:43:32 PM
Quote from: warren on October 29, 2008, 08:37:46 PM
yours is longer though. i already had my mounting peices cut before i realized i wanted to change my design. :thud: so i have to use the peices i have and they are, just by looking at your pics, about 1-1.5" shorter then yours.

That's probably a good thing to be honest. The longer the grab bar the more leverage it's going to have against your sub frame if you ever slip up and test the rear grab bar.  So i'd keep it 1-1.5 inches shorter and replace your end caps if you slip up instead of the sub frame.
Title: Re: Warren's new Grab Bar
Post by: Warren on October 30, 2008, 04:03:46 PM
Quote from: KB Motorsports on October 30, 2008, 01:43:32 PM
Quote from: warren on October 29, 2008, 08:37:46 PM
yours is longer though. i already had my mounting peices cut before i realized i wanted to change my design. :thud: so i have to use the peices i have and they are, just by looking at your pics, about 1-1.5" shorter then yours.

That's probably a good thing to be honest. The longer the grab bar the more leverage it's going to have against your sub frame if you ever slip up and test the rear grab bar.  So i'd keep it 1-1.5 inches shorter and replace your end caps if you slip up instead of the sub frame.

that is a good point.





well the bar is done. i will have pics up this weekend maybe.
Title: Re: Warren's new Grab Bar
Post by: fireman5166 on October 31, 2008, 04:43:07 PM
looks good.  :thumbs:
Title: Re: Warren's new Grab Bar (added pics of it mounted)
Post by: Warren on November 05, 2008, 04:54:33 PM
what do you guys think of my grab bar after i got it mounted?
Title: Re: Warren's new Grab Bar (added pics of it mounted)
Post by: Peelz on November 05, 2008, 05:12:03 PM
very nice= need somebody to test it?  :lol:
Title: Re: Warren's new Grab Bar (added pics of it mounted)
Post by: Warren on November 05, 2008, 05:19:49 PM
Quote from: Peels660 on November 05, 2008, 05:12:03 PM
very nice= need somebody to test it?  :lol:


sure!!!  :thumbs: as long as you buy the new subframe if that goes out.  :P
Title: Re: Warren's new Grab Bar (added pics of it mounted)
Post by: dabigbratj on November 05, 2008, 05:22:05 PM
looks good now make me one :clap:
Title: Re: Warren's new Grab Bar (added pics of it mounted)
Post by: Peelz on November 05, 2008, 05:27:48 PM
Quote from: warren on November 05, 2008, 05:19:49 PM
Quote from: Peels660 on November 05, 2008, 05:12:03 PM
very nice= need somebody to test it?  :lol:


sure!!!  :thumbs: as long as you buy the new subframe if that goes out.  :P

:lol: oh wait... :(
Title: Re: Warren's new Grab Bar (added pics of it mounted)
Post by: Warren on November 05, 2008, 05:28:24 PM
Quote from: dabigbratj on November 05, 2008, 05:22:05 PM
looks good now make me onw :clap:

:rofl:
Title: Re: Warren's new Grab Bar (added pics of it mounted)
Post by: Bert on November 08, 2008, 11:17:58 AM
Looks good Warren  :thumbs:
Title: Re: Warren's new Grab Bar (added pics of it mounted)
Post by: Krandall on November 08, 2008, 01:43:32 PM
do you have a tig welder at your house or work somewhere w/ one? ???
Title: Re: Warren's new Grab Bar (added pics of it mounted)
Post by: Warren on November 09, 2008, 06:27:18 AM
Quote from: Krandall on November 08, 2008, 01:43:32 PM
do you have a tig welder at your house or work somewhere w/ one? ???


yeah. i'm a TIG welder at a place called Baltimore Aircoil Company (BAC) in paxton IL. i know i'm not the best at TIG welding but i know my way around a TIG welder pretty good i would say.


and this is what i build. http://www.baltimoreaircoil.com/english/products/refrig/evaporators/index.html
just click on any of the hyper links in that page.

in my side of the department we only build the coils, and then they get assembled on the other side of the department with the houseings and fans and stuff like that.
Title: Re: Warren's new Grab Bar (added pics of it mounted)
Post by: Krandall on November 10, 2008, 08:20:53 AM
that's awesome. I got access to a MIG need a TIG though. :(
Title: Re: Warren's new Grab Bar (added pics of it mounted)
Post by: Warren on November 10, 2008, 04:54:10 PM
Quote from: Krandall on November 10, 2008, 08:20:53 AM
that's awesome. I got access to a MIG need a TIG though. :(

it's really nice having access to any kind of welding when you need it.
Title: Re: Warren's new Grab Bar (added pics of it mounted)
Post by: monster757 on November 10, 2008, 11:25:33 PM
Who needs a welder when they make duct tape and JB weld? I can tig and mig but i prefer to tig, my mig's look like waves, they go Hi/lo/hi/lo wide, skinny
Title: Re: Warren's new Grab Bar (added pics of it mounted)
Post by: Peelz on November 11, 2008, 06:49:31 AM
Quote from: monster757 on November 10, 2008, 11:25:33 PM
Who needs a welder when they make duct tape and JB weld? I can tig and mig but i prefer to tig, my mig's look like waves, they go Hi/lo/hi/lo wide, skinny

+1 I can't weld for $hit! :lol:  Duct tape does the trick! :lol: