Front Bar

[Jeepdownunder]

GOJEEPS, front bar painted and mounted on my Cherokee.

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Side view shows where GOJEEP :D took to my flares with a box cutter, trimmed them down to suite the finished lower edge of the bar. Also the front rubber skirt was removed.

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[ 17 March 2003, 11:19 AM: Message edited by: Jeepdownunder ]

[Gojeep]

Nice shots there JDU :D



ps. Dont panic Krammer as it is a different one to the one you bought ;)

[dnaid10t]

you got the same jeep as mee. cool dude. what sate u in? graemlins/rock.gif

[dnaid10t]

victoria ..yep

[Jeepdownunder]

Yep Victoria mud & Sun all in one :D Mostly sun due drout :mad: Uuuummmm the car looks blue in the pic its actually black.

[ 16 March 2003, 08:50 PM: Message edited by: Jeepdownunder ]

[Bogged]

I want one!!! pity I'm in Sydney! graemlins/crying.gif

[Jeepdownunder]

Originally posted by 2001xj:
I want one!!! pity I'm in Sydney! graemlins/crying.gif <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Go to GOJEEPS website you could make one up OK. Its a modified ARB bar.
Mods & Info here (http://www.go.jeep-xj.info)

[Bogged]

I take it it wouldn't effect the airbag and stuff? Need to get rid of my bumber and get something decent onto it.. was also looking at making a ARB TJ style hoop in the middle.. just to mount lights and stuff on.. don't know how I'd do it.. I can't weld.. and kinda skint on the $$ side of things! (atleast until tax refund!)

[Dave]

I dont think any bullbar can really affect the airbag.. from my understand the airbag goes off when the car goes from 45km/hr to 0km/hr in 0 seconds.

Just out of curiousity.. is there something wrong with the bar arb makes for XJ's?

http://dave.webidentity.com.au/bullbar.jpg

[Jeepdownunder]

Originally posted by 2001xj:
I take it it wouldn't effect the airbag and stuff? Need to get rid of my bumber and get something decent onto it.. was also looking at making a ARB TJ style hoop in the middle.. just to mount lights and stuff on.. don't know how I'd do it.. I can't weld.. and kinda skint on the $$ side of things! (atleast until tax refund!)<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">2001xj The air bag is actuated by a sliding contact in the steering collumn. When you come to a sudden stop it slides up makes a contact & a relay fires the air bag. So front bars do not effect the bag deployment.

[Gojeep]

Any changes made by fitting bullbars do have an effect on the airbag deployment by changing the crash pulse if they are significantly stiffer in construction. This is because the standard bumper is design to crush at a certain rate and therefore absorb the impact. If the bumper is made stiffer the crash pulse is made higher due to less being absorbed by the bumper and therefore transferring more into the body mounts and frame behind it. ARB make the bullbar out of the same thickness as the stock bumper ( 2.5 mm ). A non airbag bar are made out of 3 mm where as the same one like for a FJ80 is made from 2.5.
The good news is that is does not stop the airbags from deploying at all. It just means that they will go off at a lower speed as the sensors detects the preset G force earlier.
Lets say that the sensor is set to go off at 3 G's of force. A stock vehicle might reach this at 45 kmh when hitting a wall. Fit a Bullbar made out of 5 mm steel and the 3 G's might be reached at 30 kmh instead due to the lack of impact absorption.
Hope this makes it easier to understand ;)

[Kramer]

JDU,

very nice bar mate. A credit to you 2.

Kramer

[Jeepdownunder]

Thanks Kramer credit goes to Marcus. How are things with you....?

[Bogged]

cheers.. will now look at doing a front bar..

Colin

[Jeepdownunder]

Yes we all need a solid front bar graemlins/punchface.gif

[Kramer]

JDU,

still here in Melbourne, finishing off in a couple of weeks. Family went back (with the Jeep graemlins/crying.gif ) end November and I just travel weekly down here.

Cheers.