TJM T17 Front Bar fitted to my KK

[btalyor218]

After seeing PommieDownUnder's KK with a TJM bar in other threads, I thought I would have a go at fitting one of these bars to my own KK. (Also, TJM's in NSW aren't as accomodating as those in QLD so I had to do it myself, or go on a road trip...)

I thought I'd take a few photos, and give a brief rundown on my experience, so that others could see what I did and maybe build up the courage to also have a go.

I was lucky enough to find a bar on Ebay for $399


First of all, I had to remove the original bumper, as decribed in this thread from Diggerfreek on Lost KJ's

http://www.lostjeeps.com/forum/phpBB...?f=104&t=41683



Then I had to slighty modify the mounting bracket. It would appear that the chassis rails are the same width as a KJ, as there was very little modification needed.
This is what it looked like before and after - just had to remove about 100mm with the grinder, and leave a space for the tubes to the Automatic fluid cooler;


Then I got to fitting and drilling the holes. There are 4 underneath on each side, and 2 on top. the front 2 holes underneath were already there, I just had to widen them slightly.



Once the holes were driled, the bracket was fitted!


Then, the bar was fitted, and I trimmed the side fenders with a grinder (Carefully) and cut the black splash guards.


I then mucked around cutting the original bumpers, to fill the remaining gaps, and re-intall the factory indicators. I managed to keep it in 1 piece and finished it off with some rubber capping from Clark Rubber.


Then I wired up the lights, and this is the final product!


All up, it took a day and half to complete. I'm stoked with the finished product, and even more chuffed because I saved heaps of money on the bar itself, plus a good $500 on installation by doing it myself.

Next job = A nice pair of spot lights for that new bar!!

Ben.T

[Gi Frog]

Hi All,
Nice buy good fit looks good.
Cheers
Gi frog

[Arrow]

Great job, Looks good. If I was going to keep my KK I would fit one of these. I would try and fit the driving lights in the gap left from the front guards just for something different or fit one of those new LED light bars to the flat light mount.

[Wazzajeep]

That looks fantastic! Would you be able to post a photo from underneath showing the bar mount and where the cooler lines are now running.

Cheers

[btalyor218]

Thanks guys,

Here is a photo from underneath (the best I could do, anyway)

You can see the 4 bolts on the left chassis rail, the same is on the right
The automatic cooler lines tuck back into position where they were located before.



If you'd like any more pics, just let me know, and I'll do my best to provide.

Ben.T

[Wazzajeep]

Ben,

Thanks for the picture, just what I needed.

Cheers

[MtnLuvr]

Good posting and good looking KK Ben.

Do you feel like the mounting weldment blocks off airflow to the bottom of the radiator and the power steering cooler? It kind of looks that way in the photo from below.