Projectzwo bullbars and bumpers

Post by **silverbullet** » 10 Nov 2010, 17:12

For argument's sake, if a set in good condition just happened to come my way, what would they realistically be worth? I guess that they can't have been cheap by any means when you could buy them new.
To authenticate, should they be steel or alloy tube? I have heard tell that they were aluminium...

Post by **jed the spread** » 10 Nov 2010, 17:16

Sets were for sale at Syncro 25 for a grand,

jed

Post by **Russel** » 10 Nov 2010, 17:20

All they do is increase your already bad front overhang.
Russel

Post by **silverbullet** » 10 Nov 2010, 17:37

Good point, well made. Rapidly going off them now...

Post by **syncropaddy** » 10 Nov 2010, 17:57

They were made from 3" steel tube with Aluminium checkerplate and had a price tag of a grand at Syncro 25 but there were still there when I was leaving. They weigh a ton and screw up your overhang as Russle says and up close look naff!

Post by **silverbullet** » 10 Nov 2010, 18:28

OK I'll fess up... got an enquiry today about making a one-off set from drawings that the customer had aquired. When I asked about materials he thought they were all alloy (probably from the chequerplate) but then a search showed up a BY thread from 2007 and the comment that they weigh a ton, which didn't quite square with what had been said beforehand.
I don't think that a unique set could be made for a grand anyway, not with all the tube bending, jigging up required to TIG them together and still fit correctly, never mind the plating/painting.

Post by **syncropaddy** » 10 Nov 2010, 19:35

You wouldnt get too far with £1000 making these up! The bends would cost a fortune along with the end caps!!

Post by **silverbullet** » 10 Nov 2010, 20:28

So they had welded end caps too? They must be std pipe fittings then (my HNC was in process plant design for BOC)

Post by **Simon Baxter** » 10 Nov 2010, 21:06

The plans are/were all over the internet.
I have them somewhere.
Bloody awful things they are.

Post by **silverbullet** » 10 Nov 2010, 21:12

I can't see anyone in their right mind wanting to pay a grand to fix that amount of scaffold to each end of their van, even a Gowesty customer but each to their own, eh?
I found the plans too, I think it's on the first page of a google search for "projectzwo bumpers"
I much prefer the Jagdwagen bar/roffrack combo, pity it was never available for tin-tops.

Post by **syncroand101** » 10 Nov 2010, 21:46

I got some front ones behind my shed..

Post by **jed the spread** » 10 Nov 2010, 22:00

syncroand101 wrote:I got some front ones behind my shed..

Does it effect it's aproach angle?

Jed

Post by **syncroand101** » 10 Nov 2010, 22:04

Post by **Simon Baxter** » 10 Nov 2010, 22:31

Post by **syncropaddy** » 10 Nov 2010, 22:50

syncroand101 wrote:I got some front ones behind my shed..

Dont move them or your shed will fall down

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