Ldub, I wrote Anita and she said that the project was started, but she never knew if he ever finished it. but she wrote about a guy in AZ that made those bars for VX's, don't know who, but i really would love to find a pre-runner bar, maybe do you know or any1 knows what Bar from another Vehical out there would best fit a VX front, and then kinda some how i'll make it fit with welding or something?
Those were popular here for a while too - I considered it, because they are handy for splitting brush, also, guys mentioned that they make it easier to roll your vehicle back over in case you ever go wheels up.
I decided that it would only be cool and useful exactly 2% of the time that I actually drove the vehicle, so I put on a skidplate instead.
The rock sliders were made by Ben at Stric9 Fabrication in Tucson, Az. The web site is down but Biju has purchased 2 sets from him and probably would be your best bet for contact info. They are well built.
As for stingers, they are not the same as brush guards. brucs guards are just that...they will push small brush out of the way. Any hard objects will simply bend or destroy it! A stinger will need to be custom fab'd. Any good local fab shop should be able to build what you need. My bumper when built will have a small stinger incorperated into the design. The stinger will help when coming up to tall rock objects. It will give the front end some protection and allow you to push up/over it.
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I remember talking about this before....they use them to cross ice fields in the north. Allows you to span a crevasse by skidding them. The things they're welding together down here, will turn a 3in. sapling, and skid over a log (we don't have rocks in Fla.)
I live in San Francsico right now, i drove cross counrty and plan to drive cross counrty again this year to my new station, where ever it will be. Plus i love going driving offroading all the time and here in Cali there is alot of rocks, plus i plan to keep this VX as long as God allows it, and i plan to move back to Costa Rica once i do my time in the Coast Guard, so that guard will come really handy but i want the pre-runner bar.