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hey fellers... ive been trolling google images all of yesterday and last night to find pics of how the top level time attack cars hold their front bars up.. i want to replace the factory bumper reo with a custom aluminium one but i cant find anything to go on..

i figure with all the aero at the front, they wouldnt just have the front bar flapping in the breeze or held on at the sides alone.. i know thw splitters are seperate to the front bar, and are made with a custom frame.. this isnt a problem.. i am having a mind blank with the front bar reo.

heres a pic of what i started last night... just rough at this stage :(

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what have you guys done?? any custom fabbed jobbies??? or just speedholes in the original reo??

please help!!

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how strong is the carbon one? strong enough to say run though a fence, or moe down guide posts while cutting corners. I bent my gtr reo bar running it through a fence.

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ooh ooh!! where is the carbon one roy?? perfect panel gaps... pfft... fooey to perfect panel gaps i say..

i dont even know what to search for.. front bar reo, front bumper support, front bumper reo, front bar support, front bar frame, etc, etc.. there are only so many hours in the day and only so many gigabytes to my d/l limit... and most of that is for porn.

ben.. sounds like youd be better off doing targa in something like a D11 dozer or something.

have no bar rio at all i made a flat plate at the top that bolts through the cooler to the bonnet lock, The sides still mount to guards the same and the bottom has 2 x alloy straps that bolt the bar to the cooler.

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