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This is the 1st time since joining that I have posted anything on here.
Since towing my Grand Cruiser 3T+ caravan all the way from Brisbane to Tasmania I have been busy sorting out many things like renovating a property.
I recently decided to go driving at night on the back roads in my area, now I know why there are so many utes / trucks in Tasmania, the critters come out to play on the nice warm roads.
Several decided to play chicken and well you can guess the result, yes heaps of damage to the front of my Touareg.
It is still drivable but will have to go into the smash repair shop to be fixed.
So now I am in the process of designing a sort of bull bar that can be attached using the recovery points plus the chassis rail ends by adding heavy steel plates that will drop down just under the plastic front tray.
I found a Touareg for sale that has a home made bar on it and this has confirmed I am on the right track with the design. I will add more tubes to make it more like a traditional looking bull bar.
Yes the sensors are fitted to the bar and work as normal. The owner hit a roo not long after fitting it and while there was damage to the grill and other front items he still drove away instead of having the car written off.
If I do get it made and fitted I propose to offer this for sale and am wondering how many other owners would be interested in buying one and what sort of prices people are prepared to pay?
Can other members please indicate your interest in this project.
I do 3D mechanical drafting and design plus my background has been in welding and fabrication of all metal types, so once I have the design modeled I will post here for you guys to review and make constructive comments etc.
Since towing my Grand Cruiser 3T+ caravan all the way from Brisbane to Tasmania I have been busy sorting out many things like renovating a property.
I recently decided to go driving at night on the back roads in my area, now I know why there are so many utes / trucks in Tasmania, the critters come out to play on the nice warm roads.
Several decided to play chicken and well you can guess the result, yes heaps of damage to the front of my Touareg.
It is still drivable but will have to go into the smash repair shop to be fixed.
So now I am in the process of designing a sort of bull bar that can be attached using the recovery points plus the chassis rail ends by adding heavy steel plates that will drop down just under the plastic front tray.
I found a Touareg for sale that has a home made bar on it and this has confirmed I am on the right track with the design. I will add more tubes to make it more like a traditional looking bull bar.
Yes the sensors are fitted to the bar and work as normal. The owner hit a roo not long after fitting it and while there was damage to the grill and other front items he still drove away instead of having the car written off.
If I do get it made and fitted I propose to offer this for sale and am wondering how many other owners would be interested in buying one and what sort of prices people are prepared to pay?
Can other members please indicate your interest in this project.
I do 3D mechanical drafting and design plus my background has been in welding and fabrication of all metal types, so once I have the design modeled I will post here for you guys to review and make constructive comments etc.