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| Petronius4 Member Since: 07 Oct 2015 Location: Somerset Posts: 94   
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I've been looking for a light bar to add extra driving lights to my Heritage'y' 90 for some time but have never found anything I liked - everything is either chrome bling or black powder coat, and of course ridiculously expensive. So I thought I'd make something myself! Attached are photos of my finished result (FWIW....
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I wanted something industrial looking in galvanised steel to match the car so had a look at galvanised tube manufacturers on tinternet and found some stuff that I thought would make a really interesting addition! Now here comes the fun part. 30 (not inc lights). Yep 30. All sourced from the Metal Store. 
 Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge ------------------------------- 👲🏻 1986 ex-Military 90 NAD 2.5 Soft Top. Sold 🇬🇧 2015 Defender 90 - Ripon Landrover Heritage 006 |
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18th Apr 2016 4:53pm |
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| theorangebandit Member Since: 03 Jun 2013 Location: Stowmarket Posts: 862 |
Look ace that bud!
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18th Apr 2016 5:30pm |
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| Sadi Member Since: 23 Jul 2015 Location: Windhoek Posts: 334  
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Neat !!
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18th Apr 2016 6:01pm |
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| steventheplumber Member Since: 29 Apr 2014 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 767  
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Looking great
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18th Apr 2016 6:04pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17450 
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What did your insurance company have to say about that?
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18th Apr 2016 6:23pm |
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| pjb Member Since: 08 Apr 2009 Location: Sunny Oxford Posts: 1244 |
I like the idea but
I think you need to be very careful here as that might be classed as a bull bar so is illegal on modern cars  2020 P300 HSE |
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19th Apr 2016 8:02am |
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| Stacey007 Member Since: 25 Sep 2015 Location: Cheshire Posts: 3758
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Maybe the odd one out, I'm not that keen... sorry
I think a bracket attached to the grill from the inside would look better, so less is more sort of look. It looks to Bling and scaffold like for me, sorry However I do appreciate you did it yourself and cheap at the end of the day we are all different and that's |
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19th Apr 2016 10:13am |
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| Petronius4 Member Since: 07 Oct 2015 Location: Somerset Posts: 94
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Thanks for all the responses.
Yes it's not for all @Stacey007 and yes It's meant to look scaffold like , although I am hoping the galvanisation will dull with time.
On the bull bar question @pjb it's classed as N1 (commercial vehicle for road use) so this doesn't apply 
It's rock solid @Sadi no vibrations noticeable when driving, much better than my previous effort which was to use a 'hidden' bracket behind the front grill. And lastly, when I spoke to the insurance co. they said "You're a top bloke, it looks awesome and we'll reduce your premium for being so inventive.." 
Am now designing a James Bond set of ski side runners for the winter made out of old fairy liquid bottles and some sticky back plastic... ------------------------------- 👲🏻 1986 ex-Military 90 NAD 2.5 Soft Top. Sold 🇬🇧 2015 Defender 90 - Ripon Landrover Heritage 006 |
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19th Apr 2016 3:06pm |
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| DonH2000 Member Since: 12 Jan 2015 Location: North Kent Posts: 551 
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Very flexable stuff there. I used the same galvanised tubes and connectors when I built my bike carrier. Simplezzzzzz! Cheers Don.
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19th Apr 2016 3:38pm |
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| pjb Member Since: 08 Apr 2009 Location: Sunny Oxford Posts: 1244 |
I stand corrected
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19th Apr 2016 4:13pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17450
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Are you sure? All the references I can find suggest that the EU prohibiion on non-compliant "protector bars" applies to both M1 and N1 WVTA groups. I'm glad to hear that you have a broad-minded insurance company, that makes quite a change in this day and age. |
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19th Apr 2016 4:21pm |
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