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Post by shadrack » Mon Mar 12, 2012 12:47 pm

Just wondered if anyone has one fitted to their car I know its doubtfull when they cost nearly 1k but I'm after what diameter the tube is for both the larger 'a bar' piece of it and also the bars that return back down underneath so this weekends project will be that of fabricatio and also gives me time to get it powder coated black before she comes out of the paint shop!
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Post by wilkoturbo » Mon Mar 12, 2012 1:35 pm

Hey someone on the xoutpost tried making one , did you weld the 4.8 tail pipes on your car if so fancy doing mine ??? ;-)
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Post by shadrack » Mon Mar 12, 2012 3:50 pm

Yeh I did weld all my tail pipes on, don't realy fancy doing another pita job not the welding all the cutting and aligning to make them look right and I'm all way up north! I will be able to make one easy enough my brother has full fabrication gear and a hydralic bender! Will take some doing bt if its simeple enough I might make 2 and sell one!
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Post by shadrack » Mon Mar 12, 2012 4:57 pm

Tried to search x outpst but that site is complex, I have an aCcount on it as well and if I post something I then can't find the post!!!!!
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Post by dirtymonkey29 » Mon Mar 12, 2012 5:02 pm

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Post by Sanj » Mon Mar 12, 2012 5:11 pm

You guys possibly talking about this one - does it help?
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Post by dirtymonkey29 » Mon Mar 12, 2012 5:25 pm

Lol.... Beat ya... Doesn't have dimensions though.

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Post by wilkoturbo » Mon Mar 12, 2012 6:32 pm

Where up north ???
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Post by Sanj » Mon Mar 12, 2012 6:56 pm

[quote=""dirtymonkey29""]Lol.... Beat ya... Doesn't have dimensions though.[/quote]

LOL! My fancy linking the URL... :oops:

Must be others on there and possibly a google search for the dimensions...
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Post by shadrack » Mon Mar 12, 2012 6:59 pm

[quote=""wilkoturbo""]Where up north ???[/quote]
near middlesbrough :(
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Post by wilkoturbo » Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:02 pm

Sheffield :)
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Post by shadrack » Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:09 pm

[quote=""wilkoturbo""]Sheffield :)[/quote]
no no no no no, tbh by the time you have bought the tips £65, and diesel up here and back and it took me about 6hrs i heard of people getting them done from £200 at exaust centres just im tight and fussy about the look so did them my self, to all who have posted links to the x outpost thread thanks, if i could just get the diameters of the tube i will be posting pics of my underride protection, if nt ill have to make an educated guess but i wanted to copy the oem one!! :D
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Post by dirtymonkey29 » Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:44 pm

If you search underride on there a few come up. None that ive seen with dimensions though but maybe someone on there with one fitted can take some measurements for you if you ask nicely.

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Post by shadrack » Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:53 pm

thats what i was hoping!!!
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