What are my options for SERIOUSLY protecting by front grille and real bumper?

[Captain Slow]

if anyone ever makes a bull bar for the front of the yaris count me in. I would snatch one up so quick and slap some rally tires on that bad boy as well as a trailer hitch, fog lights, roof rack and anything else I could possibly put to make it look like I was going on some kind of crazy econo-box powered expedition.

[yaris2010RS]

Originally Posted by Captain Slow

if anyone ever makes a bull bar for the front of the yaris count me in. I would snatch one up so quick and slap some rally tires on that bad boy as well as a trailer hitch, fog lights, roof rack and anything else I could possibly put to make it look like I was going on some kind of crazy econo-box powered expedition.

+1 lol

[NuMystic]

Originally Posted by yaris2010RS

+1 lol

You do realize he's not even joking right?

Being that I don't have a shop or heavy metal working tools, is my best bet to just find a shop that works on a lot of burly SUV's and ask how much they'd charge?

I'm looking for something like this, but can't even imagine where they'd mount the thing:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/com...F0?ie=UTF8&i=0

[CTScott]

I bought some tubing last fall to experiment with making one for Crashy 2, but haven't gotten around to doing so yet. The ideal mounting place for strength would be where the front bumper member bolts to the supports for it. That would place the mounting of it on one side at the tow hook cover and the mirror of that on the other side.

Making one that mounts without having to cut holes in the bumper would be difficult, since the Yaris does not have a front lower frame.

[Captain Slow]

i am totally serious :D

rally yaris FTW

[yaris2010RS]

Originally Posted by CTScott

I bought some tubing last fall to experiment with making one for Crashy 2, but haven't gotten around to doing so yet. The ideal mounting place for strength would be where the front bumper member bolts to the supports for it. That would place the mounting of it on one side at the tow hook cover and the mirror of that on the other side.

Making one that mounts without having to cut holes in the bumper would be difficult, since the Yaris does not have a front lower frame.

could it not bolt to the lower rad support? where the plastic skid plate would bolt to?

you could come out from below the front bumper with some flat steel and then weld up the butt end of the bull guard? only part thats stopping me from attempting this is the fact i have no way to bend steel tubing.

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by yaris2010RS

could it not bolt to the lower rad support? where the plastic skid plate would bolt to?

you could come out from below the front bumper with some flat steel and then weld up the butt end of the bull guard? only part thats stopping me from attempting this is the fact i have no way to bend steel tubing.

The lower radiator support is paper thin, so just pushing down on the bar would cause it to twist. The only things I would trust to bolt it to are the long bumper piece (which is incredible strong) or the mounts for it.

I have a bender and have some 1" and 1-5/8" pipe that I was planning on experimenting with. I was going to start with the 1", as I don't want it to be too heavy. I made Crashy's brush guard out of the 1-5/8" tubing and it weighs over 25 lbs.

[yaris2010RS]

wow thats alot of weight infront of the wheels. also with that kind of weight the leverage on the lower rad support would be huge

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by yaris2010RS

wow thats alot of weight infront of the wheels. also with that kind of weight the leverage on the lower rad support would be huge

Exactly. In Crashy's case, the obliterated lower radiator support was replaced with part of the plow frame, and the bar mounts to that. Also, Crashy's 4" front suspension lift counteracts the weight of the bar (and the plow, when it is on).

With the 1" tubing that I bought, the entire thing should weigh under 10 lbs, if I go all the way out around the fogs, and less than 5 lbs for a bar that only covers the middle.

[W.A.S.P]

Guys. A few days ago I saw a white LB Yaris just like mine in North Jersey, with a chrome bull bar. It looked pretty good.

[yaris2010RS]

^no way! sick!