Jman The Cleaning Dudes Ute Silver Donating Members 1,308 Member For: 19y 1m 10d Gender: Male Location: Bentleigh, Vic, Australia Posted 06/08/10 11:51 PM Share Posted 06/08/10 11:51 PM Hi guys.Bought one of the fordkits front bars off ebay. I know fibreglass bars have been known to not fit up quite right however I've spoken to various people and most people I speak to say the fordkits one is the best of the worst so to speak lol.One thing I find really silly about this front bar is the fog light inserts. They don't have any clips to clip them on or anything so it looks like they have to be grafted/glued onto the bar with the foglight underneigth them. So in the event I have a stone crack a foglight, it needs to be pulled to bits and re-glued. Is my kit missing something? Surely this isn't how they all are?The foglight cover on my kit is pretty average, doesnt fit up even remotely close. Here's a couple pictures of the gaps...The above pics show the gaps if each side is put on flush. The only way I can see viable to make it fit is to sand the hell out of the back of the covers to make it fit better. I took the bar down to my spray painter yesturday for him to check it out before my car gets a few panels sorted out next week. One thing he picked up on which I'd totally missed was this alignment...The camera angle isn't quite right to show it, but the middle part of the headlight bump doesnt sit flat so it's inevitably going to leave a nice fat gap.Another thing is the way it connects to the corner panels... Do I need to goto ford to get the little groove doohicky that factory bars have and have grafted to this bar? The fordkits mob seem to have sold alot of these units and surely people out there have worked around (as much as possible) all these imperfections. Just after a bit of feedback as to how/what people have done. My car's getting painted next week and at this stage if I can't figure out how to go about tackling this, I'll most probably scrap this front bar.Cheers,Jarrod. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/69846-fordkits-fibreglass-front-bar-help/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worm A much better forum Silver Donating Members 3,808 Member For: 16y 9m 29d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 07/08/10 06:14 AM Share Posted 07/08/10 06:14 AM Why don't you pm them through eBay??? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/69846-fordkits-fibreglass-front-bar-help/#findComment-1030701 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman The Cleaning Dudes Ute Silver Donating Members 1,308 Member For: 19y 1m 10d Gender: Male Location: Bentleigh, Vic, Australia Posted 10/08/10 05:12 PM Author Share Posted 10/08/10 05:12 PM Yeh I'll give that a go tomorrow mate.By the way this is the same mob that sell the front bars on ebay...Cmon all you Ford ricers... tell me your secrets have I just got a dud mould? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/69846-fordkits-fibreglass-front-bar-help/#findComment-1031641 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillz Three pedals are better then two.. Donating Members 15,637 Member For: 17y 11m 26d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 10/08/10 11:29 PM Share Posted 10/08/10 11:29 PM That sux mate, seems like allot of stuff ups there. Greeny and San both had pretty good looking fake front bars from memory, maybe see if you can get in touch with them. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/69846-fordkits-fibreglass-front-bar-help/#findComment-1031659 Share on other sites More sharing options...
5lYBA Member 57 Member For: 16y 1m 24d Gender: Male Location: Sunshine Coast Posted 11/08/10 07:32 AM Share Posted 11/08/10 07:32 AM looks a bit dodge, the fog surrounds should already be fixed in or be able to get fixed in easily without you having to glue them in. I got mine through blits bodykits on the gold coast and couldn't fault it. Don't have any gaps on the bumper anywhere, it doesn't sit properly under one headlight but the stock bar had the same problem so dont know whats going on there but it doesn't seem to be the bumper. Panel beater said its one of the best fibreglass bars hes done and also know of others having great products from blits. Definitely get in contact with the guy you got it from if you're not happy Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/69846-fordkits-fibreglass-front-bar-help/#findComment-1031775 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henz Tampon inserted, Auto Acquired, next purchase a new handbag Donating Members 9,946 Member For: 17y 2m 2d Gender: Male Location: Vic Posted 11/08/10 09:46 AM Share Posted 11/08/10 09:46 AM Its a sign Jman dont turn your car into a Cross Dresser Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/69846-fordkits-fibreglass-front-bar-help/#findComment-1031817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIRO F6 Member 1,817 Member For: 16y 4m 2d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane, QLD Posted 12/08/10 01:33 AM Share Posted 12/08/10 01:33 AM Ive been selling the Blits kits for a while now and am yet to have any negative feedback from purchase's.There certainly does seem to be too many issues with that bar Jman. I'd try and seek a refund if it's possible. The fog light surrounds are way off being able to fit flush and nice. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/69846-fordkits-fibreglass-front-bar-help/#findComment-1031988 Share on other sites More sharing options...
4DZILR Donating Members 713 Member For: 15y 3m 17d Gender: Male Location: Sydney - Brighton Le Sands Posted 12/08/10 03:11 AM Share Posted 12/08/10 03:11 AM (edited) Heres mine.Bought it off ebay.. Had to use black hi-poxy glue I think its called to stick the fog light covers to the bar. I did most of the prep work, lined it up, drilled the holes and everything.. My headlights didnt line up either but you need to look at it from the top and the side corners .. if it lines up on the arch, then that's lined up..I even went to the next step and installed HID's into the foggies.. If your gunna do this, take your time. if you dont find sombody who does an awesome job with body filler and fiberglass work, then your paint wont match and it will sink.. meaning you will see more imperfections as it goes along.. where bouts u live champ? Edited 12/08/10 03:13 AM by 4DZILR Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/69846-fordkits-fibreglass-front-bar-help/#findComment-1032000 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman The Cleaning Dudes Ute Silver Donating Members 1,308 Member For: 19y 1m 10d Gender: Male Location: Bentleigh, Vic, Australia Posted 13/08/10 05:18 PM Author Share Posted 13/08/10 05:18 PM Yeh... Even if I could get it to fit right, really not a fan of the fixed in place foglightsThink Henz is onto something there lol Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/69846-fordkits-fibreglass-front-bar-help/#findComment-1032446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda Eyes flame magnet Gold Donating Members 5,674 Member For: 17y 6d Gender: Male Location: adelaide hills- 'race air' central Posted 13/08/10 10:34 PM Share Posted 13/08/10 10:34 PM plus everyone is doing bf typhoon transplants.do something different and go ba gt front bar. less 'pretty' and a bit more tough imo. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/69846-fordkits-fibreglass-front-bar-help/#findComment-1032460 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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