EDIT: Front bar completed
See page 4 of this thread: http://www.aussiemagna.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12291&page=4
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After a recent accident, I am having my front bar re-made.

Below are the current ideas. What do people think? I do like the side vent thing... but not sure how it suits the car? Maybe cleaner/simple is better?

Anyway, comments please! :)

Oh, and before people start asking... yes, the bar might be available as a purchasable item :) I'll let you know when I can confirm and have more details :)

the third type i think looks the best!!

the first one looks a bit too plain on the corners, whereas the third design has the vent on it .... makes it look meaner...

Type 1... but with the side vent like Type 3...

That little front mini vent looks off.

:stoopid: THe 1st one with a vent.. will look tops

:stoopid: i think it looks a little chunky but yeah, type 1 and 3 combined breaks it up a bit. Could the artist try to shine it up a bit and get more of a colour match if possible? Is the artist you? How much are you anicipating the cost of building at? Get that image as close to actual as possible.

yes, the artist is me. I might be able to shine it up a bit...

yes, the artist is me. I might be able to shine it up a bit...
Well, i hope i didn't come across as critical there, I couldn't do it that good even at this stage so yeah, nice chop anyway, I thought given you were getting it built that someone else was doing the design... good on you for being different (and i mean that in a good way lol)

Toss up between 3 and 4 for me.

I'd have either Kim :D

if its going to be made avaliable to buy make sure it sticks out a fair way, im gunna need something to go over the dirty great front mount going in my car soon :D

if its going to be made avaliable to buy make sure it sticks out a fair way, im gunna need something to go over the dirty great front mount going in my car soon :D

If it sticks out heaps it'll look horrid. Can't stick out any further than the stock Magna bar (not the verada, that sticks out too far)

my old bar stuck out too far and looked like a big nose :( This ones going to be a bit more discreet... (more like the factory bar, as killbilly said).

Whats the thing your putting on your car?

On mine? or petemals?

Im just putting on the Diamante bar for now.

Kim,
I sent you an email.. in relation to a picture of your car....

email me back :)

Haydn

my old bar stuck out too far and looked like a big nose :( This ones going to be a bit more discreet... (more like the factory bar, as killbilly said).

Whats the thing your putting on your car?


Front Mount intercooler ;-)

i second what Killbilly said about not making it stick out too far. Some guy at my Uni has a front bar on his 2nd gen magna which sticks out soo far it looks ugly. Also reckon any of the bars look good but preference is for the 4th.

i second what Killbilly said about not making it stick out too far. Some guy at my Uni has a front bar on his 2nd gen magna which sticks out soo far it looks ugly. Also reckon any of the bars look good but preference is for the 4th.

I wouldnt mind seeing a photo of that other front bar that sticks out too far... haven't seen many other 2nd gens with custom front bars.

You can see how far my old bar stuck out in this pic: http://www.fastmagna.com/feature/kim/images/large/kims_ts2.jpg

yeh sticks out a little too far. I would get a photo for you but since uni's finished for the year i wont see this guys car until next year some time, sory.

Kim,

I like #3 with the side vents. :dancin: :bowdown:

Plz keep us all informed with what you do and any group buy possibilities. :bouncin: :thumbsup:

Toss up between 3 and 4 for me.

U'll use any excuse to go and have a batt :bowrofl:

I dont need excuses ;)

i dont like any of them too chunky for me i want something more subtle, although each to their own for taste.... how do you go about getting something like that custome made anyway?

Ok, close to 2 years later I have the bar on! (not painted yet).

Heres the revised concept (photoshop of a Toyota Corolla Bar):
http://www.kmaisch.com/temp/concept_t.jpg

Heres the Toyota Corolla bar fitted, and cut to the Magna width:
http://www.kmaisch.com/temp/inprogress2.jpg

Heres the gap filled, from a few different angles:
http://www.kmaisch.com/temp/unpainted1.jpg
http://www.kmaisch.com/temp/unpainted2.jpg
http://www.kmaisch.com/temp/unpainted3.jpg
http://www.kmaisch.com/temp/unpainted4.jpg

It'll be painted next Monday :)

Cheers,
Kim

Like I've said before, IMO that bar suits your car and your side skirts.

Lookin' good mate! :thumbsup:

Looks awesome!
Are you planning on meshing up the gap?

yep, it'll all get meshed once it's painted. And driving lights are to go in too, probably small ones in the upper side vents.

Please tell me you will be getting larger rims? You just HAVE to get some nice chromies!

looks sick!!!!
love it :)

']Please tell me you will be getting larger rims? You just HAVE to get some nice chromies!

If I find some at the right price :) I don't mind the Enkei's though. Insurance won't let me go over 17" either.

Looks great. in your first post you said it may be available for purchase. Still Looking that way?

Cheers
Lee

Looks great. in your first post you said it may be available for purchase. Still Looking that way?

Unfortunately not :( The person who I had making the full custom bar pulled out, so I had to get an off-the-shelf bar cut and modified instead (so don't have a mould where more bars can be easily made).

take a mould of it before you get it painted it looks great

Heres the finished product:

http://www.kmaisch.com/temp/finished-bar.jpg

:)

Only thing to do now is to fix the front indicators - don't like my attempt at a "parabolic" look. Might just go with clear.

Looking the goods!

I quite like it!

SuFz :rant:

i love it. great photo too. i swear you photoshoped those sparkels onto the front grill though :P

nup, didn't photoshop the sparkles... just happened to be very bright :)

Kim, That front looks ace!!! :thumbsup:

Suits the side skirts better than the original custom bar. Ties them in well. :cool:
Glad to see it on at last.

Kim, That front looks ace!!! :thumbsup:
Suits the side skirts better than the original custom bar. Ties them in well. :cool:
Glad to see it on at last.

Yeah, finally :) The wide bit on the bottom of the bar matches the shape of the sideskirts pretty well.

that looks really nice man. well done. :clap:

That front bar is more nicer than the first choices well done. It all flows very nicely now. Those indicators are ok maybe try thwm without the orange plastic in em? Just an idea. Looks good how much did it cost all up fitment & painting?

well im a fan of the 3rd pic but minus the the little slot under the side vent. but thats just me.
is that a pic of ur car??
if so the front bar will need to be as aggressive as the rest of your kit .
for example the fifst pic is to smooth but the other look a little more aggressive tso it kinda fits.

Not sure what painting cost - as it was done with a heap of other work (radiator repairs, reo bar, bonnet, side panels, etc) - however the bar itself cost around $900 - $500 for the off the shelf bar, and $300 for the cutting/fibreglassing to make it fit.

Smooth2 - the front bar is all finished now - scroll up for the final pic (or see here: http://www.kmaisch.com/temp/finished-bar.jpg )

Thats Phat as mate!! nice work. looks heaps better than ur previous bars, Love it!
question, where do u guys get the verada lights? wreckers? im after some. cheers

Cheers. Got my verada lights on ebay for $300 the pair (about a year ago)

opps just looked at the date on this thread, a bit behind the times me thinks.

top job though. complaments the rest of the kit nicely:D

Kim your car looks tops. That front bar is amazing!
How much was it! Give us the details! What kind of front bar is it? Custom?
I'm thinking of getting a new front bar with large front to accomodate the intercooler for the supercharger i'm getting fitted in november.

Damn that's nice. I'm putting your car as my wallpaper :D :shock:

hehe thanks dimi :)

It's a Corolla front bar from carmate.com.au - needed to be cut and re-fibreglassed in the middle to fit the wider Magna. Bar cost $500 to get to Tasmania, $300 to modify, not sure what painting cost.

I'll get some more pics up at some stage soon.

looks really got mate... like the foggies in the middle

...I'll get some more pics up at some stage soon.Looking forward to them. Need to update your Avatar now too.

Need to update your Avatar now too.

Done :P

Well worth the money in my opinion. Even though carmate are a bit expensive, it looks tops. Best front bar on a second gen i've seen so far :clap:

Got anymore big pics like that one?
1280x1024? HEHE

Wallpaper material for sure :D

hey i was just wondering of there is any front bars avalibal off the shelf for the Gen 2 or that fit the gen 2 with little modification or do they all need heavy modification like this one

Team Jetspeed

']Team Jetspeed
That one looks pretty nice

Jetspeed a bit dodgy though :doubt:

That one looks pretty nice
Jetspeed a bit dodgy though :doubt:
Why do you say they're dodgy?

I've had no experience with them but at least their willing to do the one-off custom jobs.
Local places in Victoria I've contacted in the past have just said 'no'. Seems they have enough work fitting OTS stuff & aren't interested in anything else.

Why do you say they're dodgy?

I've had no experience with them but at least their willing to do the one-off custom jobs.
Local places in Victoria I've contacted in the past have just said 'no'. Seems they have enough work fitting OTS stuff & aren't interested in anything else.

Had a blue with one of the workers there.
I've enquired about a lot of things for the supra from them and i've purchased from them a few times. Quite rude and arrogant. A lot of people in sydney who've dealt with them know they're a rip off and quite rude too.
One instance, the short wog bloke was talking to me i asked him how much for the TRD shocks he goes $990 i go bit pricey mate and he goes well if you don't like it then you can go elsewhere and gave me a smirk. Now usually i let these things pass, but that day i had enough. I said come out side for a sec. Elbow'd him in the head. Told him don't be smart. And he goes oh oh i'm sorry mate i've just had a bad day :nuts: Hate arrogant pricks like that.

But hey, I guess if they're willing to do the custom work for you, then it's all good.
Just personally, i'd shop around before going straight to carmate.

Edit: And i've just realised we were talking about jetspeed. Sorry people was thinking about carmate :sook:
Don't know about jetspeed never dealt with them.
Was thinking of carmate the whole time haha.

Sorry

Had a blue with one of the workers there.
I've enquired about a lot of things for the supra from them and i've purchased from them a few times. Quite rude and arrogant. A lot of people in sydney who've dealt with them know they're a rip off and quite rude too.
One instance, the short wog bloke was talking to me i asked him how much for the TRD shocks he goes $990 i go bit pricey mate and he goes well if you don't like it then you can go elsewhere and gave me a smirk. Now usually i let these things pass, but that day i had enough. I said come out side for a sec. Elbow'd him in the head. Told him don't be smart. And he goes oh oh i'm sorry mate i've just had a bad day :nuts: Hate arrogant pricks like that.

But hey, I guess if they're willing to do the custom work for you, then it's all good.
Just personally, i'd shop around before going straight to carmate.

Edit: And i've just realised we were talking about jetspeed. Sorry people was thinking about carmate :sook:
Don't know about jetspeed never dealt with them.
Was thinking of carmate the whole time haha.

Sorry
HAHAHA - I nominate that for best quote of 2006!
Carmate seem hella dodgy as, wouldn't touch them. Jetspeed i've heard nothing but good things, heard they can be abit pricy as well, but their product is top notch.
There's also SSV if you just want to get a lip for your front bar.

A few new photos:

http://www.fastmagna.com/gallery/albums/Kims-TS/newbar.jpg
http://www.fastmagna.com/gallery/albums/Kims-TS/newbar_front.jpg
http://www.fastmagna.com/gallery/albums/Kims-TS/newbar_side.jpg
http://www.fastmagna.com/gallery/albums/Kims-TS/newbar_fronton.jpg

A bit higher-resolution this time :)

Kim

Mmmmm :drool: :thumbsup: :cool:

Nice bar, Nice pics, Nice Magna!!!
Please submit a pic or two for M4DDOGs Screensaver...
http://www.aussiemagna.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41215&highlight=screensaver

Whoa those pics are definitely wallpaper material!
Wish you didn't blur out the number plate though :sook:

The backdrop looks so nice I wonder where it is! Looks like scotland or something haha :D

Btw, any chance of us getting versions without the number plate blurred?

The backdrop looks so nice I wonder where it is! Looks like scotland or something haha :D



Try Tassie lol

Looks tops kim :D

Btw, any chance of us getting versions without the number plate blurred?

Ahh bugger - I didn't keep the original's before I blurred the numberplate. I have the master shots off the camera - but I'd have to do the colour correcting etc. again :(

Ahh bugger - I didn't keep the original's before I blurred the numberplate. I have the master shots off the camera - but I'd have to do the colour correcting etc. again :(
Hehe that's cool! it just looks alot better without it blurred like the first one you posted!

Hey just a question guys, howcome a lot of people seem to blur their number plates?
Don't want people to know who they are? :shock:

Hehe that's cool! it just looks alot better without it blurred like the first one you posted!

Hey just a question guys, howcome a lot of people seem to blur their number plates?
Don't want people to know who they are? :shock:
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and Kim that looks Wicked!! The TS Grille looks a bit weird though....Maybe its the chrome

']...The TS Grille looks a bit weird though....Maybe its the chrome
IMO, a colour coded Verada grille would suit better. ...but the chrome grille is different.
Kim, what's it look like in real life? Does the chrome grille match well and look good? Sometimes, these things look better in real life than pics.

IMO, a colour coded Verada grille would suit better. ...but the chrome grille is different.
Kim, what's it look like in real life? Does the chrome grille match well and look good? Sometimes, these things look better in real life than pics.

Yeah the shiny parabolics + chrome grille seem to match well (like one piece going all the way across). It jumps out a bit in the photo.

As for blurring out the numberplates - I'm just sort of following suit - it seems like the done thing? I'm assuming it's for some sort of privacy thing. I should get some custom novelty plates (with my name or something on it) that I could put on when taking photos :)

Kim the bar looks great!

And you know me, it's not often I like bars on 2nd gens lol...You've done an incredible job to keep it looking subtle :)

It flows excellently! Great work mate! I want one :P hahah

Kim the bar looks great!

And you know me, it's not often I like bars on 2nd gens lol...You've done an incredible job to keep it looking subtle :)

It flows excellently! Great work mate! I want one :P hahah

Thanks :)