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Just a quick question...

Not to long ago I decided to chop up the front bar on the Ceffy. Thought it might of been the reason it wasnt sitting nice, was hitting the cooler..But didnt help...

Anywho, this is what it looks like now! Will regency have a whinge about it? Or do I have to go buy a $100 stock front bar for one day? :down:

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Hope its easy to see..

Thanks

Adam.

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Its not sitting straight with the headlights and grill ??

Fix that up, and run a brace from one side to the other, underneath the intercooler, then they shouldnt look at it twice ??

Just my $0.02

Ever since the day I snagged a bit of concrete in a car park its never sat the same... I'm pretty sure it went through like that last time, my main concern was the lack of support under the cooler. Like you said, a brace would most likely be the go. :thumbsup:

Cheers mate.

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i had to change mine. just adjust the reo bar to push the bar upwards elongate the holes a bit thats what i did. ive still have a complete stock bar as i now have a autech front bar. so if you need to borrow it lemme know! i also have most stock parts ready for regency.

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i had to change mine. just adjust the reo bar to push the bar upwards elongate the holes a bit thats what i did. ive still have a complete stock bar as i now have a autech front bar. so if you need to borrow it lemme know! i also have most stock parts ready for regency.

I did try to PM ya but the board wouldnt let me for some reason. :P

That would be swell indeed mate! I thought, rather then tempting my luck with them, just do it once and do it properly... It's really the only thing I changed since going through regency apart from the suspension of course. I got some fronts that let me pass last time, had to borrow rears from mates 32..

Do they have a go about bonnet struts? Last time they managed to survive a while before the bonnet dropped down while it was on the hoist, scared the absolute shit out of everyone too LOL!

I saw a thread somewhere about regassing/purchasing new ones, but I cant find it. ;) needs to be done anyway...

Thanks mate..

Adam. :P

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