not sure how many of you have gotten rid of your crash bar due to intercooler. however i did contact Drift Armor about their "bash bar" and it turns out to be an amazing product. looks beefy and strong so i said lets give it a go. here are some pictures of mine installed with a treadstone TR1245 intercooler and still tons n tons of room to spare. great product super customer service and shipped real quick. i know they can be had threw Enjuku racing (where i ordered mine) and shipped to my house within a week!

btw the bar comes unpainted. i painted it wrinkle black but did a shitty job will eventually pull off and redo. fits under bumper and is perfectly hidden without touching bumper. AND it covers a wider area including under the headlights some.

 

 

Looks great man!

 

Looks clean and simple, nice!

 

Really nice piece

What's the price and weight with that thing? Also do you even use the styrofoam with it or is it that far out?

 

I believe it was 150 plus shipping at enjuku I would say it weighs maybe 15lbs if that. And no syrafoam required. I lost mine years ago so I didn't use it w stock crash bar either but it hides behind bumper really well and doesn't touch.

 

Any advantages (weight savings, ease of bumper removal, airflow, etc.) for non large IC or NA/bolt-ons guys?

 

I was wanting to build something like this, now that I see Johnattan's and how it fits with the IC, I bought one.

 

I don't think so. The stock crash support is aluminum, this isn't. This thing may weigh more even... Either way I can't see much if any performance boost in any way by using this.

Airflow most likely not. It will increase airflow to areas not behind the opening of the front bumper... Which the only thing that really needs that I'd say is a FMIC... Maybe someone could get more out of their radiator with this? But the front support needs modification/bigger opening on the bumper to really get gains.

 

It's for Clearance Only........

 

Looks nice. I wish this retained the front tow hook though.

 

Uhh yeah, I was just answering a question.

 

Its appears to be a simple L-bar welded to some tube construction.

If it was made of thick wall pipe (not tube) (highly doubtful) you could just weld your own tow hook mount onto it.

FWIW
Angle steel is about 12$ a foot for 1/4" thickness.

60" of 3.5"OD, 3" ID pipe is about 55$.

A local welder could make that for <100$ with much better material, if you wanted something more substantial

 

Back from the dead. Any idea if DriftArmor crash bar fits a G35 coupe?

 

It does. I have a 2004 coupe as well. Not a Greddy but this thing clears my intercooler easily.

 

 

You will want to paint it right away even if you do not install it. I let it sit for a few months and I had to sand it to get the rust off at that point.

 

I will do that, thanks for the heads up