Good morning all, I have checked through the net and they really do not make a lot of products for the 24/25 Cruiser. I have been looking for a brush or bull bar for my vehicle that did not require alteration to any part of it. If anyone is interested I found a bar that you can also mount lighting to that bolts on to the existing tow hooks underneath the front of the vehicle. Nice4 add on if you want to remove or change later on. Very simple install by removing the tow hooks spinning them and replace the bolt through the hook and then the bar. It bolts right up and looks like it belongs there.
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aFe Power has one coming out shortly that they are taking advanced orders from that I've also been looking at. I like how it's a bit more substantial that the CA Tuned one you showed.
You do "lose" the front recovery points mounting the aFe Power one. According to one of their techs, this is how it mounts:
"The bull bar mounts directly to the frame via the factory recovery points along with additional upper brackets that tie into the crash beam area. Eliminates the factory recovery hook but you gain a more accessible shackle mount in its place."
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You do "lose" the front recovery points mounting the aFe Power one. According to one of their techs, this is how it mounts:
"The bull bar mounts directly to the frame via the factory recovery points along with additional upper brackets that tie into the crash beam area. Eliminates the factory recovery hook but you gain a more accessible shackle mount in its place."
aFe POWER Terra Guard Bull Bar
Constructed from rugged 3/16” and 1/4” steel plate and Ø2”x .059” steel tubing, Terra Guard’s bull bar is built to withstand the toughest conditions. Integrated recovery shackle mounts offer convenient, secure recovery solutions, while light tabs support up to four 6-inch diameter lights and a...
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The black hood stripe is also nice
I like the more square boxy look, complement the look better.aFe Power has one coming out shortly that they are taking advanced orders from that I've also been looking at. I like how it's a bit more substantial that the CA Tuned one you showed.
You do "lose" the front recovery points mounting the aFe Power one. According to one of their techs, this is how it mounts:
"The bull bar mounts directly to the frame via the factory recovery points along with additional upper brackets that tie into the crash beam area. Eliminates the factory recovery hook but you gain a more accessible shackle mount in its place."
aFe POWER Terra Guard Bull Bar
Constructed from rugged 3/16” and 1/4” steel plate and Ø2”x .059” steel tubing, Terra Guard’s bull bar is built to withstand the toughest conditions. Integrated recovery shackle mounts offer convenient, secure recovery solutions, while light tabs support up to four 6-inch diameter lights and a...
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Pretty inexpensive, $499.00 + tax. The company is called CA Tuned. Go moo the website, Rago Fabrications seems to be the nicest, but the bumper and bull bar $1500 -$2000 and you need to find someone to install depending how handy you are. CA Tuned is simple two bolts on existing mounts.
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Thanks, I spoke to the company. Like that setup very much.
I was able to get 1 of the 2 tow points back on. I just bolted it back on under the bull bar. I am not sure if CAtuned tested the bar with first edition/premium skid plates like mine has but the second tow point just barely hits the lip of my skid plate which prevented me from getting the second one back on. With professional install or a few mallet whacks to the skid plate lip to bend it a few millimeters inward might do the trick. I think you can at least pick which side you want to put back on with a lil wiggle room. I put the passenger side tow point back on. Without FE skid plates I am told they both go back on easily.
Structural capacity of the tow points I have to imagine is diminished at least slightly since it now has maybe 1/4 inch steel between the thread and tow point but haven't needed to use it yet.
Cool. What wheels are you running? They look good
CAtuned doesnt provide any bolts you just remove the factory ones and put them back in. These are heavy duty steel bolts I am not sure where but you can probably find some that have a longer thread, I would just make sure they are of the utmost strength and quality since they are responsible for holding thousands of pounds under stress.
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no impact on ground clearance when the car is level really. just approach angle. but this thing is surprisingly rigid I didn't expect that. Its there to protect so if it rubs dirt or rocks I dont mind.
I really like the way this one looks. What I don't like is that the install instructions say the consumer has to tap the bolt holes for the bull bar into their bumper. I'm not down for that on the $1200+ bumper
