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Old 11-17-2012, 02:31 PM
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I made this for my better half.

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She didn't like the placement of the velco-on RR grab handle on the roll bar so I threw this together to assist her with getting in and out.

It's aluminum conduit/pipe. I bent it with a conduit bender and welded a tab on it.

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Shaped it to bolt on to an existing bolt at the top of the A pillar and to the roll bar.

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I had to cut a hole in the plastic trim piece and drill a hole (1/4") through the roll bar, but it was pretty simple and it's very sturdy

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Old 11-17-2012, 02:45 PM
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That my friend is awesome. I was just riding shotgun on the trails today, and not really digging the velcro grab handles.
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Looks nice, great mod.
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Nice job!!

Originally Posted by kaptkrappy
I made this for my better half.

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Any chance at getting some dimensions for the conduit and tab?
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Great mod!
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Originally Posted by SeverePatronage
Any chance at getting some dimensions for the conduit and tab?
There is more info in this thread.

WAYALIFE- Aluminum Grab Handle

There was some fitting and shaping involved.

I just started out holding a piece of bent conduit up to the space I wanted it to go and started. It turned out perfect on the first try.
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That link isn't working for me. Sounds simple enough though.
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Never mind, I got it to work on the computer. Sometimes my smartphone is smarter than me.
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Here's a little more info.

It is 1" rigid aluminum electrical conduit, OD = 1.315 Inches, Wall Thickness 0.126 Inch.

I bent it with a standard rigid conduit bender which has a centerline bend radius of 9-3/4 In.

I used a torch to heat the one end and hammered out the flat section at the front.

I also used a scrap of flat aluminum to make the tab. Heated it and formed it to the same radius as the roll bar.

A guy that works for me did the welding, and I had a shop near me do the powder coating (both free/favors)


There is a bolt that goes through the tab and roll bar just didn't get a picture of it installed.

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