Replacing the "Straight Across Rear Bar" in a 4-door?
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JK Super Freak
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Replacing the "Straight Across Rear Bar" in a 4-door?
Hi everyone,
I was wondering if anyone has replaced their OEM "straight across rear bar" in a 4-door with a 'sports cage' version like the Rock Hard?
http://rockhard4x4parts.com/cart/pro...p?prod=RH1030B
I'd like to get a little more height for rear storage, and the 2-door bar looks a lot leaner than the OEM version (rectangular with bracing on the corners).
I currently have 26" of clearance between the platform (see picture) and cross bar corners, and I'd like to get 28" by replacing that bar with an aftermarket model.
js.
I was wondering if anyone has replaced their OEM "straight across rear bar" in a 4-door with a 'sports cage' version like the Rock Hard?
http://rockhard4x4parts.com/cart/pro...p?prod=RH1030B
I'd like to get a little more height for rear storage, and the 2-door bar looks a lot leaner than the OEM version (rectangular with bracing on the corners).
I currently have 26" of clearance between the platform (see picture) and cross bar corners, and I'd like to get 28" by replacing that bar with an aftermarket model.
js.
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From: Laguna Niguel, CA
honestly, even if you could hack off what's there now, i don't know if it would recommend it and certainly not with something like this. if you did hack off the factory cross bar, i would have something welded in its place and with addition reinforcement if anything.