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    My new look?

    Rear bars on a taxi? Hey, now yer talkin! Thats the look I want-a black sedan chick-magnet taxi! I've never seen a taxi with front or rear bars. Can anyone post photos of that look? If I can look like a rugged outdoorsman Royal Canadian Mountie driving a fancy black taxi with front and rear 'bars' towing a sleddog trailer with my trusty dog Yukon King next to me the women would be begging me for a ride! The red jacket uniform would really be the coup de gras! See, I can even talk a little French Canadian to the ladies, eh? Maybe I better lose 100 lbs. (45 kilos?) to look good in that red jacket.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Badger
    Wow. A bunch of opinionated people on an internet forum. I never saw that!
    Buahahahahahaaaaa.

    Too funny.

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    Screw everyone Frank! It's your car, you're paying for it and you are entitled to make it look however you wish, for what ever reason.

    If it is all about wanting to look like a cop car, then we are all guilty of investing in that concept simply because we all bought one. . . . and, so what?

    Now we are all struggling to out do each other with modifications that are similar (I'm guilty too), with the result being, that they all STILL LOOK ALIKE! I just don't see that much creativity around here, and when I do, I personally enjoy it.

    You and Wesman deserve credit. . . . not criticism.
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    Quote Originally Posted by oldekid
    Screw everyone Frank!
    Wow! That would be a lot of screwing, I think.

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    Quote Originally Posted by oldekid
    Screw everyone Frank! ......
    Na, just screw one of em at a time.



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    Cop Car?

    The real reason (my opinion) is that you want your car to look like a cop car. I think the Marauder front end is awesome and this bar takes away from that great look. Just my opinion.

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    Hey, how come no one is suspecting that he wants his car to look like a taxi?

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    Great taste! ....




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    I have alway's liked the CV's.

    I don't do FWD, (never have, never will, if I can help it)

    RWD and body on frame, what are youir choices?

    I wanted something tried and true, as a million taxi's and LEO cars have proven.

    And I wanted a FORD.

    My nephew is with NH State Police and I asked him how they liked the CV's, "we may go 0-100 15 times a day, what else do you need to know"

    So I went up another notch (or three and got the MM.

    Dude, nice job on the Bar. If it helps people get the frig out of the left lane, I am all for it.

    My excuse is going to be that I need a place to mount my winch, ...or my wench... or both.
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    For what it's worth, cops in my area do not have pushbars. Haven't seen on in YEARS. So a pushbar on a Marauder here makes you looks like LESS of a cop. Anyway, we look like the undercover boys, they rarely have bars.


    I still say I like the look, just not sure if I can commit to it, but on a CV I'd have a much easier time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GreekGod
    Rear bars on a taxi? Hey, now yer talkin! Thats the look I want-a black sedan chick-magnet taxi! I've never seen a taxi with front or rear bars. Can anyone post photos of that look?
    here you go:


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    Talking

    Quote Originally Posted by juno
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    My excuse is going to be that I need a place to mount my winch, ...or my wench... or both.
    Heck, I hadn't thought of that! That may push me over the edge toward installing one!
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    The Low Rent 'Chicks Only' Taxi

    Thanks twolow-I needed that. Now I know what I want-front and rear taxi crash bars! Yeah, that's it, that's the ticket! The Rough Rider taxi look! I look more like Teddy Roosevelt than Sgt. Preston and I won't have to lose 45 kilos to fit in the red jacket! Like The Ides of March sang:"I'm the friendly stranger in the black sedan, won't you step inside my car? I've got peaches, got candy I'm a loveable man, I'd like to take you to the nearest star. I'm your vehicle babe, I'll take you anywhere you want to go, I'm your vehicle babe, so by now I'm sure you know...." What? You guys don't remember 'The Ides of March' and their song 'Vehicle'? Hopefully BigMerc and others won't fear me for trying to look like a cop if I go for the taxi look. But now they'll accuse me of trying to imitate Robert Deniro with a 'Travis Bickle' look. Oh well, I always did want to get a Mohawk haircut, and if I looked 'psycho' enough no one would try to car-jack me!
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    Confusion will be my epitaph...

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    Thumbs up Nice Install

    Quote Originally Posted by ultravorx
    Hey guys, i finally got my push bar installed.

    Its the setina pb400 with the heavy duty kit.
    www.setina.com cost was $180

    I was going to get the quick install kit, but i found 2 things i didnt like about it.

    1) If the push bar is used, or your in a small accident, it can "crack the fiberglass frame" of the car, possibly even puncturing your radiator!!

    2) the brackets that hold it on rest on the top of the bumper, and over time it can/will wear the paint away.

    The brackets i got bolt right to the metal bumper. For the lower brackets, there are "struts" that bolt to the radiator bolts for extra stability (see pic) and the top ones aslo bolt right to the metal bumper.

    I did have to cut to small notches for the upper bracket in the bumber, but it is hardely noticable. And these brackets can take much more abuse. If you lift on the bar, the front end of the car rises, its very solid.

    The looks are awesome, see for your self...
    Frank
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    Nice illustrative pictures of a very neat installation, well done. If the left lane bandits move over, they had room to move over and should have already! Right on. I won't install one on my car but if you give me a heads-up when traveling I will be very happy to follow in your wake down the open LEFT LANE.
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