[Buzz]

Originally Posted by mickmate

Hey Buzz, a single forward braced bar would be $195 (front braces are quite long) in 1 1/2" .120" wall seamless DOM 1020. That is the same tube we use for the SCCA roll cages I've made. The last stainless bar I made was $300 and that was in a brushed finish 304 ready to be polished. I typically make roll bars as a (very complete) kit that needs to be assembled and tacked in the car. Then they get removed and welded, benched and finished. Some guys chrome, some paint and some powdercoat them. If you could take some good measurements for me we could make it complete here and ship it. Last overseas inquiry I had was in Germany and the best price I could get to ship it was $340 or something crazy. We may want to check our options (prices) on that first. I tried to post the pic from my gallery of the double wide bar I made but I'm picture posting challenged..........

Sorry, mickmate, I got sidelined and lost track of the thread. Your prices are very reasonable and it may well be a way to go for me if the shipping and replating costs of my bar work out to be more. An exact set of drawings with precise measurements would be easy for me to supply. There are chroming shops in Trinidad, but they exist primarily to plate reworked steel drums for steel band instruments and the quality may be dubious. I need to do some research.