Aftermarket Crossmember

Comments

• ogwagon Wagonist

  March 2010

  Yes you can use this on wagons, however this particular crossmember sits pretty low if you have your wagon lowered at all.
  My friend had this on his EF hatch that was lowered about 2 1/2" and ended up removing it after two days because it scraped and bottomed out everywhere. The reason for this is because this crossmember is designed to accomodate the EG half size radiator (which is roughly 1 3/4" taller than an EF). Therefore they made the crossmember closer to the ground so that the taller EG radiator would fit under the hood. Innovative does make another version called the Competition Bar which offers better ground clearance but does not accomodate the EG radiator. There are a few other options out there if running a half size radiator was your intention.
• DJB Band Wagon

  March 2010

  ogwagon wrote:

  Yes you can use this on wagons, however this particular crossmember sits pretty low if you have your wagon lowered at all.
  My friend had this on his EF hatch that was lowered about 2 1/2" and ended up removing it after two days because it scraped and bottomed out everywhere. The reason for this is because this crossmember is designed to accomodate the EG half size radiator (which is roughly 1 3/4" taller than an EF). Therefore they made the crossmember closer to the ground so that the taller EG radiator would fit under the hood. Innovative does make another version called the Competition Bar which offers better ground clearance but does not accomodate the EG radiator. There are a few other options out there if running a half size radiator was your intention.

  
  
  Thanks for the info. I plan on getting the competition bar since ground clearance is gonna me an issue.