Thread: Defender Bullbars - Pros & Cons

Originally Posted by Sith

thanks for that , nicest tube bar I have seen
Mine is an ARB winch bar ... big and heavy would love to lose some weight and gain some clearance

Hiya Sith,
There's one of those tubular bars on display at Opposite Lock in Jandakot. They do look good.

my bar is made by Terrafirma model number tf001ac also comes as tf001 not air cond. The guard at the front with the holes comes with it,but you need /should fit the swivel recovery points before you mount it takes about 3 hours to remove old bar and mount new one

I have a ARB bull bar and it has saved me a quid, to me it is important although who you purchase from is not. I did 13 Roo's in 100k/km with the TD5 Disco, no insurance claimed.

Blimey I live just up the road from you, do you actively try and take roo's out or are you just unlucky?
I have only hit one roo ever!


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Originally Posted by PAT303

Anyone who thinks having a big bar will save you is living in La La land,I've personally been to two accidents with cattle being hit and both vehicles had ARB super dooper bars and both folded back into the bonnet stopping the vehicle,a third one had the roo bounce back in front and go under the wheels sending it into the bush where it rolled over.Driving to the conditions is a better bet. Pat

D22 Navara vs skippy @110: Nissan accessories steel bar. Top of bar pushed back approx 2 inches, skippy went under and scared the hell out of the F250 driver that was right behind me.
D22 Navara vs skippy @110: ARB steel winch bar. No damage apart from a pair of smashed driving lights.
HZJ75 Landcruiser ute vs Skippy @ 140: ARB steel winch bar. Bent numberplate, skippy came tearing out of the scrub, collected the bar under the drivers side headlight, bent the numberplate back to the profile of the bar.
VU Commodore ute vs 2 different roo's @ 110: Tuff Bullbars alloy 2 post aero bar. No damage.

Driving to the conditions is a great theory, but wildlife is a factor that you cant plan for unless you want to stay at home.

As for believing a bar will save me, its better to have one and not need it than to not have one and risk being stranded....

Yeah but what pat is saying is drive to the speed applicable to conditions if you have crap view of the road slow down if your lights are standard land rover defender affairs and appear substandard take that into consideration , the faster you travel the less reaction time you have, I don't mind driving at 90-100 all the super hero's are more than welcome to pass me.
140kmph is pushing it a bit if done at night reaction time has to be reduced.


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yeah I think driving to the conditions is very important.

while I have a big silly bar on the front I still don't want to splatter poor little animals across the front of it... and like pat said a bar doesn't 100% guarantee you will come out unscathed.

even more important is to go back and check what ever you have hit and drag it off the road. roos who may of survived the initial impact but now have broken legs should also be put down. If you cant do that yourself you should get in touch with the local ranger and get them to come out. leaving them there is inhumane.
Have come across roos who have been left to die slowly on the side of the road a number times now and had to deal with it myself.
out of sight out of mind for some people I guess

More to that Benz carcasses should be chucked into the scrub because you end up with carrion being attracted to it and makes a fine accessory to your dashboard as they go through the windscreen


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