Puma Bullbars... which one!

Don't think anyone has mentioned here but LR themselves now do a bar for the Defender in Oz (not the plastic one). You'll pay top $$$ but is a full size bar that fits the limited editions/SVX grill and has good clearance.

There's a thread about it here: http://www.aulro.com/afvb/90-110-130...ll-bar-lr.html

Here are a couple of pics of the Land Rover bar which I bought from MLR last year. The bar is very solid and, with the round top bar and the hefty bumper being straight, it may not have quite the aesthetics of the ARB bar but there is good clearance if you meed to get at the grille. The cut-out for a winch is pressed in below the number plate. I had to modify the supports for the brush bar a little bit which took two minutes in the vice and a squirt of black paint. Can't see where the roo bounced off on my way to Cobar - not my fault!

FYI: from my recent enquiries to buy a new bar & fit my existing WARN 9.5xp

The ARB 3532070 winch fitting kit contains the following:
Control box bracket
Grill re-enforcement bracket
Number plate bracket
Winch power cables
Winch mounting bolts/washers

From my after-market supplier/fitter:
I don't believe we need to buy the winch fit kit, the control box bracket comes with the bar, there is no grille re-enforcement needed, number plate bracket I think not needed, power cables that come in the winch kit are no-where near long enough for a defender with the battery under the left seat, winch mounting bolts/washers you will already have.
Or short answer is No we don't require it!
An ARB winch bar installed on the car with your winch
mounted and wired is $1784.00.

From ARB:
ARB Deluxe winch bar in standard black (take away price and fitted including my existing WARN 9.5xp winch) - $1350 + $270 for fitting (Bar and winch)=$1620

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Originally Posted by Summiitt

I've got the ARB deluxe bar fitted to the 130 and it's been bullet proof, I've hit roos, pigs and last week, a pretty solid fallow deer!! I've just fitted an APT steering guard which had no clearance issues with the bar..I've also ordered some TJM scrub bars to fit up to protect the sides and sills of the ute..I've got a TJM bar on one of the other utes and it too has been very solid over the last 10years..I think it comes down to what you like the look of.

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Summiit, have you had any luck fitting those TJM scrub bars to the ARB bullbar yet?

Hey mate, will pick them up tomorrow arvo and try and fit them on Friday..pics to follow

Any thoughts on this brand? APN from wolf 4x4
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I was in ARB a few days ago , they have Two winch bars , there new style that has thicker tubes , and more wrap around and more up swept , than the older Bar . The salesman was telling me they still make the older winch bar as well !!.. Jim :)

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Not bad at all!

Cheers,

Lou

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thats a bloody good looking bar, wonder if they make it with out all the hoops?

I've got a Rijidij bar in transit at the moment. I'll post some pics once its fitted.