Kaymar Rear Bar

[Oztourer]

I'm looking to fit a Kaymar rear bar with wheel jerry can carrier to my D3. Can anyone tell me if the Mitch Hitch I currently have fitted can be used on the Kaymar?
Cheers
Matt.

[shanegtr]

Mitch hitch fits fine with the Kaymar bar. I did have to do some grinding to get everything to fit nicely however.

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[crawal]

I have an older kaymar bar on the disco , to put a Mitch Hitch on i would need to modify the bar to make it fit , I think the new ones are right to go.

[Redback]

I'm looking to fit a Kaymar rear bar with wheel jerry can carrier to my D3. Can anyone tell me if the Mitch Hitch I currently have fitted can be used on the Kaymar?
Cheers
Matt.

When you order the bar, tell them you have a mitch hitch and they will send you the bar that is made for the mitch hitch.

[MitchellBros4x4]

We worked with Kaymar to have their bar suit our hitch, took some doing to get it all to work properly but it does.

[NomadicD3]

Hi Guys,
Had a few days cleaning etc on the D3 and realised I hadn't done a proper clean around the ARB rear kaymar bar for nearly 3 years. Seems that may have been a bit too long between drinks:angel:, the attached photo's show the amount of mud and sand under the aluminium tread plate and 3 of the M6 s/s hold down bolts had seized so badly that they snapped off whilst removing them. I would also recommend popping the back end caps off the swing arms and thoroughly cleaning etc inside the arms.

[VK3GJM]

When you order the bar, ensure you purchase the mud flap inserts, but make yourself longer/wider mud flaps.

When fitting the bar, ensure you use plenty of either copper/nickel based lubricant on all you nuts/bolts, prefer the latter This ensures they can be loosened and stops them from rusting up even after 2-3 years.

Love the Mitch hitch, but it does take some effort fitting, avoid grinding if possible, try to scrape out and cast burs within the recovery hook first.

Also ensure you have your wiring right to go and use quality splice connection, use solder and then wrap that with glue lined heatshrink and do not spare on length.

While you are there add a 50 amp Anderson plug/cabling.

Regards

Gerald

[Oztourer]

Thanks for everyone's advice and input. I purchased an unused second hand one from an Aulro member last week. Now to find the time to fit it!!

[Redback]

When you order the bar, ensure you purchase the mud flap inserts, but make yourself longer/wider mud flaps.

When fitting the bar, ensure you use plenty of either copper/nickel based lubricant on all you nuts/bolts, prefer the latter This ensures they can be loosened and stops them from rusting up even after 2-3 years.

Love the Mitch hitch, but it does take some effort fitting, avoid grinding if possible, try to scrape out and cast burs within the recovery hook first.

Also ensure you have your wiring right to go and use quality splice connection, use solder and then wrap that with glue lined heatshrink and do not spare on length.

While you are there add a 50 amp Anderson plug/cabling.

Regards

Gerald

Hi Gerald, I've emailed Kaymar 3 times now, not one reply about the inserts, do you know if they have re-done the new inserts yet.

[VK3GJM]

Hi Barry,

I assume they are available. After leaving my vehicle at their premises for the week, they had rectified the mirror assembly and fitted them without issue.

I did indicate to Nicole at the front desk, people may call for a set, there was no issue from Her and the Guy who was very apologetic.

Do you want me to put a call in on your behalf?

Regards

Gerald

[Redback]

That would be much appreciated if you could.

[Oztourer]

I've started my install today by taking the plastic bar off and removing the reversing sensors ready to fit to the Kaymar. I haven't done a test fit yet but the instructions say to paint the exposed areas below the tail lights with black paint. My car is Buckingham Blue (very dark) and I'm wondering if I really need to paint (don't mind either way - just saves buying paint and some time if I don't). I haven't been able to find decent close up photos of the area in question to see what the effect is. If anyone has any pics they would like to share of their rear bars and thoughts re painting or not would be greatly appreciated.

[Oztourer]

We worked with Kaymar to have their bar suit our hitch, took some doing to get it all to work properly but it does.

Seems I must have an old Mitch Hitch as the slot in the bar is too narrow to fit it all the way in. Nothing a bit of grinding won't sort out :).

[NomadicD3]

Hi Oz,
Seems you're doing the same task as I have done some 5 years ago. I hope the photo's help. I found when fitting the Mitch the fit required patients {which I don't have a lot of LOL}. Grind out the burr of the inside of the hitch point attached to the vehicle, assuming the design is still the same, before attempting any fit. I think I spent about 4 hours on it in the end. Also setting the rear sensors is alot easier with 2 people if you can get them set at all. Due to the modified swing arm on mine they can't be set to avoid everything and no-one has been able to disable the rear sensors, so it requires turning off the alarm every time the car is started.
hope this helps
regards
Brian
PS. as you can see my car is also Buckingham blue, so I didn't think it requires painting.

[NomadicD3]

Here's another thing you may find helpful. When I first fitted mine and made the rear mud flaps to suit, I had left a 25-30mm gap between the top of the mud flap and the bottom of the rear wheel arch plastic flare {where the yellow circle is}. This, as can be seen in the photo, was a very silly mistake. Over the years of offroad work, the stones have clearly left there mark:(. The problem was rectified on the next set of mud flaps as per this photo, with the latest set just fitted.

[Oztourer]

Thanks Brian
I have factory rear flaps. I'll check today re the clearance but from memory they go up fairly high.

I had already gone through the learning curve of fitting the Mitch Hitch several months ago when I purchased a second hand one. It seems as though it must be an earlier model which doesn't slide all the way into the bar slot. It will be interesting to see how I go with the reversing sensors, hopefully I will be able to adjust them correctly.

I also see you have a double jerry can holder. I was looking to do the same but Kaymar said their double holder does not fit the D3 bar. Is yours a modified unit?
Cheers
Matt

[NomadicD3]

Hi Matt,
Sorry mate I didn't read all your posts so missed that you'd done the hitch previously.
The twin Jerry can swing arm was a Kaymar single that I modified to hold 2 custom made Jerry cans @ 32ltrs each. If I was to do it again I would do it slightly differently but it was easy enough to do. The extra capacity and versatility means over 1000k's fuel range, hence avoided having to buy a long range tank.

When you said you have factory mud flaps is that a Kaymar mud flap or Landrover factory mud flap??
regards
Brian

[Oztourer]

Hi Matt,
When you said you have factory mud flaps is that a Kaymar mud flap or Landrover factory mud flap??
regards
Brian

My mud flaps are Land Rover factory that were on my D3 when I bought it. They do come up the side higher. The bar is on and I've wired up the led lights and all seems to be working. I still haven't tackled the Mitch Hitch yet as I want to get primer and paint etc before cutting and grinding. Unfortunately the reverse sensors will need adjusting however I'm not sure yet what can be done to adjust them as all the parts clip in to keyed holes on the bar.:confused::confused::confused:

I'll get some pics and post in the next few days.

[Redback]

Seems I must have an old Mitch Hitch as the slot in the bar is too narrow to fit it all the way in. Nothing a bit of grinding won't sort out :).

No, Kaymar have a bar to suit the Mitch Hitch on request, and standard bar for NO Mitch Hitch, so your bar is the standard one for no Mitch Hitch.