Alloy Bar

[norto]

g/day
does any one know of a manufacturer who makes
an alloy winch bar for the D3
regards
norto

[dobbo]

just picked up an ARB catalog they have a nice looking one.

[norto]

mat
is it defininately an alloy winch bar
regards

[dobbo]

doesn't specify whether steel or alloy

[dobbo]

They are steel

[DougLD]

Hi Norto
Try this site for East Coast Bullbars they make a bar for the D3 http://www.ecb.com.au/model/discovery.htm
Regards
Doug

[VladTepes]

You want my opinion ? Well stiff... you'll get in anyway:lol:

The ARB bar looks MUCH better than the ECB bar.
The ARB bar, being steel, can be repaired following a light impact. This is much harder with an alloy bar.
The ARB bar has provision for a winch (not sure on the ECB bar).
Despite being alloy, the ECB bars aren't as light as you might think.

Having said that, if you have any specifric questions, ECB are just down the road from me and if there's something that needs looking at (i.e. you can't settle the question by phone) just let me know and I can go check it out for you.

[norto]

thanks for your help every one

i thought the alloy bar would be better with the coil suspension

i saw a UK thread last night that had a winch kit that mounts direclty to the chassis and comes thru a cut out on the original bar .i could use
this with a normal bull bar that doesnt take a winch
regards

[JDNSW]

thanks for your help every one

i thought the alloy bar would be better with the coil suspension

i saw a UK thread last night that had a winch kit that mounts direclty to the chassis and comes thru a cut out on the original bar .i could use
this with a normal bull bar that doesnt take a winch
regards

You want to look at actual mass - there is no guarantee that an alloy bullbar (or anything) will be lighter than the same thing in steel. The mass depends as much on the design as it does on the material, and while it will be perhaps easier to design a bullbar to be lighter in alloy, this doesn't mean that is what actually happened, particularly since the man who designed the steel one is probably more conscious of the need to avoid excess weight.
John