Thread: Bullbars: do they work, and are they necessary?

Only have hit 1 roo so far, and was in my Navara with a TJM alloy bar, only damage was a broken indicator lens. With the same vehicle I kissed a tree while 4wding and I bent the bar and had a bit of body damage, but the body damage would have been alot worse if I did not have the bull bar on. Winch, highlift jack, a big hammer, duct tape and silicone and a couple of hours work fixed it all. When I sold the vehicle their wasn't any sign of damage.

100km/h + 6' Roo... Middle of the night...

Here is the result:


See the little dent in the front near the numberplate?


And if you look closely, you'll see the gap between the bar and the guard has closed up a bit too... (Left of image)


That little dent got me a new bar on insurance and yet the mounts etc on this bar are fine...

I try to limit my country driving to daylight hours but have a bar for peace of mind. Despite having not actually hit anything with it (it's only been on the vehicle for a month), I find bars are handy when off-roading for pushing scrub out of the way rather than scratching up the paintwork. Also when having to manoeuvre on narrow bush tracks, it is good to be able to nudge the bar up against scrub/trees etc going forward, then back into the scrub on the other side with the rear mounted spare wheel. Every inch counts in a Defender. No need for parking sensors.

took out an emu at 80 Ks. shifted the bar back less than an inch or so,otherwise probably new grill and/or radiator.

Trev.

I Hit the back legs of a cow @100kmh. Cows ass then hit the bonnett and it flipped clear over car. Its hoof dented above the rear left brake light on its way down before slamming into my tinnie.

HID spotties were no good to me as there was a truck coming down the road. The BLACK cow decided to run between us at the last second. Didn't leave me much choice which way to swerve

The tow from Nanutarra to Karratha (300km) cost me $1200...because QBE was ringing around at 10pm on a sunday night trying find a towtruck in Perth to tow us to Karratha (Perth is 1200km the opposite direction)

Could have been worse tho, mother inlaw was sitting in the front passenger seat.

This is what happens when you don't have one after ordering it and it not making roadfreight coz some idiot forgot to place the order.....





Go the bullbar.
Had a Century Class at work that cleaned up a cow. Bar did it's job but still messy.

Cheers

Andrew

I think these photos demonstrate the great value of a bar in a collision with a large animal. I can only image how the front end would have looked without the bar. Sorry to hear about it though, Davek. Thanks for the details.

The poll indicates that those of us that have roo/bull-bars tend to need them. Thanks for the input, fellas.