Dilemma, Which Bull Bar.

Good advice kelvo. Yeh I fit a bash plate with existing bolts too and all was fine.

Yeh nice simple fix with the bill bar indicators. Arb initially didn't put lower wattage bulbs in so when I checked it out I questioned them and they had to call head office to figure it out.

Never crossed my mind for LED lights for the indicators, the lower wattage are a bit duller than I'd like so LEDs are a good idea.

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Originally Posted by Mr Whippy

I am glad that you reminded me about the bolts. Probably a good time to fit some recovery points. not that Landies need them.:angel:

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Don't forget yours is a D2a bar and such it wont have the factory eyelets.
Not that I'd use them anyway, but that horse has died and been flogged long ago :D

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Originally Posted by kelvo

I'll disagree (Partially) with Disco Muppet about getting longer bolts :p

I got & fitted my bar a couple weeks ago, and using the supplied bolts (M10 x 130mm driver side & 7/16" x 4 1/2" passenger side) refitting the wombat & tow eye there is about 20mm extra on the passenger side & 10mm on the drivers side, see photos. So unless you keep the wombat bar AND fit recovery points thicker than 10mm you should be ok.

One thing I will recommend getting is a 180mm long 10mm dia drill bit, I only had a 'standard' lenght (130mm) bit and it was only just long enough, only had about 5-10mm in the chuck for it to go through :eek:

Oh don't forget to get some 10watt or LED globes for the indicators, it will stop the trailer light on the dash flashing, without a trailer attached ;)

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Kelvo, My points are about 10mm thick, as made by philco on the forum.
Wombat bar left off, I put them on for glenreagh last year. Only held on by about half the nut :eek:
Decided longer bolts were a good idea :D
Longer drill bit is a good piece of advice, it's why I had mine done by OL, for free :D
Anyone interested in LED globes, try these....

SET OF 2 LED BULLBAR FRONT INDICATOR PARK LIGHTS FITS ARB TJM MORE BULL BAR | eBay

They fit in the same spot and they give you the parkers as well.
Cheers
Muppet

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Originally Posted by Mr Whippy

Pics will come, but I won't see the bar until some time in October.

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Oh and that's a good time frame, it was about 6 months when I was in the market.

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Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

Oh and that's a good time frame, it was about 6 months when I was in the market.

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I was lucky. When I went to ARB the salesman went on the computer and the news was not good. He then made a phone call and located one. If I wanted black I could have got it next week.

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Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

Oh and that's a good time frame, it was about 6 months when I was in the market.

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It all comes down luck, I went into my local store to order mine & walked out with it there & then (I wanted it in black) with a $200 discount :eek:

Turns out it had be delivered to them by mistake, it should have been a Vitara one, and they were in the process of getting it sent back to the main warehouse.

Deluxe bar is what I have on my d2 smacked skippy at 100ks bar perfect skippy not so I wouldn't go past full protection lights, bonnet and gaurds cost to much just for the sake of looks.

That's why people like them ;)
Oh for one for skip by the sound of it.

Well here it is. Just finished it. I now understand the comments about the longer drill bit.

I got by just, by cutting a bolt to fit in my drill chuck to keep the drill bit at the end of the chuck and stop it pushing back into the chuck.



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Looks the ducks :cool:

Looks great colour coded good to see you made the sensible choice of style I have the same style and might not be the best approach angle for extreme stuff but it's certainly the best all round bar on the market