arb bull bar

**laney** · 28th March 2016, 07:49 AM

Hi all I have an arb Bullard on my d2 the bar isn't a winch bar my question is can I make it into a winch bar and if so how hard is it thanks.

**Pierre** · 30th March 2016, 03:42 PM

Talk to ARB in Kilsyth 03 9761 6622 - they may help you and then again....

Cheers and good luck.

Pete

**Hall** · 30th March 2016, 04:19 PM

You will need a winch cradle. The winch on vehicles with air bags mounts this way, not directly to the bull bar. The same mounting holes for the bull bar are also used to hold the cradle. You will be restricted to a low mount winch. The bull bar you have now should hopefully have a slot for the cable or rope to pass through. I will be, when I get the shed sorted, fitting up a bull bar and winch to my DIscovery 1 .
Cheers Hall

**d2dave** · 2nd April 2016, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by Hall

You will need a winch cradle. The winch on vehicles with air bags mounts this way, not directly to the bull bar. The same mounting holes for the bull bar are also used to hold the cradle. You will be restricted to a low mount winch. The bull bar you have now should hopefully have a slot for the cable or rope to pass through. I will be, when I get the shed sorted, fitting up a bull bar and winch to my DIscovery 1 .
Cheers Hall

Incorrect. I have a D1 and D2 both with SRS. Both have an ARB bar. On the D1 the winch mounts to a cradle which is bolted to the chassis.

On the D2 it is mounted directly to the bull bar, same as an older non SRS vehicle.

schuy1 · 2nd April 2016, 09:18 PM

what d2dave says makes sense. If it was chassis mounted behind the bar it would interfere with the crumple zone that the SRS require to trigger, Not an issue in an early D1.
Cheers Scott

**Outback 1** · 3rd April 2016, 07:40 AM

Originally Posted by d2dave

On the D2 it is mounted directly to the bull bar, same as an older non SRS vehicle.

Mine is the same

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**Bohica** · 4th April 2016, 09:15 AM

Hello, any cahnce you could post a photo? and what winch do you have? I'm guessing you have to cut out a hole in the bar?

Thanks

Julian

**kelvo** · 4th April 2016, 05:41 PM

Originally Posted by Bohica

Hello, any cahnce you could post a photo? and what winch do you have? I'm guessing you have to cut out a hole in the bar?

Thanks

Julian

I have an ARB Deluxe bar on my D2a. No cutting required for a low mount winch. The Deluxe bar is SRS and winch compatible.

I've got a Runva 11XP Premium winch fitted. I did buy the addition ARB spaced and offset hawse mount.