Help me Pick which bar to buy

**Maggot4x4** · 8th September 2007, 08:30 PM

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

is now a bad time to mention I just bought a TJM bar?

Yes, but you have a V8 so it's just a "Town Car"

Did I mention I have done 450km in it already ad it is still between 1/2 & 3/4 of a tank

**Pedro_The_Swift** · 8th September 2007, 08:34 PM

yea,, I did 20,000 kays around town last year---

**dmdigital** · 10th September 2007, 06:43 AM

I went the Sahara bar option after some deliberation.

If I hit an animal (most likely buffalo, pig, roo or emu) it ain't going to matter which bar I have on. The standard bar gives a little more brush protection but I find in the scrub up here I need the lower down protection more to push over things. Both are winch capable and the Sahara weighs slightly less.

I used Photoshop to see what it would look like on my Disco.

And here's what it looks like now...

**twitchy's_boss** · 10th September 2007, 06:58 AM

the Sahara looks pretty but that's not what you want it for. i personally would go for the standard better protection not only for the bush but for the idiots on the road too

**dmdigital** · 10th September 2007, 08:02 AM

The sahara gives just as much protection from the oter idiots on the road. It also sticks out a fair way too.

**Pedro_The_Swift** · 10th September 2007, 08:37 AM

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can you add black flares and side mouldings??

then change the bar to black?
Please?

**welshman** · 3rd January 2008, 07:02 PM

Will the Sahara bar fit a 2000 discoveryII ??

**trev** · 3rd January 2008, 08:30 PM

Originally Posted by Maggot4x4

I need help deciding which bar to buy for the D2.

I travel long distances on country roads, often at dusk/dawn and night. I really like the ARB Sahara bar, but the lack of protection worries me..

Should I go with the Sahara Bar or the Standard ARB winch bar?

Pics below of each (thanks Slunnie and Brooksy)

ARB Standard Winch Bar

Sahara Bar

I have a TJM bar which is a lot more solid than the ARB. Check them out.

**Outback 1** · 3rd January 2008, 08:52 PM

imho why would you even bother with a sahara bar it wont protect you from much!

**Slunnie** · 3rd January 2008, 09:01 PM

Originally Posted by trev

I have a TJM bar which is a lot more solid than the ARB. Check them out.

From what I've seen in the bush I'm not sure that this is necessarily the case. The ARB's will bend if you smack them hard in the area under the fairlead if you don't have a fairlead in it, but where I've seen the TJM ones bend is in the wing section. I understand that the steel one is stronger than the alloy in this area also. A common comment about the ARB is that it protrudes more than the TJM, which is why the TJM obviously has a greater approach, but that is also what gives the ARB immense strength from impacts.

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