Thread: D4 Landrover Bull Bar - latest news

Originally Posted by elsey

Opposite Lock supply a good, neat looking steel bull bar for the D4 that can be color coded to suit your vehicle if you so wish. That is the one that I have decided to fit to my vehicle.

Lou...

Had mine powdercoated close to the same colour of my vehicle, then colour matched by my panel beater. This way, when a stone chips the bar, it is still powdercoated underneath.......something that you wont get with an ARB bar.
Cheers, Craig

Originally Posted by Ivan

Same here, went for the OL steel bar on my D3 V8. I decided to keep it black (car is Silver) but I could have had it colour coded. Looks very nice and uses the factory fog lamps.

Ivan

Are they actually ECB bars, supplied by OL?

Originally Posted by drowell

ARB were not helpful. THe boys at Mannell Motors had to really harrangue them, but we got it sorted. The bar is great, just the liaison was lousy.
No debate over buying if it didn't fit. The guys just checked thoroughly first.
I bought package with a winch and lights and got a free Stihl chainsaw...

Drowell,

Armed with your info the boys from Central4wd in Perth have been in touch with Mannell Motors and were able to clarify what had to be done. Very little I gather. So it is all go for them to fit the ARB bar to my D4 HSE!
Your help has been great and is much appreciated!
LGM

After much ado (about nothing it seems) I now have an ARB colour matched bull bar fitted to my D4 HSE. As most who have been looking for a bull bar for their D4 HSE can attest, ARB have been saying it is not possible to fit their product to the HSE model D4. I did not want to go down the alloy bar path hence I have persisted and with the terrific help of others from this forum the persistance has paid off! Thanks Drowell for your help and thanks to Mannell Motors in Sydney for their time to discuss the fit with ARB Welshpool (Perth) and convince them that there was no problem.

It seems there was some engineering required to make the bar fit?

On discussion with the guy's at ARB in Welshpool they advised that after drilling the holes to install the front park sensors the engineering consisted of unbolting the standard front bumper arrangement and bolting on the ARB bull bar. Well there you go! I am happy, my insurer is happy but the roos in my area less so.

ARB can now advertise that their bumper can be colour matched to the vehicle parking sensors, that is after they complete the "engineering" to drill the holes for the sensors.

After all is now in place, it is hard to figure out what the problem was. I can only presume that ARB only wants their bumpers mounted on Diesel powered other than LR's.

If it provides any consolation, over here ARB bumpers arrive with fully detailed instructions on how to install the bumper on RHD diesel D3's - market sensitivity is not a big strength I would conclude.

Well done - it is an achievement, (not the bumper install), but that ARB failed to keep you from succeeding.

Ta bbyer!
There is a little story that goes with the fitting but nothing to do with the engineering rather the logistics of obtain a correctly coloured bar.
Good for conversation over many beers!

Originally Posted by Stuart02

Are they actually ECB bars, supplied by OL?

I don't think so. When I was doing some research ecb told me they only make alloy bars. OL is steel. I have hit too many Roos of the years. First hit was with an alloy...wrecked the bar. 3 since then with steel, and only very minor damage.

Hi, I am new here today.

Has anyone heard whether a 2014 Discovery nudge bar is available in Oz as yet.
Everyone I have spoken with at the 4x4 shops tells me they haven't been tested and certified in Australia as yet.
Does anyone know more than this please.
Rgds Rod