Thread: D4 Landrover Bull Bar - latest news

Originally Posted by petera

Was talking to Service manager yesterday whilst getting car serviced and he's said that they had a customers remove an ARB because it adversely affected the handling, was noisy and interfered with the "harmonics" of the car.
Comments?
He also said the lR bar was being crashed tested currently.

Wow.. if thats true he must have hated it, they cut the guards to fit those bars
Wonder what they did with old bar I'm in the market for a bar.

Originally Posted by roamer

Wonder what they did with old bar I'm in the market for a bar.

They probably chromed it and put it back on for only $2,500 !!


George

Hi all,

I have no doubt there is some BS being spoken by the dealer here, however I have to give the harmonics thing some consideration....

I have just had the ARB bar fitted to my D4 (no roof racks, same tyres as before) and the first thing I noticed when i drove it after the bar fitment (it's my daily driver so I know all the noises...) was that it sounded like I'd dropped the mufflers or it had a hole in the exhaust when under load - it now produces a much nicer induction sound like after fitting pod filters...!

The only change though was the bar so it led me to believe that it had changed the air intake path to the engine bay and has therefore created some different harmonic noises.....soooo I don't think LR are necessarily BS-ing on this one... Mind you I like the new increased noise...even the wife questioned whether I had been spending money on something other that the bar

If you want to experience induction roar - add a LR RAI to your D43.0L...(or 2.7 I assume?)..OMG....I had a nice quiet D4, now with the window down and right foot down I get an orchestra 1 foot from right ear.....anyone with a RAI will know what I mean!

Originally Posted by OzAd4x4

Hi all,

I have no doubt there is some BS being spoken by the dealer here, however I have to give the harmonics thing some consideration....

I have just had the ARB bar fitted to my D4 (no roof racks, same tyres as before) and the first thing I noticed when i drove it after the bar fitment (it's my daily driver so I know all the noises...) was that it sounded like I'd dropped the mufflers or it had a hole in the exhaust when under load - it now produces a much nicer induction sound like after fitting pod filters...!

The only change though was the bar so it led me to believe that it had changed the air intake path to the engine bay and has therefore created some different harmonic noises.....soooo I don't think LR are necessarily BS-ing on this one... Mind you I like the new increased noise...even the wife questioned whether I had been spending money on something other that the bar

That's really weird. I had the OL bar fitted which is almost identical to the ARB and there was no change in noise, handling or anything for that matter.
Wonder what ARB do differently to OL.
Cheers, Craig

OzAd4x4, I have an ARB bar on a D4 and there has been NO change to noise levels. I fitted the bar and cut the rubber surround behind the grill to fit with the new bar. I have heard of some ARB fitters not replacing the rubber shroud and if this is the case with your bar it may be the cause of the noise. However, I had an ARB bar on my previous D3 and the shroud was removed by ARB to fit the bar and I did not notice any increase in noise. Would suggest you have a good look at what they have done fitting the bar.
Cheers

Originally Posted by Stornoway SA

If you want to experience induction roar - add a LR RAI to your D43.0L...(or 2.7 I assume?)..OMG....I had a nice quiet D4, now with the window down and right foot down I get an orchestra 1 foot from right ear.....anyone with a RAI will know what I mean!

I suppose that some of that noise comes through the glass when the window is up too. I could hear the induction noise from the snorkel on my TD5 D2 through the glass on the rare occasion I was a passenger.

Originally Posted by OzAd4x4

Hi all,

I have no doubt there is some BS being spoken by the dealer here, however I have to give the harmonics thing some consideration....

I have just had the ARB bar fitted to my D4 (no roof racks, same tyres as before) and the first thing I noticed when i drove it after the bar fitment (it's my daily driver so I know all the noises...) was that it sounded like I'd dropped the mufflers or it had a hole in the exhaust when under load - it now produces a much nicer induction sound like after fitting pod filters...!

The only change though was the bar so it led me to believe that it had changed the air intake path to the engine bay and has therefore created some different harmonic noises.....soooo I don't think LR are necessarily BS-ing on this one... Mind you I like the new increased noise...even the wife questioned whether I had been spending money on something other that the bar

Very hard to believe the bar fitment has caused or contributed to the change. 4wd's have the aerodynamics of a brick. How do you disrupt the disrupted airflow enough to cause any more noise than you have already.