Thread: D4 Landrover Bull Bar - latest news

Originally Posted by petera

taste is personal, but for what it's worth, i also think it looks better than ECB or ARB.
CHeers,
Peter

I think we would all agree with that. Personally I think the styling of the d3/4 is right without the addition of any of the current offering of aftermarket bars.

But then I am still holding out for a sahara style bar as has been offered by ARB for other models.

Oh and btw most aftermarket bars stick out more than standard bumpers and are worse for your approach angles. This one at least looks to me like it is a copy of the front bumper with some uprights added and so has done very little decrease approach angles.

I for one like the look.

Lots of shine on the front looks good to me and is all the styling rage now on the expensive pickups, at least here in Canada. Both GM, Ford, and Dodge feature big chrome grills and bumpers on their high end pickups.

The Tahoe's are still for the most part, body colour on the front end, but the pickups, not so.

Originally Posted by trobbo

most aftermarket bars stick out more than standard bumpers and are worse for your approach angles. .

True about how far they stick out, but without bothering to quote well-known aftermarket manufacturers directly, i think they'd dispute that their bars decrease approach angles compared to standard bumpers... and as someone who trashed the OE bumper on my old D2 on the first rock shelf I came to, I'd have to agree with them!

I can just see that with this LR bar, the winch opening (if it's in the same spot as the original bumper) will be quite handy for excavating, and the lack of taper on the corners will ensure the tyres don't come in contact with any large rocks unnecessarily?

I don't see any mounting tabs in the pics either?

So does the ARB/ECB bar effect air bars?

Dorko

Originally Posted by trobbo

But then I am still holding out for a sahara style bar as has been offered by ARB for other models.
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With you here on the Sahara bar Trobbo, however my OL bar saved the front quarter panels a couple of times the other weekend during a serious off road weekend.
As far as the LR aluminium bar.............too big & bulky, too shiny.
Cheers, Craig

Originally Posted by Dorko

So does the ARB/ECB bar effect air bars?

Dorko

The ARB guys in Penrith have assured me it is airbag compatible.

The ARB bar for the D3 is airbag-compatible.

I have NO doubt that for the D4 is likewise.

Best Wishes,
Peter

From the ARB website re the D4 winch bar:
"Superbly engineered, air bag compatible mounting system secures to chassis via high tensile bolts"

And also re general ARB bar design:
"To ensure compatibility, ARB assesses each vehicle's frontal crush characteristics and replicates the crush rate into the design of each air bag compatible bull bar and its mounting system. This method enables engineers to achieve maximum possible vehicle and passenger protection without affecting the crash pulse. ARB has invested heavily in vehicle crash barrier tests to validate the performance and compliance of its air bag compatible bull bars."