Reply With QuoteCan you tell us who installed the ARB bar?
Master
SubscriberI have finally had the ARB bullbar fitted on D4 3.0 after waiting a few months. Looks good but I have a couple of questions before they throw all left over bits out.
1. Recovery Points.
The original that I seem to remember were one each side. These are gone, just one left in the center. ARB guy tells me this is now the recovery point. I seem to remember this was just a tie down point. So does anyone have the origin recovery points after the ARB bar is fitted.
2. Plastic Air RAM
This is the bit of plastic underneath the front which seems to catch air a push up towards the radiator. I asked for the fitting instructions, which indicates this need to be trimmed if fitting a winch. I have not had a winch fitted yet, but this plastic ram is gone. Seems like it could still fit behind the new ARB plate under the bar, so does any one still have a plastic deflector thing behind the bar.
I think it was their first D4 so just want to check.
Regards
Gerry
Can you tell us who installed the ARB bar?
Fossicker
i have just had a ARB bar fitted yesterday. very happy with the results! The recovery point for the disco was always in the centre and still is after the bar was installed. Before the bar was fitted it was hiding behind the plastic cover piece which needed to be removed to have access to it.
I have a winch bar fitted and no winch as yet. I can see that the plastic air ram or what ever it is, is still in position.
Have you had spot lights fitted? i plan to have a warn 9.5 winch installed and am worried about spot light interferring with the operation of the freespooling lever
Cheers
Richard
Master
SubscriberHi Richard,
Thanks for the reply. Ok with recover point now, don't know why I thought it was different before.
Looks like they have left the plastic thing out for me, will give them a call but no that hopeful to get it back, not sure how important it is?
I have not had spotlights fitted yet but have them. I am looking at a TigerII 12000Kg winch, hope it will fit. The bar has a hole in the top ARB explained you reach through with your hand to operate the free spool lever. I think you can probably get past the spot lights if they are in place.
Regards
Gerry
Master
Hi Gerry. I have a D4 ARB winch bar which I fitted myself with help of a workshop because it was a gin of a thing to get on (not well designed to get around the washer tank). The fitting instructions indicate the plastic cowl in front of the radiator is to be retained but requires triming to allow fitment of the bar. In my previous D3 I think it had been discarded when the ARB bar had been fitted with no noticable impact but it probably is of some advantage to continue its purpose to channel air into the radiator/intercooler bank.
Cheers, Barry
Master
You can reach in but it is awkward. That is based on my experience with 7" HID driving lights with an internal ballast (so they have a larger depth dimension). I imagine 9" driving lights would be much more difficult (also a tight fit in the ARB bar, and subject to the particular brand of light).Originally Posted by disco4now
Master
SubscriberYou had me worried there. Just took one of my not fitted Hella Rallye 4000 out and tried it. It does not cover much of the hole at all and can get my hand down OK, so they will be OK. You would have trouble as you say with a deeper light as it is what is behind the mounting point that protrudes back over the hole.
Regards
Gerry
Fossicker
I have had the warn 9.5xp winch installed. I can not get to the freespool lever. My hand cam only just get through the access hole, but lever is on the rear of the winch and i have got no way of getting to it. I would have thought the lever will would be on the top. Is is possble to change the location of the lever to the top
Master
SubscriberI fitted a Tigerz11 12000lb and had to rotate the gearbox as the lever on that was also at the back. I searched google and got this utube on rotating the gearbox. I think that most can be rotated. Anyway this is how you do it on a Tigerz11. 10 screws so you can rotate in increments of 36degs.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt-VpTs4AUY]YouTube - ‪Tigerz11 12000lb Gear Box Turning 2009 Winch‬‏[/ame]
Regards
Gerry
TopicToaster
The plastic thing was probably put in the "too hard basket" which is also known as the "he won't notice" bin.
First service on the wifes xtrail and they removed the cover to replace the oil filter, left off. Made them take one off a demo as I wasn't going to wait on the order on principle. Second service, they removed the entire under tray for a recall on crank sensor. Again off comes a demos tray. They had actually thrown them out.
LR4, as for the freespool handle, take it back, it can be rotated as listed and there's no reason they shouldn't make it right. Is there no cut out for it like on earlier model bars? (RRC/D1 etc)
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