Thread: D4 long wait time for ARB winch bar

Originally Posted by Wortho

ARB bars are not powder coated when colour coded they are painted,so colour codeing an OL bar will give the same finnish. OL bars are made in Thailand same as most of ARB's bars.

I thought they went back to fabricating them in Perth because they weren't happy with the ones they imported?

Baz.

I thought they went back to fabricating them in Perth because they weren't happy with the ones they imported?

Baz.

No, WA is outback accesories they do XROX bars, OL bars are still made in Thailand but a different manufacturer. As i said though ARB bars are made there to.

Originally Posted by Wortho

No, WA is outback accesories they do XROX bars, OL bars are still made in Thailand but a different manufacturer. As i said though ARB bars are made there to.

I know someone that works in arb bull bar development, and the D4 bars are made in Oz.....virtually all the front bars are made in Oz. the arb rear wheel carrier (not kaymar) is made in Thailand....and that's the one they charge the most for. Go figure.

Brett.....

Originally Posted by Wortho

ARB bars are not powder coated when colour coded they are painted,so colour codeing an OL bar will give the same finnish. OL bars are made in Thailand same as most of ARB's bars.

I beg to differ as I was standing in front of the powder coating at the ARB factory. The powder coating process, preparing bars with black powdercoat for painting. You'll find that ARB don't paint the inside (hidden side) of the bar... there you will see the powder coating undercoat.

Australian ARB bars are made in Kilsyth Victoria and their overseas shipments are made in Thailand by their own ARB factory there. I touched the jig for the D4 Delux bar myself. ALL steel ARB bars are powdercoated.

There's an ECB bar for sale on EBay at the moment

Originally Posted by aferrier

I beg to differ as I was standing in front of the powder coating at the ARB factory. The powder coating process, preparing bars with black powdercoat for painting. You'll find that ARB don't paint the inside (hidden side) of the bar... there you will see the powder coating undercoat.

Australian ARB bars are made in Kilsyth Victoria and their overseas shipments are made in Thailand by their own ARB factory there. I touched the jig for the D4 Delux bar myself. ALL steel ARB bars are powdercoated.

You obviously did the MySwag tour orginised by Sam

On another forum is a guy(The Low Ranger) he's the fabricator that used to build the OL bar(works elsewhere now) he's of the opinion that they still make the OL bars at Outback Accessories as well as import them from Thialand.

Baz.

Originally Posted by Redback

You obviously did the MySwag tour orginised by Sam

Baz.

Baz, Spot On!

I beg to differ as I was standing in front of the powder coating at the ARB factory. The powder coating process, preparing bars with black powdercoat for painting. You'll find that ARB don't paint the inside (hidden side) of the bar... there you will see the powder coating undercoat.

Australian ARB bars are made in Kilsyth Victoria and their overseas shipments are made in Thailand by their own ARB factory there. I touched the jig for the D4 Delux bar myself. ALL steel ARB bars are powdercoated.

Not disputing that ARB bars are not powder coated black then painted over but they are not powder coated in colour it is paint over powder coat same as the OL bars and TJM bars. The bars are painted at the state warehouse, in NSW that is Moorebank or the store that has sold it can elect to have it painted at a local smash repairers if the wait is to long.
Yes i don't doubt for a minute that you touched the jig for the D4 bar, you could touch the jig for every bar they make at Kilsyth, does not mean your bar has been made there (we never told people that we were waiting for the boat to arrive with there bar just that there were production delays)

On another forum is a guy(The Low Ranger) he's the fabricator that used to build the OL bar(works elsewhere now) he's of the opinion that they still make the OL bars at Outback Accessories as well as import them from Thialand.

Baz.

Nope made in Thailand, we are fitting one today actually, colour coded, LED driving lights, long rang tank, rear wheel carrier ETC