Thread: The AnD3rew Build Up

Originally Posted by discojools

Andrew,
Be interested to see if your Warrior winch fits with ARB bar. Peninsula Rangie tried to fit one to my Opposite Lock bar but it just wouldn't fit.
Looking for something else now..Damien there suggested a Superwinch.

I'll be watching to see what happens with yours.

Jools.

G'day Julian, I have the Warrior winch on the ARB bar. We never did organize that catch up did we!

Mate, if the indicators are overloading the bar I'd be concerned they wired it wrong.

Dads. D3 ARB bar had no problems and was installed by a corporate ARB store in 2008

Originally Posted by AnD3rew

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The only annoying thing is that the incandescent bulbs in the accessory indicator lights overload the electronics and makes the system shut down and the indicators won't work at all, it resets when you turn the car ff and on again but then drops out. We had to disconnect them to get me going but in the new year we will have to figure out how to fix this. Anyone else had this problem? It's something I would have hoped ARB would have sorted out, they ave been making bars for D3's for a while now. Might see if I can find LED replacement bulbs for them and see if that sorts it but ARB make it a total pain to get to the bulbs, you have to remove the lower protection plates get in behind, unscrew and and remove the whole light assembly Pull it out and then remove the lens cover to get to the lights.

When my ARB bar was fitted by Ritters, they installed relays between the ARB globes and the D3 indicators. LED bulbs might also fix the problem.
Ian

That's very interesting Owl, good to know.

Had a great day on some back roads through state forest and cooloola national park and Noosa North shore. The HEMA maps on n the IPad were awesome never leading us astray on a bunch of rarely used forestry tracks some nice driving with a few nice washouts a little mud and sandy patches.

Tyres down to 20 PSI on the soft stuff, sand TR and DSC off and never looked close to needing winch, snatch straps or maxtraxx. Llams was awesome in this stuff.

Fowing was exceptional on the beach for the family while doing a bit of fishing and cold drinks from the Busman fridge.

Aired up again in a jiffy with the ARB compressor plugged into the rear Anderson plug from the Traxide kit.

Was even glad of the ARB bar when a couple of Roos hopped in front of me on the way home from dinner at the Boreen point pub, fortunately no contact, but nice to know its there.

Just love my rig now

Couple of pics on the beach


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Originally Posted by SBD4

Very nice Andrew, you've some serious dollars invested there!

Be careful if heading over rough terrain that you don't get too much damage to the steps. I have read that they can prevent the doors from opening:

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/d3-d4-rrs/...ml#post1766068

After some radical playing on some rocky tracks and only just managing to avoid ripping the sidesteps off, I have definitely decided to add them to the list but will have to wait till the finances have recovered a bit. Also don't like the look of the GOE ones but have been advised that the others touch the chassis rails and make for a rough ride so not sure which ones to get.

I have these fitted to my D4 and love them - they have also coped a hiding and keep coming back for more!!

Have also used the Hi-Lift on them several times...

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