Thread: Bull bar information

Originally Posted by oldsalt

All this almost makes me give up and save a lot of money ...

until the day you hit a big roo - (which I hope never happens to you) - BUT if it does you'll wish you had got the bar...

And I got Oh.. So.. Close to doing that about 8 times yesterday

Driving up the Lincoln Highway, Onto the Stuart Highway for 6 hours in driving rain...

All the Hoppers were out getting a drink on the Highway

Missed one by inches (lovely slalom move at 120) only to have the other one with it hop into the side of the vehicle on LHR corner
Only the bumper has a small mark... Thankfully...



Fitting the cameras is an easy task - just dont get your barwork colour coded. Get the Bar, drill and mount the cameras (ABR bars already have provision for front park sensors) and then get local paint shop to colour code...

Driving 120 while avoiding the plague of wildlife? This takes some courage. And what happens to injured animals? Are they are left to suffer while they heal or worse?

On a more serious note: I would have thought that drilling for cameras would void the warranty. What about the airbag and crash certification? What would the insurance company say after a crash?

Have you actually done this? How did you fasten the cameras? They must be held in place somehow. In the original bumper there are mounting posts with screws and brackets. ECB is using zip ties. What did you use?

Do you have photos? Thanks.

Nothing I hit is left alive

If I don't travel at 'close' to legal speeds I just won't get anything done.

You get very used to wildlife up here.

I have not done the install of cameras but have done a bar with sensors.

The ARB bar has proper retaining plates and bolts to locate the sensors.

A local has the cameras and just drilled and bolted them in.

I saw a D4 in the flesh with a LR bar the other day, ugly as and about as useful as on a bull. It basically sits on top of the existing bar, the bar work is too close to the bonnet and it would do all if you hit a big roo except make the repair job more expensive because you'd have to fix all the normal damage and replace the bar. IMHO of course.

Thank you Andrew. I was looking for a first hand account of the experince with the LR bar. Mind you, it is not surprising there are not too many of them if they are so ugly and useless. One may have to wait a long time to see one.

Anyway, I am not interested any more...

I have an Opposite Lock bar fitted with both cameras and sensors and all work just fine.

Cheers

Merv

In the 2 months I've been hunting, not a single bar for a D3/4 has made an appearance on the second hand market. If you want one you definitely have to pay full coin.

I would like one for my D3-in-bits, but the wallet clenches somewhat at the full cost. I know that they would save that cost several times over in the event of introducing Skippy to the D3 in the dark at 100kph in the middle of nowhere. I like the ARB one, but may need to wait for bonus payout time this year......

Originally Posted by sheerluck

In the 2 months I've been hunting, not a single bar for a D3/4 has made an appearance on the second hand market. If you want one you definitely have to pay full coin.

I would like one for my D3-in-bits, but the wallet clenches somewhat at the full cost. I know that they would save that cost several times over in the event of introducing Skippy to the D3 in the dark at 100kph in the middle of nowhere. I like the ARB one, but may need to wait for bonus payout time this year......

Yeah,

Dave, it is pretty much a non reversible fit, and I doubt you will see many s/h bars come onto the market. As you have to cut the flares up, and save all the oe bits and pieces, I for one would not worry about trying to reverse the fit, and restore the front end. The other point is that a good proportion of the OL or ARB bars fitted, have been colour coded, and that in itself reduces the potential for sale. You would not only have to find someone to buy it after going to all the trouble of buying and refitting the oe gear, but find someone with the same colour requirement. ( or reduce the sell price by the cost of recoating ) It's getting more unattractive as an option as I write this.