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Thats a good sized tank,and would be one of the first mods i would do.Once you have had a large tank in a touring vehicle,its hard to go back to a smallish one.[biggrin]Quote:
Originally Posted by JessicaTam
In the pic on the site it looks like it hangs down very low,but they say ramp over hasnt changed,so its probably the angle the picture was taken.
Amen to that. Was there any damage to the car?Quote:
Originally Posted by scarry
Thanks to all, I think I will hang off for a while and wait for a decent bull bar.
Surprisingly no.Quote:
Originally Posted by Samblers
Why do you say the Rhino item is pretty much useless?Quote:
Originally Posted by trout1105
Metal thickness?
Fabrication?
Design? ie no gussetting or closed box sections
Design? the lack of protection above the bumper, ie no hoops. I have doodled a version of theirs with hoops, must send it to them for comment.
I did ask ARB a while ago but got no reply. Not sure what volume they need to justify the journey.
The majority of our native critters down here are a bit shorter than yours, tend to disappear underneath rather than over the bonnet, nonetheless less it petrifies me the amount of very sensitive kit below the bumper, just waiting for a wombats bum to total it.
cheers
S.
The Rhino bar is only a 'Nudge" bar and as such it offers very little frontal protection above the bar itself, Even a small wallaby is higher than that bar.Quote:
Originally Posted by simo2420
According to some, if it doesn't have hoops it's not a real bar, and has no protection values what so ever. [emoji848]Quote:
Originally Posted by simo2420
Now my raslarr bar doesn't have hoops, it's constructed of 6mm and 3mm thick steel plate, excellent approach angle, carries a winch, does what I want it to do.
I can't say that in over 30 years of driving I've actually needed a bullbar for anything other that having a winch and spot lights.
Get a bar that is fit for your purpose and you're happy to look at!
In the last 30 years I have lost count of the number of animal strikes I have had Most of which without a decent bullbar on the 4WD would have definately left me stranded on the side of the road or worse badly injured.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vern
I suppose that if you never intend to leave the city limits a bullbar is not needed But once you get out into the bush there are a multitude of differant animals that will seriously wreak your day if you hit them without decent frontal protection.
In NSW 1 in every 41 casualty crashes involve an animal strike.
You must be a bad driver[emoji1]Quote:
Originally Posted by trout1105
I've lived rural/semi rural most of my life, probably 1/10th of my cars have had bullbars, I've hit birds, cats, wallabies, an emu, wombat, echidna, monitors etc..no real damage. (With or without bullbars)
Have swerved for roo's, cows, pigs, dogs and camels, guessing they would do more damage.
In saying all that, if you hit something sizeable, then yes, that will fo damage, but so far, after 30+ years, I haven't. You could go your whole life and not hit something, or you could hit something every other week.
Buy what ever bar YOU want.
I used to live up a 50KM winding bush road - lost count of the amount of animals I hit in the 3 years up there. Even driving slowly with a good set of spotlights, I used to clean up all sorts. Would have been a long walk home without a bar on the front of the vehicle I had then. (A dunny door - yes they look stupid with a big bull bar and lights on them but it got me home every time.). My neighbour wasn’t as lucky and wrote of his and his missus car within a year living up there by cleaning up wildlife, but he drove like an idiot as well.