Thread: Bull bar

Not a bad write up on installing the AU spec “Roo Bar” to the Defender.

Self install winch and bull bar - Land Rover Forums - Land Rover Enthusiast Forum

The ones for sale in the US are being shipped from LR Melbourne.

The winch mount looks decent. Pity the intercoolers remain unprotected, but they do look to be set well back in the bumper.

The LR bar is probably as good as you are going to get on the new Defender.

For what it is worth - in the last fortnight I have hit one roo and one emu. Both were in broad daylight (but overcast) and both below 60kph on narrow dirt road with thick bush right up to them, and both on roads I am very familiar with. (one in the 2a, one in the 110)

Both were very solid hits on the bullbar, but caused no damage. In both cases the animal crossed the road at right angles at high speed without being seen before impact, and was killed. Without a bullbar there would have been significant damage to the vehicles.

Originally Posted by trout1105

At the end of the day putting a decent Bullbar on a new Defender is like putting lipstick on a pig.
The chassis is NOT designed to withstand the inertia of an animal strike.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

what are those numbers loanrangie?

do you realise what mine represent?

Looked like some random number to me so i posted the line from a song.

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Looked like some random number to me so i posted the line from a song.

I thought they were the LR part numbers of the bull bar kit…..

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Looked like some random number to me so i posted the line from a song.

Which song the closest thing I can think of is 25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago?

Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 - 7/21/1970 - Tanglewood (Official) - YouTube

Back on topic, I think as long as you're insured the the bull-bar just has to stop an animal going through the radiator or similar show stoppers, as once you pay your excess any damage will be fixed.

There are other inconveniences apart from $ with vehicle damage - round here for example, even minor repairs can take months, assuming that it doesn't take even more months to get parts, simply because of the workload of repairers and staff shortages. It would seem to make sense to try and avoid damage in the first place by having a roo bar that works.

well, I saw my first 663 with a bullbar on in the Beenleigh area, a white 90 black bar and to be honest it looked ****house.....I thought it. was a Mahindra at first. Possibly the Mahindra looks better and at 30% of the cost may well be a far better buy.