I drive on the beach a bit, never seen a bull yet

Sorry, could not resist that.

Look at factory supplied bars as they are designed to work with the air bags etc.

Probably they don't like it as it is not airbag compatible.

The factory ones are compatible, but usually are so flimsy they are a joke. They fold back and do more panel damage than if you sconned the roo with no bar I have seen ones I can flex by pushing on them.
Plus the price for genuine is a bit extreme usually.

Get a reputable steel winch bar like ARB etc, they are about the only thing that will actually protect the vehicle and also be airbag compatible.

But I do wonder why you want one when beach driving doesn't damage a front bumper

The bar you have pictured is an XROX bar which is airbag compatible, I know a few people with them. They are an awesome bar and very strong and look awesome.

that is some serious lighting on the front of your car
try some night surfing

Troyrotor said..

The bar you have pictured is an XROX bar which is airbag compatible, I know a few people with them. They are an awesome bar and very strong and look awesome.

Except the 4 spotties which looks wrong I reckon.

Mark _australia said..

Probably they don't like it as it is not airbag compatible.

The factory ones are compatible, but usually are so flimsy they are a joke. They fold back and do more panel damage than if you sconned the roo with no bar I have seen ones I can flex by pushing on them.
Plus the price for genuine is a bit extreme usually.

Get a reputable steel winch bar like ARB etc, they are about the only thing that will actually protect the vehicle and also be airbag compatible.

But I do wonder why you want one when beach driving doesn't damage a front bumper

The reason I mentioned beach driving is the fact i dont want the front weighed down by a massive steel bull bar which is going to in turn make my front end shocks bottom out all the time. I wont be hunting for bulls on the beach especially seeing as large animals with small round feet generally don't like soft sand as there fat arses sink.

Mark _australia said..

^^^^ a steel bar fitted properly will involve winding up the torsion bars to acheive same clearance and shocks not bottoming.
The pipe bars do seem a bit wanky as they don't stop animal strikes - all they are is a spottie mount that looks tuff

Come on now Mark. Looking tuff is what it is all about.

ET.