Bull Bar / Winch Bar for MU

[Andrew]

This subject has been around for many years..

I have been trying to get a local engineer / supplier who will provide these in NZ. So far.. nothing, zip, nadah..

I see some of the AU members have them...

Question: Where did you get them from, what have they been like and can I steral yours while your not looking.

I want one, no NEED one so will be making as many phone calls / emails to ANYWHERE that does them so I cam bring into NZ. All assistance appricated.

Cheers
Andrew

[justin]

Andrew, I believe Matt's is a Rodeo and Yarno's was custom fitted one. Yarno's is as good as your ever gonna get, I have seen him ram mud banks and dunes repeatedly at speed and it doesn't move an inch. He will be able to give you the details and its the next thing on my shopping list. J

[Andrew]

I have emailed Yarno so hopefully he can give me some more details. I would love to sort this out finally.. haha

[MattMU]

Andrew, my MU has the Rodeo Deluxe winch bar fitted from ARB. Its perfect , love it and wouldnt tade it for anything. ITs steel so is a bit heavier than Yarnos but its perfect for the winch with no reinforcement needed.

As you know the MU is a tad wider in the guards than a Rodeo so it is about an inch skinnier on each side. Doesnt bother me in the least, still does the job perfectly and looks good.

I will oneday get around to making up a plate that bolts or welds onto the sides that incorporate a hole for the highlift jack and will also bring it inline with the guards.

Goodluck Matt.

[Yarno]

Yeah mine was a custom job, I got it through Opposite Lock here in Newcastle, and it has the brand name of Ozbars on it. They actually made it on the day, but they said it was the first one they have done so they took measurements I presume.
Here the address.
www.oppositelock.com.au/storedetail.asp?olstoreid=4

I'll go and see David up there and see what he says about export...

And it cost me $1100 for the bar...

Cheers
Yarno

[Witchdoctor]

My MU has an alloy bar from East Coast Bull Bars Q.L.D, fits great. There are provitions for a winch. Will get details if needed Andrew.

www.ecb.com.au


Dave

[Andrew]

Thanks guys, I recived an email from someone in NZ this afternoon who has built one and is looking to do some more. Waiting some photos so we can see if its worth looking at him making some more.

I will still take any details you guys can get me just in case...

[caffa]

do you have a pic of your bar fitted Dave ?. I couldnt seem to find one at ECB.

[Witchdoctor]

Caffa,
Go to the main Club page then go to members page there is a side photo. Bar is finnished in hammertone grey.

Dave

[IsuzuMu]

I contacted ECB a couple of weeks ago, they advise they no longer make the bullbar, only a nudgebar, mind you it's still on their web site.

Cheers.
Adrian.

[Witchdoctor]

Francesco has got an AMA bull bar did some searching on the net found there web site. www.alloymotoraccessories.com.au/
His alloy bar looks good.

Dave

[caffa]

Thanks Dave, btw your bar looks great. It is a shame they dont do them anymore. I am heading to AMA this afternoon. I found a 2000 onwards Frontera bar at the right price ... does anyone know if the Frontera bar will bolt on before I fork out the brass and am stuck with a bar that requires too much work to make fit ?


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[francesco]

This is mine....Dave how did you know it was AMA..?




probaly even harder to tell in this pic....but I think its a good fit.

[Andrew]

well it appears I have been let down AGAIN..... bloody kiwi suppliers... honest we can do that, will only take a few weeks.. yah right... 6 months later and Zip..

Well now I have that off my chest.....

Looks like I might have to find a good bar in Aus and see what sort of deal they will do for shipping...

Did anyone contact their suppliers as noted above ?

[Witchdoctor]

I have a local alloy fabricator that custom built a bar for my first hilux magic job will phone him in the morning about something for the MU's, will post when have info.

Dave

[Roger]

My bar is a PIAK. I think it's from Thailand. Made of steel and sits flush with the wheel flares on the MU.
Cheers.

[Witchdoctor]

Roger do you have a photo of that bar for all to see.

Dave

[Joe]

How do you post pictures?
Rog and myself have the same bar and snorkel but don't know how to get our MU's on the forum.

[Graham]

Joe & Rog,

To post a picture, you need to first host it on the web in some way, and then link to it.

Normally with your internet account you get 5 or 10Mb of webspace to use. This is the perfect place for it.

There's also "free" hosting sites around, but some of those have conditions like only members can look at the pics, or any pics posted become the property of the hosting site and you forfeit all copyright privileges. etc etc.

If you have any trouble putting them up then email some to me (resize them to app 640x480 as JPG files first if at all possible) and I'll put them in my webspace for you to link to.

Once on the 'net, you link to the pic using the image button in the "post message" / "reply" screen - 4th from right on row 2, then replace the "URL" that it puts in your message with the URL of the picture.

eg: my avatar is at members.optusnet.com.au/gaconsulting/rc/images/small.gif and below it's surrounded by image [ IMG ] tags.



HTH!
Graham.

[Andrew]

or to make it really easy, email the pic to
[e-mail] and we will make sure everyone can see it.