Who Makes Bull Bars???

Post by **Try_Me** » Wed May 30, 2007 8:42 pm

just wondering who makes bull bars for vitara

Custom preffered does anyone no anyone who has one etc not to fussed

cheers nick

Post by **CHOPS1** » Wed May 30, 2007 8:52 pm

Polarbear on here, but he's in south oz!

Chop

Post by **germo** » Wed May 30, 2007 8:58 pm

Post by **Try_Me** » Wed May 30, 2007 10:01 pm

ARB a bit to pricey for me trying to find someone that will maybe do it a bit cheaper like $500 to $800 in about there

but yeh anyone around NSW syd or even if i pay postage not to fussed

cheers nick

Post by **Kitika** » Wed May 30, 2007 10:20 pm

I made my own for about $120 ish. All the tools ya need is an angle grinder, stick welder, and a bench grinder, and a long weekend is useful when it comes to painting

Post by **Polar_Bear** » Wed May 30, 2007 10:53 pm

CHOPS1 wrote:Polarbear on here, but he's in south oz!

Chop

its taken me 6 months to finally finish mine

and it would have been cheaper to buy an arb one, so 5 - 800 bucks wouldnt cover it...well not at the rate i charge for small welding jobs anyway

Post by **CHOPS1** » Wed May 30, 2007 11:11 pm

and yours looks better than an arb one

Chop

Post by **ofr57** » Thu May 31, 2007 12:45 am

an can take a high mount by the looks of it

Post by **Gwagensteve** » Thu May 31, 2007 7:25 am

[quote="Polar_Bear"]
its taken me 6 months to finally finish mine

and it would have been cheaper to buy an arb one, so 5 - 800 bucks wouldnt cover it
[quote]

Spot on. Making a decent bar is a very big job. It is easy in theory but in practice there are lots of variables and they often end up looking rough or unfinished.

Polar_Bear - your;s looks great but I can imagine how much work was in it.

I have made a few bars for people where ARB's product wasn't appropriate, but if you can buy an ARB bar for your application, just save up and buy one, they are the best product available worldwide.

Steve.

Post by **Try_Me** » Thu May 31, 2007 7:32 am

Kitika wrote:I made my own for about $120 ish. All the tools ya need is an angle grinder, stick welder, and a bench grinder, and a long weekend is useful when it comes to painting

got pics lol

Polar_Bear
looks great really looks better than the arb one

Post by **Try_Me** » Thu May 31, 2007 7:35 am

can someone make an immitation calmini bar???

also tube bars???

Post by **Gwagensteve** » Thu May 31, 2007 7:51 am

I woudl be surprised if any commercial fabricator would make anything for less than you could buy an ARB bar for.

The ARB bar is superior to the calmini bar.

Steve.

Post by cj » Thu May 31, 2007 8:10 am

Try_Me wrote:can someone make an immitation calmini bar???

also tube bars???

Hopefully they will make it a bit better than the Calmini one, maybe more like the quality of an ARB one. Basically if you can't fab and you want quality then spend the dollars and get an ARB bar. They are strong and well made. I was impressed with mine. Even in the US the aftermarket bars are heavier than an ARB to try and get the same sort of strength due to the design of the ARB.

Post by **Gwagensteve** » Thu May 31, 2007 8:42 am

and to add to that cj, the onl reason to NOT run an ARB bar would be if you had an application that you couldn't run one, like trying to run a high mount in a vitara, or a body lift (although they can be modified for this)

from experience, it is possible to modify an ARB bar to meet another requirement and still generally have a better outcome than if you'd started from scratch.

Steve.

Post by **Guy** » Thu May 31, 2007 8:51 am

What is the weight of an ARB bar compared to a Tube bar ?

BTW polar bear .. that bar looks sweet.

Post by **grimbo** » Thu May 31, 2007 9:12 am

Very nice job there but I still think it looks jjust like the ARB one

Also remember the ARB one has been made so that it is legal in any state meets all safety rules and is insurable, whilst a one off custom one isn't necessarily any of those things.

As Steve and CJ have said the ARB one is the one to get

Post by cj » Thu May 31, 2007 12:01 pm

Gwagensteve wrote:and to add to that cj, the onl reason to NOT run an ARB bar would be if you had an application that you couldn't run one, like trying to run a high mount in a vitara

Steve.

As we are about to do

Try_Me, I sold my ARB bar after deciding that for the effort to put it on (properly) a widetrack Vit with a highmount that a custom bar was a better option but it won't be a 5 minute job to make.... will it Steve

Post by **Gwagensteve** » Thu May 31, 2007 12:14 pm

Thought you'd nibble at that

Post by cj » Thu May 31, 2007 12:20 pm

Gwagensteve wrote:Thought you'd nibble at that

It's regoed now

the t-case should be rebuilt next week with the new gears. I'm getting the output shafts drilled and tapped for SYE's while it's apart. Just thinking of the future

Engineer gets to set the handling baseline next week. Picked up the alloys yesterday too so it should still look bling with the swampers.

Sorry for the hijack,
CJ

Post by **Polar_Bear** » Thu May 31, 2007 1:10 pm

grimbo wrote:

Very nice job there but I still think it looks jjust like the ARB one

Also remember the ARB one has been made so that it is legal in any state meets all safety rules and is insurable, whilst a one off custom one isn't necessarily any of those things.

As Steve and CJ have said the ARB one is the one to get

yeah i had all intentions of buying an arb bar, i also liked the shrockworks one, then i found this on ebay...

so set out to make one... i wouldnt like to know how much it would have cost to get someone to make it up tho...just go with the arb

Post by **suzuki boy** » Thu May 31, 2007 5:04 pm

The shrockworks(the ones from the sates?

) ones are awsome does any one have a link to there web site?

Post by **Guy** » Thu May 31, 2007 5:05 pm

suzuki boy wrote:The shrockworks(the ones from the sates? ) ones are awsome does any one have a link to there web site?

tried shrockworks.coms

Post by **atari4x4** » Thu May 31, 2007 5:10 pm

here you go, google found it straight up. http://www.shrockworks.com/

Post by **suzuki boy** » Thu May 31, 2007 5:45 pm

The sierra bull bar on there is what i want but with out the hoops!

Post by **grimbo** » Thu May 31, 2007 6:12 pm

I got mine from Eureka Offroad in Dandenong

Post by **rodw** » Thu May 31, 2007 8:42 pm

Hey Nick

My Vit came with a nice aluminium bar from BOCAR. Can't put a winch on it. Works a treat after a young guy up the other end of the street lost his car on a corner and ploughed sideways into the front of my car. No damage to the bar or my rig and the insurance company replaced the rubber overriders on the bar and polished it uplike new for me. you can have it for $800 or so and I'll buy the ARB!. It should just bolt on. TJM also sell an aluminium bar but it is similar in price to the ARB one.

Cheers Rod W up in Brissy

Post by **Try_Me** » Thu May 31, 2007 8:47 pm

post pics???

i have a rodeo bull bar here stainless thinking of cutting it down making brackets up and having it properly welded up should not cost me more than $200 with brackets think i might do that any ideas???

i also fits a winch but will see how it goes will get it reinforced or something as well

cheers nick

Post by **suzuki boy** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:55 am

grimbo wrote:I got mine from Eureka Offroad in Dandenong

How much did that set you back?

Post by **vicelore** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:06 am

suzuki boy wrote:
grimbo wrote:I got mine from Eureka Offroad in Dandenong

How much did that set you back?

was thinking the same thing i like that allot.

Post by **grimbo** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:09 am

I got it about 10 years ago and from memory it was roughly $400. The good thing was they offer a basic bar and then you could either have just the hop like I had or outer hoops as well like the ARB ones

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