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That is... a Freedom Automotive Technologies comp bar...
Stuart from .FA.T. makes these in Bright, Vic.
It has greatly improved aproach and clearence angles, has far better protection of the radiator and hoses and I now can mount the high mount winch.
The new bar is 5-10kg lighter but much stronger
Before I had an ARB bar which was nice but didn't offer very good protection.
Last edited by GUJohnno on Tue May 10, 2005 6:04 pm, edited 1 time in total.
My club
www.vfwdc.com My store
Everything 4WD
86 Camms Road Cranbourne
www.everything4wd.com.au
sales@everything4wd.com.au
Phone: 03 59955055
Stuart does some nice work. His welding is some of the best I've seen and he was very good to deal with. This bar is a prototype. As the series III Patrols have different cross members. The next ones will come out just outside of the flares.
I am trying to get a decent front bar for the XL-7, however it has dual front airbags and the only compliant bars are alloy and none are winch compatable. The recovery points also look a little suspicious to me.
All i want is a simple bar to improve the approach angle, give me some protection to the front in the case of animal strike or accidental roadside gardening, and somewhere to fir the winch down the track.
Goes without saying that I need to mount some lights, a decent set of recovery hooks and somewhere to use the highlift jack.
I really like to the look of the tube bars over the ARB style. And I need a rear bar with swing away carrier for the spare and some jerries, highlift, aerial and work lights.
Insurance says that theres no requirement to keep them activated.
Many people have de-activated because of fears of injury. Many people have been killed from airbags going off. Airbags also cost insurance companies many $$$.
It was uncertain to how the airbags would go with the 2" body lift so I had them disabled to be sure.
The battery needs to be disconected for half an hour before the fuse is pulled out. Or else it may go off.
My club
www.vfwdc.com My store
Everything 4WD
86 Camms Road Cranbourne
www.everything4wd.com.au
sales@everything4wd.com.au
Phone: 03 59955055
GUJohnno wrote:Insurance says that theres no requirement to keep them activated. Many people have de-activated because of fears of injury. Many people have been killed from airbags going off. Airbags also cost insurance companies many $$$.
It was uncertain to how the airbags would go with the 2" body lift so I had them disabled to be sure.
The battery needs to be disconected for half an hour before the fuse is pulled out. Or else it may go off.
Just thinking of pulling the fuse and them going off.
May have helped that largely in Aus airbags are an option. If the same car in a different trim version came without em them you don't need em.
If they came out as standard on all vehicles then you might have probs because they are needed to pass crash safety stuff.
however i too am worried about the fwd facing top hoop. I was under the impression when i made my bar that this is illegal. and besides why put it so far fwd.
other than the top bar, i love the look of it, and looks good
Just thinking of pulling the fuse and them going off.
