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arb bullbar
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:16 am
by vitara guy
hey is it possible for someone to post up some pics of how the arb bullbar is mounted to a swb vitara
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:29 am
by dxkrazed
Check out my thread.
http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/sutra1589978.php#1589978
Guys on here say they don't even make one, but I was told by the guys at ARB that they do.
Image below is what the bullbar looks like on a vit
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:43 am
by spamwell
no they are saying they don't make one for the 2.0 update model vitara
they definitely make one for the 1.6 models as stated the 2.0 has a different chassis.
sam
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 7:49 am
by atari4x4
I own a 2.0L 4cyl Vitara & I have looked into modifying a LWB ARB bullbar to fit, they will NOT bolt on!!!
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:03 pm
by Toecutta
LWB has a different front chassis rail and lower rad support
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:32 pm
by atari4x4
Toecutta wrote:LWB has a different front chassis rail and lower rad support
which is very similar to the J20a SWB, it's a fair bit narrower but it's a lot closer than the 1.6 SWB's
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:53 pm
by joeblow
well..........i have a 2.0litre v6 chassis in the backyard, all i need is someone with pics of a 2.0litre four pot shorty with its bumper off to compare. if they look very similar i might get around to making an adaptor cradle for the 1.6 bar.
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:21 pm
by Gwagensteve
For crying out loud dxkrazed - some of "the guys on here who say they don't even make one" fawking work for ARB in Kilsyth, where they make the fawking bullbars. Trust me, they know what they make in their own factory.
1.6 carby, 1.6 efi and 2.0 vitara use RADICALLY different chassis. ARB do bars for 1.6 efi and 1.6 carby vitaras. They do not do bars for 2.0 litre vitaras.
vitara guy - they mount differently depending on whether you have an EFI or carby vitara.
Steve.
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:47 pm
by suzukiboy
Mines a 1.6 EFI SWB
Trying to find some pics of the mount points I took.
There is a difference in the 1.6 models, the front bar on mine is a tube and on others it is a flat bar.
With out bumper
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:19 pm
by joeblow
suzukiboy, if its a round front bar than i would put my money on the swb 1.6 bar fitting even though yours is efi. the flat cross member is more of a late model thing which i'm trying to suss out.
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:55 pm
by cj
Gwagensteve wrote:
For crying out loud dxkrazed - some of "the guys on here who say they don't even make one" fawking work for ARB in Kilsyth, where they make the fawking bullbars. Trust me, they know what they make in their own factory.
1.6 carby, 1.6 efi and 2.0 vitara use RADICALLY different chassis. ARB do bars for 1.6 efi and 1.6 carby vitaras. They do not do bars for 2.0 litre vitaras.
vitara guy - they mount differently depending on whether you have an EFI or carby vitara.
Steve.
......and then some
I've had all 4 variations of the Vit, swb 1.6 carby, 1.6 efi lwb, 2.0 V6 lwb and 2.0 swb. The ARB 1.6 swb bar can be adapted to other variants but fabbing is required. It is a good bar though that can handle the abuse.
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 7:48 pm
by MUD-PIGSIERRA
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:08 pm
by atari4x4
joeblow wrote:well..........i have a 2.0litre v6 chassis in the backyard, all i need is someone with pics of a 2.0litre four pot shorty with its bumper off to compare. if they look very similar i might get around to making an adaptor cradle for the 1.6 bar.
Hey Joe, i'd be up for one of those! how hard would it be to make one to suit a 3" body lift?
do you accept ca$h?
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:10 am
by atari4x4
did you actually read anything that was posted in your thread? this was the first reply........
joeblow wrote:ARB don't make a bar for the 2 litre swb, it has a different front chassis.
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 3:13 pm
by joeblow
hey atari..thanks for the pic
..........it looks exactly the same as the v6 chassis in the backyard. if you could pm me say the outside to outside chassis measurement i'll get on the case as currently my v6 has an alloy bar which i'm pissing off for an arb number. i'll get a couple made, i'll try the lwb and you can try the shorty version.
Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 6:23 pm
by atari4x4
joeblow wrote:hey atari..thanks for the pic
..........it looks exactly the same as the v6 chassis in the backyard. if you could pm me say the outside to outside chassis measurement i'll get on the case as currently my v6 has an alloy bar which i'm pissing off for an arb number. i'll get a couple made, i'll try the lwb and you can try the shorty version.
Hey Joe, I think I got those chassis measurement you were looking for. 847mm outside & 757mm inside..... I'd double check to see if they are the same as the v6 & to see if I can measure properly, it was late at night.
Are there plans for it to suit a 2" body lift?
