Sovereign Bar Mount Recall?

[Peterpilot Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Peterpilot]

Hi Peter,
I installed my bullbar with 1coolbanana's help in my dad's carport. I used cambuckle tie down straps to suspend the bullbar off the carport beams. It will be quite easy to do yourself. Let me know if you need the use of the carport

Thanks for the offer but now that you mention it, my dad also has a carport I can use

[fourbyphil Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close fourbyphil]

Actually, that grey sticker should not be placed inside the drivers door, it should be installed behind the bullbar between the LHS chassis mount and winch aperture, according to the installation instructions "Installation time : Approx.

I bought one of those stickers today, part number PZQ296014CL PRADO BULLBAR RECALL DECAL, list price $3.52. Unfortunately they will only sell you one if you also buy part number PZQ96016ZBF MTG BRKT PRADO ALLOY for $311.30.

I didn't get charged for the sticker, maybe because they put it in the wrong place....
Cheers
Phil

[Zapper Member Find all posts View Profile Close Zapper]

Just got the mounts done , complete with scratches to right guard and miss alignment...not too happy. I have about 24 mm at the passenger side and 14 mm driver side. I have rebooked it for another try next week after they failed to get it right after two hours.

Would like to try it myself but lost my copy of instructions to Bullbar. Can someone steer me in the right direction at trying to aligning it myself? Tried the search but failed or should I leave it be?

[Zapper Member Find all posts View Profile Close Zapper]

found instructions on the net....took all of 20minutes to get it back down to 15mm....now found out that it also needs sideways adjustment. Passenger side needs to move out by 7mm.

To the ones that have install these bullbars am I right to loosen the bracket rear bolts for sideways adjustment. I am very close to getting this right I don't want to stuff it up now.

[Zapper Member Find all posts View Profile Close Zapper]

Worked out side shift adjustment ....here is where I got angry , I had zero adjustment because the idiots have stuff up with the brackets. They have put the left bracket on the right side and the right bracket on the left side. Please can some one comfirm my findings. Where there is the three nuts on the bracket on the right side.Is the id plate on the motor side or facing the bullbar???
This id plate is stopping the side shift. Looking at the id it has a R which is on the left side and the L is on the right side of the Bullbar.

Thanks Zapper

[Zapper Member Find all posts View Profile Close Zapper]

Here's another photo from underneath the front left mount. The bracket at the bottom of the photo just left of centre near the recovery point is new.

After scanning this thread I see that mine is installed like maccamob. I am now confussed. Why whould you put an id plate right in the way of stopping an adjustment. I am still thinking they have got these brackets ass about.

Is any one out there can help me?

[bigzoo Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close bigzoo]

I had my bracket recall done 2-3 weeks ago, in addition had the winch cradle fitted. First collection sovereign bar was displaced to the left 5-10mm, had it rebooked to rectify the misalignment. My id plates face outward ie toward the bull bar, right on the right side. The base of the bracket plates have clearly been 'thumped' with a hefty hammer, at a guess I'd say they loosened the bolts gave the plates a good wack...alignment complete.

[Zapper Member Find all posts View Profile Close Zapper]

I had my bracket recall done 2-3 weeks ago, in addition had the winch cradle fitted. First collection sovereign bar was displaced to the left 5-10mm, had it rebooked to rectify the misalignment. My id plates face outward ie toward the bull bar, right on the right side. The base of the bracket plates have clearly been 'thumped' with a hefty hammer, at a guess I'd say they loosened the bolts gave the plates a good wack...alignment complete.

Thanks bigzoo, my bad, looks like they have mounted the brackets the right way. Did they remove the id plate on one side ,cause it is stopping the side movement or did the plate go slightly over it?

Edit .. When you say right on right side , are you looking at the Bullbar i.e right = passenger side

[mypradogrande Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close mypradogrande]

Took my Prado into the Morley Galleria Toyota(WA) yesterday for Bullbar Mount Recall, they checked it out and contacted me to confirm the mounts needed changing. They had to get the parts in but had it all done by 5pm. They did a really good job I was impressed, no cut wires, All my lights working including spotties and the bar was aligned spot on. I did take pictures prior just to cover myself if I wasn't happy but yeah no problems for me. I guess they would have done that many now they could do it with their eyes closed!

[mildew Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close mildew]

Interesting thread. I'm driving a 2005 120 series with a Sovereign bullbar since new and have never had any contact from Toyota about a recall.

[fourbyphil Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close fourbyphil]

Mildew,
You still have time, contact local dealer and go from there.
Cheers
Phil

[ozbeaker Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close ozbeaker]

Like a lot of others on this thread, even though I bought my 2005 Prado from a Toyota dealer 2nd Hand, I haven't ever received notice of a recall. I haven't had a good look at it yet, to determine if it has been modified, but I'll check it out tomorrow during daylight hours. There is no recall sticker on the vehicle, so it will be interesting to see if it has been done.

[billbo120 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close billbo120]

Had mt 06 Prado in for some minor work at toyota last week first thing they mentioned was a recall on toyota bullbars and noted that cos i
have a ARB bar it prob wont need anything done but i notice on the invoice one of the items is

"carried out BullBar bracket CSE as per Toyota ADSL . ARB bar fitted

[Philphy Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Philphy]

Just found this thread. Seem I still have the box style mount on my 03 Sovereign Bar. I bought the car around the time of the recall and year later actually had a service done at the dealership but no mention of it. Sent an email off to CEC just then and may get informed in the future.

[luckyphil Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close luckyphil]

Just had my brackets changed on the bull-bar,which i would not have known about if not for PP ,thanks guys ,every thing seems ok apart from a loose wheel liner ,were they supposed to change the wheel liners with the recall ? because mine are defiantly original