150 facelift MY14 bullbar picture gallery

[fido666 Banned Find all posts View Profile Close fido666]

Got Totally4x4 to fit the new Ironman. Here's some pics, more to come.

In pic #4 of post#79 is there a gap I can see between the side wing plate and the center bash plate?

[Symo Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Symo]

2 weeks old and rusty - Hmmm


If you stay away from products with bad reports you'd never fit any accessories or for that matter buy a Prado? Just read through here and everything gets a bagging eventually, more about personal preference and bias than fact though.

Exactly. I sprayed rust converter on suspension and chassis parts on all my brand new cars including the prado. Surface rust is not worry even to a bullbar its just part of using steel as a material. The second you nick a steel bar it's going to produce surface rust. But truth is the bar will be just as good 20 years from now despite looking old from the surface rust.

Quick sand blast and recoat and you could sell it brand new for another 20 years use.

I suppose our brakes are all dodgy too on all cars sunset the 'rust' in the rain. Until you hit the brakes and its magically gone.


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[dugite57 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close dugite57]

In pic #4 of post#79 is there a gap I can see between the side wing plate and the center bash plate?

It's where you access the tie down points, took this pic for some detail and scale;

[Fred63 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Fred63]

Here are some.
MY14 GXL with TJM T13

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

Nice Fred, I notice you got the TJM recovery points as well...

[Fred63 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Fred63]

thanks

I have had the recovery points on for a while now. (road safe)

[Droo75 Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Droo75]

Here are some.
MY14 GXL with TJM T13
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Fred - looking at the same bar for my white GXL. What made you decide to go black instead of colour coded? I still cant decide.

[Fred63 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Fred63]

In the end it is personal preference.
For me it really was a hard decision as the cost was not a factor as family business is a panel shop.
I was thinking white colour matched bar.
Not colour coded.
There is a difference there.
White is not as bad as some colours, I fact you would not notice the difference with white if the paint is mixed to the formula.
In the end it was down to where I wanted to be as far as looks.
For me the black bar with the black / chrome grill works.
Dark window tint to come.
Wheels will probably get painted the same colour as the new 2015 altitude (black)
Seen one the other day with the black wheels and I liked the look.

I am very pleased with the look so far.

Paint overpower coat I have my own opinion there. posted on another thread

I have only ever seen one other MY14 Prado white in real life with the same bar in black and that sold me.

Which ever way you go enjoy the new look


Fred

[gavinvbrf9 Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close gavinvbrf9]

Genuine Bullbar, looks good if you keep it shiney.

I know it does not look as offroad as the ARB/TJM but you do not know it is attached, and fuel economy does not suffer.

So 50% protection (compared to steel bar) with no loss of ride/handling/fuel economy. My two cents worth

[Hutch Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close Hutch]

That's open to opinion, shiny or not it is still just aluminium wouldn't protect much.

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

nope

[kenny5000 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close kenny5000]

Looking good. Pretty much the same as mine!!

[rags Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close rags]

I been looking at 150s lately with some fitted with Toyota bar. To swap this to an ARB or similar bar is there sufficient bumper left to do the cut out required to fit an ARB bar ?

[Nik83 Member Find all posts View Profile Close Nik83]

I understand that Ironman's past quality may be questionable, has the new gear gained traction on the quality front?

I can't decide between the ironman deluxe or the tjm t13, but I'm thinking the ironman looks a tad better, and frankly, if I have a hard hit with a roo or wild elephant, the bar is a write-off anyway... decisions, decisions I want the full bullbar+winch/brush/slider set up.