ARB BAR vs TJM BAR

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

Sorry its a bit hard to tell but gives you a bit of an idea....The ARB bar is 130mm further forward.

its flatter too... better for pushing things... haha

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

I wonder if ARB paint behind the top bar black to stop glare?

[footoo Member Find all posts View Profile Close footoo]

And the TJM bar has mounts for aerials/sand flags

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

So does the ARB I'm lead to believe

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

So does the ARB I'm lead to believe

Yes, you can see them vaguely on the ARB bar in the photo, same position as on the TJM bar.

[REV Find all posts View Profile Close REV]

Went to TJM today, re the paint bubbling & coming away from the inserts around the bottom of the headlights & above the TJM T13 outback steel bar.
I had heard that they were having a lot of problems getting the paint to stick to these inserts.

Anyway TJM inform me that they aren't making these inserts anymore (my info was on the money) and are cutting the original bumpers to suit the bar.
I am booked in on Tuesday next week to have my Prado done.

Cheers
REV

[Rogerthatv2 Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Rogerthatv2]

Rev, good to see that TJM Townsville are looking after you but from my info is that TJM (as in head office and not the distributor like TJM Townsville) are still making and installing these bumper inserts however some stores are having issues finding a painter / panel shop who can paint them as per the instructions (they must not be baked, and have to be air dryer and most panel shops don't believe it, paint it and it will not stick or bubbles etc) so they have gone back to cutting the original bumper.

Are they going to repaint your inserts or cut the original bumper for you?

[REV Find all posts View Profile Close REV]

Rev, good to see that TJM Townsville are looking after you but from my info is that TJM (as in head office and not the distributor like TJM Townsville) are still making and installing these bumper inserts however some stores are having issues finding a painter / panel shop who can paint them as per the instructions (they must not be baked, and have to be air dryer and most panel shops don't believe it, paint it and it will not stick or bubbles etc) so they have gone back to cutting the original bumper.

Are they going to repaint your inserts or cut the original bumper for you?

They are going to cut an original bumper.


TJM Townsville still had my front bumper from September 2010, as they kept one bumper of every colour & mine was the only Dark Furnace 150 that they had taken the bumper off.

It looks better with a cut bumper than it did as a bumper replacement.
Will put up pictures,

Cheers
REV

[REV Find all posts View Profile Close REV]

Here are a couple of pictures, can get more if requested.

Cheers
REV

[nevh Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close nevh]

Re: ARB Bar vs TJM Bar
Pondering this decision as well, but i like the way the uprights match the angle of the grille on the TJM bar. I have heard that when the
plastic infill piece(supplied with the bar and saves cutting the bumper) is painted, TJM had a problem with the plastic of the infill leeching through the paint, maybe due to wrong paint primers being used. Anyone heard of this problem.

[REV Find all posts View Profile Close REV]

Re: ARB Bar vs TJM Bar
Pondering this decision as well, but i like the way the uprights match the angle of the grille on the TJM bar. I have heard that when the
plastic infill piece(supplied with the bar and saves cutting the bumper) is painted, TJM had a problem with the plastic of the infill leeching through the paint, maybe due to wrong paint primers being used. Anyone heard of this problem.

Yeah! look at the pictures in the post before yours. I had that problem, so TJM in Townsville cut the original bumper that they had been holding & result is what you can see above.

Cheers
REV

[Rogera Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Rogera]

Hi, We have just taken the plunge and ordered a new D4D GXL Prado (White) due to arrive early in the new year. We are keen to get a TJM T15 alloy Bullbar and were interested in the current prices for an item like this. Have searched through a lot of the threads but there is certainly a lot of information but not much current on this particular bullbar. The quote we were given by TJM was:
T15 Polished Alloy - 150 Series $2258
Colour code paint option eyebrows $110
Labour $264
Total $2632

Does this sound like a reasonable deal?
Thanks Roger

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

Wow Rogera, someone seen u coming?? Most bars r around 2k tops fitted.

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

Folks

I have had a look at numerous TJM bars and nearly all have the paint peeling off, so I think that Revs solution is the way to go, I have the ARB and haven't had any problems with the cut down bumper. Some folks have with it rubbing but they had much smaller gaps between the bar and the cut down bumper, just a matter of getting a good fitter.

See ya on the tracks, Richo.

[Chewbacca Member Find all posts View Profile Close Chewbacca]

Went and got quotes today from both tjm and arb. Tjm told me they won't cut the bumper. Just wondering if the problem with the paint flaking on the inserts is only when the bar is colour coded? I am keeping it black.
Also does the arb bar come with the underbody protection as does the tjm? Still can't decide.