Hi all,
This is my first post here, excited to be doing so!
At the start of the year I acquired a nice 1996 turbo diesel import prado, it's been left entirely stock by the previous owner. I've been working through a list of of fixes and improvements and I've reached the point where the next thing is getting a bullbar on the front. I like the look of the ARB ones and upon investigating what would be suitable for my car I was informed by the ARB rep that one doesn't exist for my car as it's too old of a model with airbags, and they didn't start making airbag compatible one for the prado prior to 2000.
At the moment a possible option would be to buy an airbag compatible model that would be for a later year and then fit it myself. I've gotten the fitting guides for both and they're essentially the same but there's no details regarding the dimensions of the chassis which could affect the fitting. Has anyone possibly tried this or know whether or not the dimensions of the chassis are the same? If anyone here does have a 2000 or 2001 prado with airbags and flares, and you've got an ARB bullbar, any dimensions you could provide relevant to the bullbar would also be helpful.
Thanks in advance for the help.
This is my first post here, excited to be doing so!
At the start of the year I acquired a nice 1996 turbo diesel import prado, it's been left entirely stock by the previous owner. I've been working through a list of of fixes and improvements and I've reached the point where the next thing is getting a bullbar on the front. I like the look of the ARB ones and upon investigating what would be suitable for my car I was informed by the ARB rep that one doesn't exist for my car as it's too old of a model with airbags, and they didn't start making airbag compatible one for the prado prior to 2000.
At the moment a possible option would be to buy an airbag compatible model that would be for a later year and then fit it myself. I've gotten the fitting guides for both and they're essentially the same but there's no details regarding the dimensions of the chassis which could affect the fitting. Has anyone possibly tried this or know whether or not the dimensions of the chassis are the same? If anyone here does have a 2000 or 2001 prado with airbags and flares, and you've got an ARB bullbar, any dimensions you could provide relevant to the bullbar would also be helpful.
Thanks in advance for the help.