ARB Bullbars - Be Warned!

[prado2004 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close prado2004]

not even my tigerz11 cheap bullbar has done that, take it further!

[rjg1973 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close rjg1973]

Deeply concerning. I just ordered an ARB winch bar and lights for our 150.

[Dune Buggie Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Dune Buggie]

Were the lights mounted in the standard holes provided in the bullbar, its a bit worrying if they were.

[mjrandom Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close mjrandom]

Yes, just imagine, plastic would have broken out and the light dragging along the road until the wires broke! Steel is good.

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

What a load of rubbish. If the spot light was that loose it would have created wear marks on the outer edge of the washer / nut where the bull bar is. It would have also worn the paint away. One would have noticed if the light/s where that loose. What evidence has ARB provided to prove there response?

Do you have a photo of the lights in question showing the top and bottom surface areas where they come into contact with the bull bar?

[mjrandom Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close mjrandom]

Is the area still flat? Looks like it is raised which brings me back to my original question.

[cfryback Find all posts View Profile Close cfryback]

I read another post recently where a steel bar dropped its spots and the wires arked out and buggered the alternator so it's well worth adding the spots to your daily checks.

I find that hard to believe, unless the individual chose NOT to fuse the light circuit.

[baggs71 Inactive member. Find all posts View Profile Close baggs71]

Damn that is some serious fracturing????? It does look like metal fatigue
if I was ARB scout scanning these sites id be telling HQ to check it out......

But....we have all seen plastic parts chew through cast metal within the engine bay etc over time if they rub.....
So If you have a loose stee bolt and metal base of the spotty slapping back and forth for hours on end...then something like this is expected to happen but bugger me it looks bad!

In saying this and the reaction ARB had....me thinks Arb has seen this before.....

Crappy situation.....

[D4D Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close D4D]

Sure looks like a weaker design than the 120 bar...

[D4D Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close D4D]

One bar with a fault amongst the thousands on the road, I can see your logic

[Sydneydude Member Find all posts View Profile Close Sydneydude]

I never saw steel tear like this ... seems very brittle

[D4D Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close D4D]

So you don't think there is any logic in trying to get justice for a PP member because your bar is ok?

ARB get one bar wrong and that makes it ok to fob a guy off because they got loads of other bars right?

'Justice' lol go back to your possums my friend, this isn't the wild west

There's not enough info to draw any conclusions. Did the OP go to ARB Kilsyth or just to a dealer? Were the original holes enlarged for the lights?

Obviously this wouldn't happen on a smartbar...

[D4D Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close D4D]

I don't think there is any need for petty sarcasm there D4D.

Gee I better re-read your recent posts then

[D4D Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close D4D]

D4D if you don't care about other people that's up to you but please don't try to stop me.

Oh please I am just stating some basic facts. If that was my bar I'd be parked across the front door at Kilsyth until they replaced my bar.

[Heath74 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Heath74]

Hey weasel, have you run over any possums recently? There's been a few about.

Seriously I'd just keep going with ARB. You should be able to get a replacement, or at least a repair.