Hi All,
I couldn't find a thread about this, the occasional post here and there but not much substance. If anyone else has similar stories would be a good place to share.
I have a 2010 GXL with an ARB deluxe winch bar. Recently hit a 4 foot tall male roo at 110kmh and thought I'd share how these bars hold up to this kind of hit. Short answer is $5900 total damage bill (insurance luckily).
The roo's body hit at the passenger side fog light. Damage included- Smashed fog light/indicator, headlight cover smashed, headlight broken (still working but cracked and electric mechanism broken), bar twisted backwards and now angles up approx 5 degrees, bar twisted to the left by about 5 degrees, passenger front guard bowed out slightly, plastic between bar and grille broken, various bolts on underside wing guards sheared.
Bulb from lightforce XGT got dislodged but once put back in worked fine. Cover from driving light ended up 200m down road but still in tact.
Might sound like a lot but none of the engine/drive components were damaged at all, we were 220km into a 3000km trip and were able to continue.
I can upload photos of people want but the twist in the bar is hard to see and the only other photoworthy damage is the missing fog light/dent in bar.
All in all the bar saved the car. The positive to come out of this is I now get a shiny new colour coded bar.
I couldn't find a thread about this, the occasional post here and there but not much substance. If anyone else has similar stories would be a good place to share.
I have a 2010 GXL with an ARB deluxe winch bar. Recently hit a 4 foot tall male roo at 110kmh and thought I'd share how these bars hold up to this kind of hit. Short answer is $5900 total damage bill (insurance luckily).
The roo's body hit at the passenger side fog light. Damage included- Smashed fog light/indicator, headlight cover smashed, headlight broken (still working but cracked and electric mechanism broken), bar twisted backwards and now angles up approx 5 degrees, bar twisted to the left by about 5 degrees, passenger front guard bowed out slightly, plastic between bar and grille broken, various bolts on underside wing guards sheared.
Bulb from lightforce XGT got dislodged but once put back in worked fine. Cover from driving light ended up 200m down road but still in tact.
Might sound like a lot but none of the engine/drive components were damaged at all, we were 220km into a 3000km trip and were able to continue.
I can upload photos of people want but the twist in the bar is hard to see and the only other photoworthy damage is the missing fog light/dent in bar.
All in all the bar saved the car. The positive to come out of this is I now get a shiny new colour coded bar.
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