Steel vs alloy

[Clunk]

Parksey, reckon this could be a question for the likes of ARB & Ironman

[Parksy]

Thanks all for your posts. A few mixed responses but everyone generally swear by the steel bars it seems.

Clunk, not a bad idea. They would probably have done extensive testing on their range.

[megatexture]

Thanks all for your posts. A few mixed responses but everyone generally swear by the steel bars it seems.

Clunk, not a bad idea. They would probably have done extensive testing on their range.

The only problem is you have to put up with a turd bolted to your car lol

[Family4x4]

I have a GQ with a steel bar I have hit several roos of different sizes at varying speeds and have had no damage. I cant say the same for the roos.

[taslucas]

My gq came with an alloy bar fitted and I believed it was probably stock from factory. One night I snapped a small spar off (about 250mm diameter) and the alloy bar, while being pretty mashed, held up ok I thought. The only damage other than the bar was a dent where the aerial bracket had hit the bonnet. When I removed the alloy bar I saw that the chassis rail openings had been damaged but it was not possible that it was from my hit (because of where the alloy bar mounted). So the chassis rail damage was done prior to my alloy bar. Not sure if it was from an alloy or steel but one thing is for sure that it would have to be a massive hit to damage the chassis rails and if you hit something that hard with an alloy bar you'd probably wreck the entire front of your vehicle....
My opinion is that steel is far better for the type of driving I do.

[threedogs]

What damage was done to the chassis?????? The topic isn't about what bar is stronger, it's about what bar will cause the most/least damage to your chassis in an accident

way too many IFs?? what speed ,what angle.
straight on will been entirely different to a shot from 45 degrees
and then you have a rear prang, you would need to see the destruction tests.
TBH I think they only test the bar not the attachment point,
EG an early GQ that's spent it life in salty water would not stand up to any test, like I said too many ifs