Drewboyaus
18th December 2012, 10:22 PM
Hi Guys,
I was speaking to one of the blokes at OL in Nth Melbourne a while ago about winch bars.
I currently have the factory fitted steel bar (made by ARB) fitted to my GQ.
As I'm looking to mount a winch in the front sometime in the foreseeable future, I was asking about my options because the cost of a new winch bar was over the top for a 10 Grand truck.
He mentioned a bloke out Lilydale way (VIC) who mods the Nissan bars to allow the fitting of a winch.
Does anyone know about this?
He mentioned there were roadworthy implications because the bar wasn't originally built for a winch. By my observation though, the Nissan winch bar looks exactly the same, just with laser cut sections for winch access and some plate welded into the front section for reinforcement.
Any thoughts on the roadworthy issue?
It should I just bite the bullet and buy a winch bar (not a fan of the tube bars as I'm building a touring type rig)? Though the ARB ones must be made of Kriptonyte I do like the look of them and they are a strong bar.
Thoughts?
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I was speaking to one of the blokes at OL in Nth Melbourne a while ago about winch bars.
I currently have the factory fitted steel bar (made by ARB) fitted to my GQ.
As I'm looking to mount a winch in the front sometime in the foreseeable future, I was asking about my options because the cost of a new winch bar was over the top for a 10 Grand truck.
He mentioned a bloke out Lilydale way (VIC) who mods the Nissan bars to allow the fitting of a winch.
Does anyone know about this?
He mentioned there were roadworthy implications because the bar wasn't originally built for a winch. By my observation though, the Nissan winch bar looks exactly the same, just with laser cut sections for winch access and some plate welded into the front section for reinforcement.
Any thoughts on the roadworthy issue?
It should I just bite the bullet and buy a winch bar (not a fan of the tube bars as I'm building a touring type rig)? Though the ARB ones must be made of Kriptonyte I do like the look of them and they are a strong bar.
Thoughts?
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