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skotup
Joined: Sat Sep 05, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 20 Location: perth
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have been doing a bit of night driving in the bush without a bull bar and driving past dead roos on the side of the road, so its about time i put a front bar on our 07 4door GV V6. Im currently running 265/65/17 tyres (30.6x10.5x17) that just rub at the front when turning (if they dont rub, they're too small lol). With the arb bar, my understanding is i can mount a winch on it plus it gives a bit better approach angle and gets rid of the flimsy plastic bumper that fouls the tyres. Allowing me to possibly go even bigger tyres  .
Problem is i want a front winch bar in this calmini style http://www.puresuzuki.com/winch_bumper1.htm but cant find any bolt on bar for the new shape gv except for the arb bar. Is there any other options except arb or custom fab?
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zukmeista
Joined: Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 1273 Location: Whangarei,N.Z.
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Pretty sure arb is your only store-bought option.
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skotup
Joined: Sat Sep 05, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 20 Location: perth
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well thats pretty gay then isnt it.
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atari4x4

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Joined: Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:30 pm Posts: 34842 Location: East Radelayed
Vehicle: SV420+SV620 Vitara's
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that calamari bar wont do much in a roo strike, skip would make a mess of the headlights... what's so gay about the arab bars? thought you'd be accustomed to gay being a jeep owner! 
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skotup
Joined: Sat Sep 05, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 20 Location: perth
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aw here we go, the jeep thing again! and how do you know i have a jeep? i must have done something to stick in your mind, something awesome i presume?
may i remind you of this little episode... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVpHpb26_lc
anyways, im a zook owner too now...
im willing to sacrifice the headlight, (usualy the front left as they jump out infront of you) for the cool looks of this style of bar.
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alien
Joined: Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:30 pm Posts: 16343 Location: Perth
Vehicle: '92 Sierra, 1.6efi, SPOA, 31s.
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parfittron
Joined: Wed May 20, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 364 Location: brisbane
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That video soundtrack = fucking gold! Funniest shit i've seen in ages
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Built4thrashing
Joined: Wed May 21, 2008 11:30 pm Posts: 4972 Location: Dandenong .Vic
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ECB, Outdoor auto, TJM, ARB and a few others sell bars to suit the new GV.
do a search on google and you will find several
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Fatzook

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Joined: Sat Oct 27, 2007 11:30 pm Posts: 14977 Location: The Hills
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Built4thrashing wrote: ECB, Outdoor auto, TJM, ARB and a few others sell bars to suit the new GV.
do a search on google and you will find several
Winch bars?
There are a few sellers out there who think an acceptable practice is to make a "bullbar" that sits infront of the OEM plastic bar. This is to skirt the airbag requirements. Fucking lame! Looks lame, mounts lame, and is so half assed its beyond a joke. 
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Gwagensteve
Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 13007 Location: Melbourne
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skotup wrote: im willing to sacrifice the headlight, (usualy the front left as they jump out infront of you) for the cool looks of this style of bar.
Now that's gayer than a jeep.
"I want a bar to protect my car from roo strikes, but I don't mind doing major damage to my car so my bar looks cool."
Have another think about the decision making process you're going through there before you rule out that ARB bar. I don't know how many roo's you've hit, but I can speak from experience that if you hit a roo at speed you're not "sacrificing a headlight for looking cool" you're shitting yourself it's not going to join you in the cab.
I'd be getting the ARB bar.
Steve.
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shep
Joined: Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:30 pm Posts: 14498 Location: Here there everywhere
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Gwagensteve wrote: skotup wrote: im willing to sacrifice the headlight, (usualy the front left as they jump out infront of you) for the cool looks of this style of bar.
Now that's gayer than a jeep. "I want a bar to protect my car from roo strikes, but I don't mind doing major damage to my car so my bar looks cool." Have another think about the decision making process you're going through there before you rule out that ARB bar. I don't know how many roo's you've hit, but I can speak from experience that if you hit a roo at speed you're not "sacrificing a headlight for looking cool" you're shitting yourself it's not going to join you in the cab. I'd be getting the ARB bar. Steve.
bladdy oath. the big ones are like hitting a brick wall.
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skotup
Joined: Sat Sep 05, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 20 Location: perth
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thanx builtforthrashing, but those bars still arnt really what im after.
yes fatzook, as i said in my original post, im after a bar that replaces the plastic bumper.
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