Bullbar

I emailed that company earlier Gary - the EU regs mean that they can't sell them anymore! So its gonna be a case of getting one made. Totally agree that our trucks are overlooked when it comes to making them suitable to the work they're capable of.

As for my lights - I'm a bit of a geek :blush: when i comes to them -

www.emergencyequipmentshop.co.uk/minixtr...ga-bright-p-485.html - Pricey but worth their weight in gold

Why stick to just amber when you can have dual?! :laugh: My truck has -
blue/ amber flashers
wig wag headlight flashers
siren
variety of visor signs

Why you may ask? Well....... my previous job allowed me to use these as it was a big private estate and I often used my vehicle for works use - Security, escorting of E.V's to R.V.Ps when called out, etc, and now as I work at the local college teaching countryside management and estate management - it forms a very useful prop, when showing students the various options to modify vehicles when it comes being a ranger, etc and the regs regarding them.

Everybodys amazed that the fuzz haven't pulled me for it, but how they're wired in prevents (usually mates) from activating them - Hidden switches Plus a little understanding of the regs goes a long way when fitting them.

Once my big house move has taken place - i'll upload a few vids showing the mods, but wiring the lights in along with the sockets for my twin mag flasher was childs play, plus i think i've done a fairly tidy job.

But the next set of light mods will have to wait until the bumper situation is sorted! Work collegue thinks that butchering a new stainless steel a bar will cost more than butchering a SJ bull bar, so the plan is to trawl the scrappys and hope for the best and in the mean time, once located back in stoke - find a friendly fabricator who's willing to build what i'm after using the SJ bullbar as a starting point

I will make you barI or barII in steel for 140

ooky_123 wrote:

Hi, after smashing the front bumper on the Jimny fording some pretty frozen streams over Salisbury Plain this winter, I am also getting a new Bar fabricated.

My Plan is to get a single bar to sit infront of the standard bumper, but to give frontal protection across the full width of the front bumper (slash cut at the ends). I also want to beable to mount a front bash Plate to it that wraps under the bumper to the lower front mounting points, and to offer a full height "A" assembly that leans slightly forward to give better protection to any spot lights mounted on it.

I have been quoted around £300 from initial conversations with some fabricators, but If I can buy a Landover one for £260 and modify it to fit ..

I was looking for something like this .. scalled down to Jimny size
www.firstfour.co.uk/p0/discovery-i/227977.htm

I will knock that out for a Jimny for £160 unpainted.

Where abouts are you located Brian? - I'm in Wiltshire till the end of the month then relocating back to Stoke (moving in the olds to stash some cash) but will be up and down to Wiltshire on a regular basis. Local to either would be a bobby dazzler, but i'm quite happy to travel to collect

Nelson83 wrote:

Where abouts are you located Brian? - I'm in Wiltshire till the end of the month then relocating back to Stoke (moving in the olds to stash some cash) but will be up and down to Wiltshire on a regular basis. Local to either would be a bobby dazzler, but i'm quite happy to travel to collect

I am 250 mile north of stoke mate. Stirlingshire Central Scotland.
So would need to be Parcel Force or TNT ect

Not too big of a problem. I'll be after one towards the end of next month all being well. Will give you a heads up nearer the day. What about payment? Paypal, cheque, etc?

What bar do you want mate?
Will sort payment with you when you are ready mate

It would be the second type - central A bar with the extra pieces that go round the foggys. I'll primer and paint it, thats not a problem and as my truck is black - a nice black bull bar will look the K9s.

Nelson83 wrote:

It would be the second type - central A bar with the extra pieces that go round the foggys. I'll primer and paint it, thats not a problem and as my truck is black - a nice black bull bar will look the K9s.

No bother I will make that up in the next couple of weeks, then post a pic for you to check it's what your after.

I take it your Jimny has no body lift fitted.

Nope its totally standard suspension and body wise - haven't started on that yet. Next after the bar will be a snorkel and a couple more led flashers for the rear window and then the lifting will occur - but it wont be before 2011, gotta save the magic beans first!

Forgot to add Brian - i dont fancy cutting the front off my truck, so a bolt bar would be ideal if you could manage that. Judging by the workmanship in your truck - i doubt i'll be unhappy