wb350

I think it is because they apparently obscure your forward vision or something stupid like that. I reckon thats crap cos most of them are clear. My bull lamp gets in the way more than a bug deflector.

Billy

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cattlegrid

How do you know they will be banned? What does he Vehicle Inspection Manual, say about it for your state? I just saw today, on a late model Rodeo, a contoured deflector, that grips the leading edge of the bonnet. Dunno if it is a GMH accessory option. It was about 3 to 4 inches above the bonnet. By the way, Allens Tint & Signs, Qld, have 1100mm and 1250 deflectors " No Drill Holes" for around $140. They use a very strong double sided sticky.

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Bosstress

still yet to get a bug splatterer but the other day someone came to have a look at my tonner that I am selling and he was looking at my 5 poster, he told me that the new bullbar law was that u could have as many posts as u wanted just as long as the sides rounded off. anyone know anymore on this?????

cattlegrid

The only thing they seem to be targeting, is if the height obscures your vision, whether it has sharp,or ragged edges. Apparently the talk is that all corners and edges should be rounded, the face angle should be vertical, (vertical applies to a certain year and earlier) or preferably leaning back at least 15 degrees, and the larger the diameter, the safer, as it lessens the injury damage on impact. Only heard about, and have not read any rules, regs on it. Your local motor registry or Vehicle Inspector should have the correct info.

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red sled

this is a time that we as a community can get together and knock the wind out of the govts sails
its up to us if we are smart an keep our bug deflecters sensable and see through, there is no ammo to get them banned but if we have bloody great monsters covered with non transperant crap it only takes a few to get the amm banned

as for the banning of bull bars , that is a problem caused by the city cowboys who drive toorak taxi's and intimidate the little people in their 4 cyl micro machines , again the reality of life has failed to get to the buerocrats

like are they ever going to risk hitting a roo ?, sitting in their air conditioned govt limo's being choffered around the city , yeh right

i personaly have hit a 6 1/2 footer at 120 kmh with an old ford station wagon and only lost my driving lights and a slightly bent bull bar

on the same night i rescued a bloke that hit a roo with a jap ute and no bar
he was going only 90 kmh and wrote his vehicle off and had some nice scars to proove it
we all know that these bars are not for show , so we need to make our polititions realise the facts get any photo's of a car after a roo / cow hit both with and without

as for the rules re bars the powers that be want bull bars BANNED full stop not just the city bars but ALL bars so its up to us ALL OF US to get the pollies on our side

cattlegrid

Funny thing is, some pollies have properties, and vehicles with bullbars, so they're not actually for, or against, bullbars. The main wowser is Harold Scruby, who is totally anti bullbar. he is associated with the Pedestrian Council. These people are organised, and lobby the governments continuously. Next, Harold will probly tell you your lights are bigger than his. The latest RMW Outback magazine, inthe ute section, has an article, describing one of the bullbars as " would'nt look out of place in a Mad Max movie". Bloody hell, that sort of statement is'nt going to help us at all, hey?

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red sled

i built a heap of vehicles for mad max movies thats a bloody insult
WHO DO I KILL

RMW would roll in his grave BLOODY CHEEK let me get my hands on the BASTARD that wrote that

i have prooved that a good designed bull bar will destroy itself on impact
this takes all the load away from the vehicle and results in no personal damage due to vehicles splitting in half or simular damage

also while on THAT subject .... if you hit something with a badly built bullbar and it increases the damage to you vehicle IE: bends a chassis will your insurance pay up ???? bet not !

the lesson for today know your bull bars design and make sure its a good quality bar that wont do damage to your car / ute / truck

cattlegrid