ARB winch bar

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ARB Bar brace

here are some pics of the RHS brace.

i just gusseted the back side and welded some round bar to the front side. there isn't much more room as the mounting bolts get a bit close. i just haven't gotten around to taking the bent ones off and fitting these.

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it seems i can only post 4 pics at a time for now.






i also ran a bead of weld down the inside as well, as this was a weak spot and if it had been welded up, may not have bent in the 1st place.

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Good call on the bracing. Dad mentioned we should do this when were painting mine, if I have any problems with mine, I will remove them and do the same.

Cheers,

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Thanks for posting up the pictures of the bracing - might have to look at modifying mine before I fit them. Having said that, I might wait until after everything is fitted first so that I don't void the warranty before knowing it all fits together OK. I wonder if I could fit my existing recovery points outside of these or make up some other 12mm steel plate to go beside the ARB ones?

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this is what mine looks like ATM.

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and a couple more

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this may be another option to gusset.

triangles would be 5mm plate gusset.

arrows are where the weld on the under sides have broken.

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Some great pictures making it very clear, thanks. I now realise that I can't fit my original recovery points next to the ARB brace due to the piece at the side that needs bracing.

Like I said, I'm reluctant to do anything until I know it's all good due to the warranty issue.

Looking at the assembly instructions, the rear most mount for the side brace uses a captive nut on a plate that you break off once fitted. If you remove the side brace do you have to get a new captive nut and plate to refit it?

I guess the other option may be to weld extra braces in situ rather than remove it?

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I have organised a bar now, cant wait. Probably for next week.
What he quoted me seemed very high, $2450 RRP but he would do it for $2200.
Still it sounded very high.
After a ring around his discounted price is about $200 more than anybody elses RRP.

Anyway, miraculously, the price has dropped by $300

Now its $1900 fitted!

Got to be happy with that

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I have organised a bar now, cant wait. Probably for next week.
What he quoted me seemed very high, $2450 RRP but he would do it for $2200.
Still it sounded very high.
After a ring around his discounted price is about $200 more than anybody elses RRP.

Anyway, miraculously, the price has dropped by $300

Now its $1900 fitted!

Got to be happy with that

That sounds pretty good, I'm picking my winch bar up tomorrow for $1550 (including fog lights). They wanted an extra $250 to fit making $1800. I am paying cash though.

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I have organised a bar now, cant wait. Probably for next week.
What he quoted me seemed very high, $2450 RRP but he would do it for $2200.
Still it sounded very high.
After a ring around his discounted price is about $200 more than anybody elses RRP.

Anyway, miraculously, the price has dropped by $300
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Now its $1900 fitted!

Got to be happy with that

Nice work. Mine cost me $2200 colour coded and I had to fit myself. You can use the money saved for a set of lights for your new bar.

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That sounds pretty good, I'm picking my winch bar up tomorrow for $1550 (including fog lights). They wanted an extra $250 to fit making $1800. I am paying cash though.

Good score.
$250 is really cheap for fitting, cheapest I was quoted was $350 to fit.

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Good score.
$250 is really cheap for fitting, cheapest I was quoted was $350 to fit.

I was pretty happy with the price for the bar but didn't want to pay for fitting, I'd rather spend the extra $250 on something else - actually I have (TJM Bash Plate and a Sand Flag).

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I was pretty happy with the price for the bar but didn't want to pay for fitting, I'd rather spend the extra $250 on something else - actually I have (TJM Bash Plate and a Sand Flag).

I didnt want to pay for fitting either but its too big a job for me single handed :-(

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I didnt want to pay for fitting either but its too big a job for me single handed :-(

From what I understand (and reading the instructions) the only thing that needs two people is actually lifting the bar into place once the brackets are fitted. I plan to fit on my own and just call someone in to help with the lift. Having said that I have access to both an overhead hoist and a forklift so I may try one of those first.

Just picked up the bar and found out they would have charged $270 to fit (not $250) - not sure if they would have charged extra to fit the fog lights. List price for fitting fog lights is $45 so $300 is probably about right. I plan on taking half a day off work in the morning to fit - photo's to come.