winch - bullbar or no bullbar

[Swiftcarl Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Swiftcarl]

Hi all

I have a 120 v6, I really want a winch but I don't want a bull bar.

Is it a requirement to have one in order to have a winch mounted or can I mount one without a bulbar?

Thanks all

My build thus far

[Rusty62 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Rusty62]

You could build a winch cradle to fit in behind the bumper. Not sure if ADR would approve.

[AJ120 Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close AJ120]

It's fairly common, particularly overseas to fit a winch but no bullbar. As rusty mentioned you would need a winch cradle and how that would go with airbag compliance would be questionable.

I am not aware of anyone that makes one off the shelf, so you would likely be looking at a custom job.

Cheers Andrew

[AussieAndy Find all posts View Profile Close AussieAndy]

Wolf 4x4 have one listed on their website.

http://www.wolf4x4.com.au/recovery-e...ser-prado-120/

Bit expensive but I guess if that's what you want it is probably as cheap as a custom one.

Edit- And apparently it isn't released yet, but worth a call to them I guess.

[Swiftcarl Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Swiftcarl]

Thanks guys

wolf 4x4 make a couple I think. 1 for about $2k and one for $1k. quite a bit more than I was hoping to pay.

Good point about the ADR, I didn't even consider this, maybe its best just to buy a bull bar. Anyone know of any going cheap around brissy? they seem to hold their value quite well.

[snewby Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close snewby]

"Stealth" winch bar coming from Rhino4x4.
News from this mob is that a Prado version is coming out soon. (but quite expensive)
see link below.
http://www.rhino4x4.com.au/news

[topic97 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close topic97]

I have a non winch arb bar & cant be arsed selling it & getting a new one - so im thinking of going for something like this: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/TREX-4WD-...item1e78235d9c

Can be used on the rear tow hitch & I personally cant see any reason why you couldn't connect it to front recovery points via an equaliser strap & use it that way.

Best of all, you can take it out and put it in the shed for the daily commute!

Thats my idea anyway...