Hi all,
So I have an 80 here with an OEM winch, and I managed to find a bull bar that looks exactly like what I wanted (I wanted to preserve the OEM look, so did not want to replace the bumper). But I'm in a bit of a conundrum on how to mount it. Looking at the mounts on the bar, the bottom bracket seems to align with the under-body frame mounts (where the extraction hooks go), so that's fine. But looking at the structure of the bar, I think it needs a mount on _top_ as well, but where do I attach that? Looking at the bumper, there is a sort of mount point for the bumper itself - but it does not align at all (bull bar's mount points are about 65cm apart, the bumper's screw mounts are like 85cm, so way too wide). Am I missing a bracket for the bull bar? Do I need to concoct something? Or am I missing something obvious?
Appreciate any help!
So I have an 80 here with an OEM winch, and I managed to find a bull bar that looks exactly like what I wanted (I wanted to preserve the OEM look, so did not want to replace the bumper). But I'm in a bit of a conundrum on how to mount it. Looking at the mounts on the bar, the bottom bracket seems to align with the under-body frame mounts (where the extraction hooks go), so that's fine. But looking at the structure of the bar, I think it needs a mount on _top_ as well, but where do I attach that? Looking at the bumper, there is a sort of mount point for the bumper itself - but it does not align at all (bull bar's mount points are about 65cm apart, the bumper's screw mounts are like 85cm, so way too wide). Am I missing a bracket for the bull bar? Do I need to concoct something? Or am I missing something obvious?
Appreciate any help!