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Nov 10th, 2013, 21:31 | #1 |
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Bull bars
Can you get one in the uk ?
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Nov 11th, 2013, 11:51 | #2 |
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If you can, let me know...
I've wanted bull bars on Tor for years. Just as a warning though, when discussing this topic, it does tend to generate a debate. There's obviously opposition to fitting something which is proven to increase injury in a vehicle-person collision. But that aside, if you decide to go down that route, the law is relitively strict. You can't fit a bar which was made after a certain date (I can't remember which, and actually just very recently deleted the bookmark I had to the page with all the info on, shouldn't be too hard to find though), I think around 2000. So, if you are unable to find an original Volvo 240 bar, you'd have to find a bar from another vehicle which will fit, as you aren't allowed to have something new made. This may also mean that you can't adapt an existing bar. You CAN still have 'soft' bars fitted. The type that come on the front of new 4x4s. But these are most often an inverted 'v' shape and don't have the same visual impact. I think bars were only ever put onto the 240 Polar (Italian version), which looks similar to the Torslanda. But some aftermarket ones were made for the Australian market. Unfortunately, finding an original may prove to be impossible. Which leaves attaching something not orignally designed for the 240. There are probably a load of close matches, if anyone has any further info, I'd love to hear it. Some links from here and other places: Bull-bars thread http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=136155 240 Polar thread http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=112640 Sweedespeed Polar/bull bars thread http://forums.swedespeed.com/showthr...-240-bull-bars You could always make one... like this guy... http://forums.turbobricks.com/showth...=209230&page=4 Unfortunately, he's not a brilliant welder. Good luck in your search. If you find anything, please let me know. BTW, when I was looking through the Italian ebay, I came across this... http://www.ebay.it/itm/VOLVO-140-145...item565d56c751 May be of interest to some. I'd get it myself, I love these add-ons. But I've got a few other jobs that are important to get done before I address any cosmetic issues. |
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As you can see from the above links that photo (Dutch I think) and various chat about the Polar bull bars has taken place in the past. I'd love some but I bet they're not cheap......looks like it would make changing your running lights a real pain as well.
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The first thing that came to my mind after seeing that top image was one of these:
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/vie...d=190964717250 Got to be easier to modify one of these than find something that is unobtainable! From Wiki, Range Rover width: 70" - 1778mm Volvo 240 width: 67.7" - 1720mm
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But then, doesn't it have to be specific to the vehicle? |
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Nov 15th, 2013, 14:32 | #7 |
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.....go for one of these instead.......(Hahaha!, only in Australia...)
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mad max with Roo bars lol
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there's a Defender Landrover thing around the corner from where I live.
I parked close last night, the sizes don't look too far off, so it would be a fairly easy adaptation. Does anyone know the legality though? |
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This one look good
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