With the growing demand of 4×4 offroad driving, the heavy duty bull bars have become the best choose for most of offroad fans. These bull bars not only keep you and your vehicle safety, but also protect you from the animal attacking. Meanwhile, it can make your 4×4 looks cooler and aggressive. Further more, while improving the off-road performance, it can also enhance the driving experience. However, what points will the off road enthusiasts concern about? Let me share a few point here.
Weight
Our WAAG 4X4 team make metal steel and aluminum alloy bull bar for sale. For off-road fans, it is very important to choose a bull bar(front bumper) that suits the weight of your vehicle. In my opinion, a heavy duty bull bar which is made by metal steel should be needed if going for adventure under dangerous and rugged terrain environment often. In this case, your vehicle would be protected by the strong bull bar from damage. But if you keen on the premium quality bull bar to match your SUV such as Land Cruiser series and Nissan patrol series. And you just venture onto country roads occasionally, we suggest a lightweight aluminum bull bar. It’s easy drive and make your car looks elegant. However, you should be aware of the disadvantages of aluminum alloy bar. Not enough strong, easy to deform and dents and hard to repair. Therefore, the weight of bull bar that the end user choose will depends on the different needs. I will share the specific thickness and appropriate weight of the bull bar later.
Safety
Safety must be a concern for every off-road enthusiast. Although more and more suppliers pay attention to the safety of bull bar nowadays, but there are still a small manufacturers doesn’t care about this problem or not professional enough. And some new guys who love offroad drive know limited thing about this. Hope this post will help you out before purchase bull bar. When a poorly designed bull bar is installed on a car it can be dangerous to the pedestrians and cyclists and can adversely affect the safety of the vehicle as well. A bull bar designed accordance with Australian Standard ensures the operation of critical safety features such as driver and passenger airbags are not affected. A bull bar that complies with the Australian Standard will also minimize the risk of injury in the event of a collision with another road user. Then how to choose a bull bar that meet the Australian Standard(not all bull bars have ADR certificates)?
Firstly, the bullbar must follow the profile of the vehicle it is fitted to, the bullbar can’t increase the width of your vehicle (excluding the mirrors), any sharp edges must rounded off.
Secondly, confirm the accessories of bull bar. Such as ask for a strong winch mounted for the bull bar. Ensure the winch doesn’t rip it off when put to use. Many four wheel drivers prefer steel winch cradle when it comes to winch bars as it provides peace of mind that it will have all the strength required. In order to enhance the safety factor, WAAG 4×4 provide steel winch bracket only.
Thirdly, If your vehicle has airbags you will need to make sure your bull bar has a mounting system suitable for your airbags. Safety features that rely on sensors and cameras can be adversely impacted by the wrong bull bar, so you also need to make sure it’s compatible with them.
Quality
In addition to the above two points, the quality is of concern to 4×4 user also such as painting. A good quality powder coating can against rust and rip off as it isolate the body of bullbar and air effectively. Extend the using life of bull bar. In order to completely get rip of rust, it should be putted e-coated under powder coating. The another factor that affect the quality is steel. There are two type of steel(cold rolled steel and hot rolled steel). The bull bar made of cold rolled steel is stronger and not easy to deform. However, the hot-rolled steel plate has good ductility but is easily deformed, especially not friendly to welding, making the bumper look unsightly. That’s why our WAAG 4X4 team provide cold-rolled bull bar only.
Installation
Finally, installation is also a key factor that off-road enthusiasts pay attention to. A poorly designed bull bar is not only difficult to install, but can easily damage the vehicle body, leading to a lot of claims. It’s really big headache for both seller and clients. Key factors that affect installation include the shape of bullbar if it can fits your car perfectly, are they comes with reasonably mounting bracket? Is it more user-friendly and firm? If you want to get rid of these troubles, then please do not hesitate to contact us at WAAG4X4. Our professional team will prepare a bull bar that is more suitable for you.
