I'd go bash plates first . I got ironman Held up well with the abuse .mine doesn't. Marry up to bulbar couple tex screws fix that but my bull bars of an early model d21 on d22 06 model
Yeah, thinking of protection first then bullbar later when I got more dollars... Been offroad a few times now, just very easy-moderate tracks and I'm worried something's gonna flick up or knock a high spot and do some damage.