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KraftyPg
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Ummm I guess this is a round about way of introducing yourself so welcome. You get either on a D40 and you'll also get different schools of thought as to which is better, there is quite a number of threads here about both sorts so you should find more info in the D40 section
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Dave
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What do you wanna do ?
Attach a winch, many kangeroo's in your area ?
Steel is stronger but not shiny.
Dave.
Attach a winch, many kangeroo's in your area ?
Steel is stronger but not shiny.
Dave.
If you just want to mount lights, go the alloy - it's lighter, but offers very little frontal protection and it's difficult to mount winches. You may get away with a low-speed roo hit but anything over 70km/h or so will probably decimate the bar.
A steel bar is heavy - perhaps enough to warrant an upgrade of your front springs, too - but versatile, allowing you to not only put driving lights, but a winch as well. It should cope with roo hits well, and that's why we had one fitted to our Navara, but we've since added a winch to enable us to assist in recovery (of ourselves, or others).
As Dave says, purpose is important. There's a substantial weight difference between the two. Make sure you get them from a supplier that stamps the product as compliant - your car has air bags, and any bar fitted to it has to have passed testing in order for your air bags to work properly. If you have an incident, this may affect your own safety and your insurance too.
A steel bar is heavy - perhaps enough to warrant an upgrade of your front springs, too - but versatile, allowing you to not only put driving lights, but a winch as well. It should cope with roo hits well, and that's why we had one fitted to our Navara, but we've since added a winch to enable us to assist in recovery (of ourselves, or others).
As Dave says, purpose is important. There's a substantial weight difference between the two. Make sure you get them from a supplier that stamps the product as compliant - your car has air bags, and any bar fitted to it has to have passed testing in order for your air bags to work properly. If you have an incident, this may affect your own safety and your insurance too.
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KraftyPg
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It's a D40 of course he wants shiny, owning a d40 is all about looking good to the hairdressing community not about how much force you can put on your bar. If you need to winch them out of the seat after a perm then you're in trouble.
