A-Bar for Defender

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I want to buy an A-bar for my left-hand drive Landrover Defender Td5 County Station Wagon 110 (year 2005) but first, am slightly confused about the “for vehicle without air-conditioning / with air-conditioning” distinction.

My vehicle has air con, but there’s nothing protuding in the area of the grill, nothing to suggest –from the photos I’ve seen of various products- that the “without air con” version of an A-bar wouldn’t fit my vehicle. Thus I’m slightly puzzled.

I want the bar for a practical reason: to protect the front of the vehicle, the radiator, in case of impact; I’m not looking for a bar for reasons to do with “style”, in other words.

Could anyone recommend any specific model of A-bar? E.g. the one from Simmonites, or Rebel 4x4 etc? I don’t want to spend a lot. Would black nylon-coated probably be OK, rather than stainless steel? (Anyway, I want a black not metallic finish.)
 
i agree. by approx 1-1.25". you have some additional metal panel behind the plastic grill which houses the air con fan i think. I know this because i recently had to cut back/modify my ARB bumper due to it being an Aircon version. I moved it back around 2.5".

Anyway, go for an Abar for aircon, they are all much of a muchness.

G
 
the extra inch of space you get when you fit the air con version is very useful as many of the bigger spots sit back quite a long way due to the size of the reflectors and it's not unknown for you not to be able to fit some spots to a non air con bar due to them hitting the grill
 
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