Bull bars ?

New to the forum and defenders so looking for some advice please.I was thinking of adding a couple of fog lights and mountingbar/bull bar as I have seen plenty on the road and like the look of them however I thought they were illegal? Any advice/info welcomed.Thanx.Steve

The smaller light bar type ones and plastic ones are legal, basically if you can buy it from somewhere like Craddocks or Paddock Spares it is almost certainly legal to fit to a Defender.

Thanks for the info ,was looking at Craddocks earlier .

From 25th May 2007 for motor vehicles categorised as M1 (a passenger carrying vehicle not exceeding 3.5 tonnes and not more than 8 passengers) or N1 (a goods vehicle not exceeding 3.5 tonnes) it will only be legal to manufacturer and sell bull bars that comply with EU Directive 2005/66/EC.#

It will be illegal to manufacture and sell bull bars that do not conform to this legislation punishable by a maximum penalty, to be imposed within the UK, of 12 months imprisonment and/or a fine of £20,000.#

Operators of vehicles already fitted with these devices will not be affected


Basically there is nothing that says you can't fit a bull bar that was manufactured before the legislation was introduced. Might need to look into more detail to see if that is true for post 2007 vehicles.