The real value of a bull-bar in traffic accidents?

chunkymunky said:

They are not for that though. They are to protect the front from branches, wildlife and rocks. Also spreads some of the impact away from actual point of impact. Remember discos were hardly built with crumple zones were they. Spreading the force will help protect you.

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If you want to spread impact build a zombie muncher

chunkymunky said:

They are not for that though. They are to protect the front from branches, wildlife and rocks. Also spreads some of the impact away from actual point of impact. Remember discos were hardly built with crumple zones were they. Spreading the force will help protect you.

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Real bullbars are... Not the namby pamby light guard thingys you get here (albeit because of legislation). That's why they're called "bull-bars", so when you hit a bull (or a roo-bar for roos in Oz) it doesn't damage your car

Tubes63 said:

Real bullbars are... Not the namby pamby light guard thingys you get here (albeit because of legislation). That's why they're called "bull-bars", so when you hit a bull (or a roo-bar for roos in Oz) it doesn't damage your car

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Bull**** legislation! My bumper is probably completely wrong but it works and the MK2 will be even beefier but better aesthetically with an integrated ARB style bullbar albeit a squarer version as its easier to work with box than tubing but still the idea remains the same

I shall start a new thread later when I begin building it

If anyone with a disco wants a deadly bumper that'll f*ck up anything it hits PM me!



All that being said though my bullbar did put a nice dent in a shogun a while back and that was the stock one!

The head on with the megane is a very unfair test. Renaults pride them selves at making cars with a 5star safety rating. the disco was a few years older that the megan to start with and only has a 2/3 star rating. Is a pointless and unfair test as while discos haven't changed much over 20 years new cars are being built to different spec. Even when new I don't think anyone expected to be able to drive through other cars. All this stems from the nissan patrol whose chassis used to ride over other cars in an accident. They should of used some jap crap in that test and shut all the paj owners up.

Boris113 said:

A friend at uni had a standard wrap-around bull bar on her 90. She drove into something at low speed, the bullbar folded back on the bumper and trashed both wings, slam panel and bonnet as well as small things like lights and headlight surrounds.

Without the bull bar, the bumper would have bent but that would have been the extent of the damage, which can be fixed in 5 minutes with a sledge hammer.

IMO they do offer protection from animals, small branches and wheelchair users but aren't great on more solid objects unless attached to a more sturdy bumper.

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I prefer an a bar to protect my rad exactly because of the above

This is great guys - than k you for sharing your thoughts!

Dr_evil said:

I like the sticker ban stupid pedestrians not bullbars


Anyway, I'll be building a full HD bullbar onto my new HD bumper when I make the improved MK2 version of my current zombie killer bumper

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You sound like your talking from experience snigger

defender300td1 said:

You sound like your talking from experience snigger

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Does that surprise you

Dr_evil said:

Does that surprise you

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Just teasing

defender300td1 said:

Just teasing

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Hopefully I can make it through the rest of the year without another mishap

Where I live when you drive at night it will help fend off the odd deer or coyote that tend to wander about at night. I don't think it will help with Moose though!!

Retired Limey.

In OZ there are two different bars the BULL Bar is a lot heavier construction, than the ROO bar . The most bars sold in UK would come under the ROO level of protection . That is they will help keep the car driveable after hitting a kangaroo or emu ! The bull bar will handle a roo or emu without sacrificing the bar in the process . I have a ARB bull winchbar on my 110 and can vouch for it saving considerable damage on several occasions !! mainly roos, an emu and 1 large male goat . It also wrote off a escort that came onto my side of the road round a bend , it removed the wing and pushed the door back 4 inchs , my repair amounted to a couple of minutes spray with a can of low sheen black!! So looks like it uses the other vehicles crumple Zone

Come on then Dr Evil, let's see some pics of this zombie killer!

on a side note, these are land rover (britpart) 200 shape lamp guards, much more HD than the 300 type, bloody heavy too!

i welded a few more brackets onto the bumper, so they are suprisingly strong now, fitted them because i kept smashing indicators.


no more

I shall get an updated pic later as I've removed the lights now, the MK2 will be bigger, tougher, lighter hopefully and have a built in bullbar

should kill some zombies then

Thats the plan zombies and deer probably it's already a proven slitty killer as its taken out a micra and avensis killer

I'm probably going to hack the bottom and side pieces off keeping the mid section to work with as its set up using box section supports and 6mm mounts I think, after that I'll get some pieces laser cut this time round and tack them together then onto the main frame before I weld it up with a proper seam on both sides

Might leave some mounting points for a train style cow catcher

cow catcher would be very gruesome

also there is an option for becoming Mr Plough when the snow comes...

Mr Noisy said:

cow catcher would be very gruesome

also there is an option for becoming Mr Plough when the snow comes...

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I've blatantly been playing too many zombie games but it would be rather good in winter for barging through the stuck tourists

Dr_evil said:

I've blatantly been playing too many zombie games but it would be rather good in winter for barging through the stuck tourists

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Oh Mr Evil, you know not all tourists get stuck

Back before you caught the laning bug:

Look how pretty your Disco looked

BTW - I'm back up your neck of the woods for a weeks peace and quiet from Saturday. Current plan is to come up in the Landy, provided this works out do you want to mete up for some lanes? Have you driven the Old Coach road yet?

haha yeah mine used to look pretty it doesn't anymore although I still have the original bumper and other bits

I'm not around at the weekend unfortunately, how long are you up for ?