New Prado 155 Barwork

[The Goodwins]

With the impending upgrade of my 150 i have had my mind set on the TJM Barwork for the vehicle.

And then I saw this one......

Another view

Now I am not sure

I actually really like this new bar...however its untried and an unknown quantity from europe and priced at $2150......

Whats the general thought....

 

[Bmhdg76]

With the impending upgrade of my 150 i have had my mind set on the TJM Barwork for the vehicle.


And then I saw this one......


Now I am not sure

Saw which one???

 

[The Goodwins]

Up on the site now @Bmhdg76 little problem with the download

 

[DRW]

mmmmmmmmm I'm and ARB man myself looks tough though but a bit over done IMO

 

[relgate]

Looks pretty cool. Will it work OK with airbags etc? I like ARB because I figure they are well tested and meet Aus standards. Just my opinion

 

[Colsar]

interesting to see what it adds to the front end weight wise, ARB man myself as well.

 

[Heath74]

Does look good, I'd like to see the mounting system, this can be very important on bullbars. If they shake lose, you can really scrub the front tyres.

 

[Bmhdg76]

Love the look, but at the end of the day it is all about safety and do they meet the required standards.

BJ.

 

[White knuckles]

Well the top one is tjm not arb, I have the tjm one on my pre face lift 150 and love it but I also saw the afn ones the other day and love it and that is the way I would be going, as far as safety goes it will meet all au standards so just check out and compare mounting systems and then wack it on. But their underbody protection is a bit exy.

 

[White knuckles]

The only other question I would have is my bar moves a bit when driving does this new bar have room for the movement of the bar.

 

[17triton]

Does look good. Do they have any pics of a colour coded one?

 

[The Goodwins]

Not yet @17triton but apparently add $300 for it the site is here;

http://www.wolf4x4.com.au/

 

[Holden_man]

I'm with some of the others on this thread, I'm a bit of a fan of ARB as well.....

but a shame ARB cover up the LED's....reckon they will have to redesign for the new Prado, covering up the LED's will drive people to TJM.

As for the AFN Bar @The Goodwins , looks a bit to aggressive for my liking (agree with @DRW), but I do like the way its been really designed to mould to the Prado lines. Would need to see one in the flesh before I would put one on, but would probably stick with Aust made.

 

[CJ1177]

When I was talking to ARB about getting my new bar, they made a point of telling me that it's an ADR requirement to maintain a certain % of the plastic bar. When you look at the australian bars TJM, ARB etc they all keep the top of the original plastic bar, so maybe there was some truth in what he was telling me.
The AFN bar looks to completely replace all of the front end plastic, so it may not be compliant.

 

[blacky]

Hang on hang on! 155? You will have to forgive me; I've spent the last few months in a blurred whirlwind of shitstorms lol but 155? What's the go? My Toyota man told me there were no new features coming any time soon.. hence I bought my 150 a couple of months ago.. so.. hit me with it?

 

[Holden_man]

Hang on hang on! 155? You will have to forgive me; I've spent the last few months in a blurred whirlwind of shitstorms lol but 155? What's the go? My Toyota man told me there were no new features coming any time soon.. hence I bought my 150 a couple of months ago.. so.. hit me with it?

Still 150 @blacky, this is the Prado refresh that occurred in November 2013, the 155 tag is the number given for the previous models 3 door Prado, not sure it exists in this model, think it has been dropped. I don't believe there are new models planned for this year, there is some talk some movement after the Hilux gets updated this year or next....
I will be hanging out for new models in the next year or so and crossing my fingers for a towing rating upgrade to 3t.

 

[The Goodwins]

Its alright @blacky your new toy is referred to as the 155..........

 

[The Goodwins]

Yeah....I like it but I think I will end up sticking with the TJM bar.

 

[blacky]

Thank god haha I was going on a witch hunt down at my local Toyota dealer!

I did hear rumours a few weeks back about a V6 diesel in R&D stages to be put into Prado and hilux... along with towing upgrade... that got me a little excited

 

[Holden_man]

Yeah....I like it but I think I will end up sticking with the TJM bar.

Yep reckon that's the go....