Bullbar Installation - Amarok Style

With a long list of equipment and toys to be fitted to Rocky, saving a few pennies here and there is always a good thing.  One such opportunity arose when a second hand ARB bullbar came up for grabs.

After sitting in the shed for a couple of months, I finally got around to organising a day for fitting the bullbar.  Now with such a big job - I figured I would be wise to have a helper.  In fact, I would be really wise to enlist the help of someone who knows what their doing, so I could be their helper.  Andrew was indeed that man, without whose help I could not have fitted the bar.

The ARB instructions are available online - so we printed them out and followed them.  Overall it went really well - except for a few minor bits missing.  Ever resourceful, Andrew had enough bits in his shed to keep the fitting on track.

The bumper off shows a lot of plastic and foam!

Bumper put back on, after the big cut!

I was pretty happy with it all, with the exception of the fog lights.  The bar didn't come with any lights fitted, and I assumed that the Amarok's lights would fit straight in.  Sadly this was not the case. After finding out an ARB fog light kit was $375, I decided to have a cup of coffee and a pause for thought.

I rummaged in the shed and after bit more thinking time, I fabricated some brackets to fit the original fog lights into the ARB bar.  After testing to confirm they are aimed nice and low, I declared the job finished!

Now - if only I had a winch to fit in that big hole in the bar!  Oh well, back to fitting out the canopy!