Considering A-Bar...

[roverman]

I'll tell you what's silly, all you posers adding so much useless crap to your vehicles hoping that some teenager thinks you're cool because of it. Wood, worthless push bars, chrome, wings, pinstripes, off road lights (for people who don't go offroad), etc...etc...etc....what's next? Please don't tell me ANYONE has put neon underneath!
If you want a "beautiful" vehicle, don't by a LandRover - or any SUV.
Just MY opinion.
Roverman
BTW, shafari's was an opinion - this was a rant.

 

[shod]

im getting hydrolics in mine.. make the sucker hop!

 

[Matt_Grim2]

So does anyone acctually have any pictures of the A-bar installed on there LR3 ? I was considering the Brush Bar but i thinks it looks rediculous on non-black vehicles...

 

[JohnKel]

I'll tell you what's silly, all you posers adding so much useless crap to your vehicles hoping that some teenager thinks you're cool because of it. Wood, worthless push bars, chrome, wings, pinstripes, off road lights (for people who don't go offroad), etc...etc...etc....what's next? Please don't tell me ANYONE has put neon underneath!
If you want a "beautiful" vehicle, don't by a LandRover - or any SUV.
Just MY opinion.
Roverman
BTW, shafari's was an opinion - this was a rant.

I haven,t installed mine yet (they change colors as you drive), need to wait untill I get the custom made ground effect and my new rims that keep spinning when I stop it's gonna be Soooooooooooooo Cool

Cheers
John

 

[roverman]

I haven,t installed mine yet (they change colors as you drive), need to wait untill I get the custom made ground effect and my new rims that keep spinning when I stop it's gonna be Soooooooooooooo Cool

ok, I know you guys are joking, but I'm still getting that little vomity-burp thing right now.

 

[schafari]

Shoot sorry guys, I had my terms mixed up. In my previous post on the brush bar, I should have been calling it the A-Frame Protection Bar. That is the one that I absolutely loved prior to seeing, then saw it, then decided not to get it. It is the one that in person, makes the truck look tall and skinny. I am sorry for the confusion.

Be the way, I was specifically trying to help with Matt_Grim2's question. Although I don't have a picture for him, I thought if I took the time to tell my real life decision making process on the exact same thing, it would help.

Matt, final word of advice. . .go to your local LR dealers and see if any LR3s on the lot have one installed. It looks different in person. Give it a pull also. . .

Houm. . . Thanks for the feedback. (Can you tell that what follows is a rant? If you want a rant, simply read on. . .) To answer your question, actually, I do take my LR3 off road very often. In fact, I have gotten in places where folks would not have belived a vehicle could go. Shoot, with only 117 miles on it, it was completely covered in typical heavy 4x4 mud and scratches. (Its java black) It was fully broken in off-roard by 750 miles. My favorite is when I drove through a lake a few times now, with water up and over the hubs. Guys on the beach in pick-ups playing in the sand, just had to watch. . . Did you know if you park on a suitable incline you can see the top of the front bumper by standing behind the vehicle at the vehicle's rear bumper?

Oh, and by the way Houm. . . The A-Frame is a stellar piece of kit. It is solid as a rock, and looks it. . . Until it is mounted on the vehicle, in my opinion. If you actually think you will save any part of your LR3 b/c of the A-Frame bar while off roading, you are likely not off-roading correctly. (And if I catch you rolling over a Redwood tree, I'll be the first to report you to the greenies.) Frankly, the A-Frame bar is good for looks and being a typcial "cow pusher." That is like on police cars which use a similar bar to push dead cars out of the way. Do this test: push on the top of the A-Frame bar, see it move into your alum hood? Drive in the woods, see the twigs and branches poking into your headlights. . .

 

[Matt_Grim2]

Shoot sorry guys, I had my terms mixed up. In my previous post on the brush bar, I should have been calling it the A-Frame Protection Bar. That is the one that I absolutely loved prior to seeing, then saw it, then decided not to get it. It is the one that in person, makes the truck look tall and skinny. I am sorry for the confusion.

Be the way, I was specifically trying to help with Matt_Grim2's question. Although I don't have a picture for him, I thought if I took the time to tell my real life decision making process on the exact same thing, it would help.

Matt, final word of advice. . .go to your local LR dealers and see if any LR3s on the lot have one installed. It looks different in person. Give it a pull also. . .

Thank you for the adivce now that i know you meant the A-Bar and not the Brush Bar. I will be going to the dealer & Looking at it in person as it looks cheap online, I want something to mount to lights to but i don't like that fact like you said that it covers up the painted grilll as it looks great also that once it is installed it covers up the Land Rover emblem on the hood... The problem i am having is that i want to mount 2 lights but don't know how to do it, i was thinking of mounting it straight on the bumper but haven't seem them mounted eaither, let me know fo any ideas...

 

[JimLR3]

just the lights on front fasca

the following URL from Land Rovers Accessories section shows just the lights added to the front fasca. no "A" Frame or brush bar, just the lights.
http://www.landroverusa.com/us/en/Vehicles/LR3/Accessories/Accessories_Builder.htm#

I am not interested in either the A or the brush bar, thinking about going with just the winch and lights attached to the current LR3 front or go all the way and get the ARB unit for the LR3. The ARB model is very aggressive and functional looking. I am trying to find out the added weight with the ARB with winch and lights.
jim

 

[Matt_Grim2]

the following URL from Land Rovers Accessories section shows just the lights added to the front fasca. no "A" Frame or brush bar, just the lights.
http://www.landroverusa.com/us/en/Vehicles/LR3/Accessories/Accessories_Builder.htm#

I am not interested in either the A or the brush bar, thinking about going with just the winch and lights attached to the current LR3 front or go all the way and get the ARB unit for the LR3. The ARB model is very aggressive and functional looking. I am trying to find out the added weight with the ARB with winch and lights.
jim

I am having the same problem, i hate that adding any of these things i have to cut the vechile and there is no turning back...

 

[Houm_WA]

Schafari, the description for use of the A-frame brush bar is precisely why I bought it...I think it looks good, I have pushed on it plenty and I think it is solid enough...and hell no, I won't be off-roading "right" as you put it. I will not go seek out scratches and purposely try to damage my vehicle. However, I have been off-road, and I do go camping a few times a year and do other things that will take me off the pavement and when that time comes, I won't hesitate to use this SUV for that purpose. So, I'm not a typical pavement-locked SUV owner but I'm not an every-weekend hard-core off-roader either.

That said, I have gotten my LR3 stuck. So, I don't know if I really suck at driving, whether posters here have gotten better tires and not mentioned it as a caveat in their stories...or what everyone qualifies as "serious" off-road terrain just varies that widely. I'm sure that the LR3 is a bonefied off-road machine, if it has the right "shoes" but I found its limits rather quickly over Christmas break.

Also Schafari, I wouldn't have been off-roading before breaking in my truck (the 1000 mile mark) but that's just me....who am I to judge?

To Roverman, I really don't care what highschool kids think or what you think about the rationale for adding equipment. It's really a function of personal preference and taste, and it's OK. If you don't want that stuff on your truck, don't buy it. ...but there is not right/wrong about it. Of course, you do have the right to make fun if you choose, so...whatever. Note that if you take your logic to its extreme there would be no need for: Leather, A/C, Sunroof, heated seats....ok that list isn't as long as I thought it would be, but I hope you get the point. There is always SOME function and the rest is either aesthetic or a creature-comfort. If you don't want that stuff, go buy a Honda Pilot.

See ya