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If someone made a bull bar of solid quality and a fair price would shut down all the others. The cost of these bull bars is more than I paid for a full bumper with custom bull bar on my LX470....wow I am going to wait on bull bar and stuff until more competition or someone decides that they dont need to charge as much for a bull bar as an entire bumper especially if already making them for at least one other vehicle.
This one is not too bad. For CA tuned. I have no experience with it. The bracket i got for my TJM compressor pump was good even if the wiring harness and instructions were not. Little more than $1000. Can’t imagine anyone having one less than that. Especially in this market.
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Great question-n I hope LFD gets them back in stock, I will surely take one!
I’d say take my money “Owl” but I just can’t get past that lower outer corner and blunt end of the tubing detail. Everything else about the bar looks top notch and amazing but that lower corner looks as if someone got to the end of the fabrication and didn’t quite know how to finish it off. I’m sure it would complicate fabrication to make it a nice finished curve… it’s so close to being perfect!
No offense to John or owl, I love their stuff, have spent $1000s on owl gear…. by GP-factor have figured it out. At the end of the day the debate comes down to what will be the point of failure upon impact with a large animal, as far as materials selection and construction goes.
It’s a terrible finished corner and the shape of it is strange.. it’s like someone with blocky head wearing cat eye glasses.
I had the same reaction when I initially saw it. To their credit, Owl addressed that criticism head on here:
Both GP and Owl bars are very compelling options and appreciate Owl’s desire to use stronger materials and GP’s bolt together design, which in theory would should be easier to repair should it take an impact. Both will offer protection off-road bumping at low speed into occasional obstructions. However, if a head-on impact with something larger were to occur, especially another vehicle, neither bar is saving the day and actually may compromise how the chassis and body are designed to crumple during such an event and worth keeping in mind.
Following up on the LFD/Owl Bull Bar combo/will they play well together topic. Since apparently no one actually has this combo installed, I figured I'd repost the LFD pic above installed with the OEM bull bar along with a few pics of the Owl bar installed for comparison. I cannot decide from the pictures whether this combo will actually fit together. - including whether the Warn Zeon shown in the LFD picture would fit with the Owl bar What say you?
This is great info, thank you! I have been in conversation with them regarding timeline and will further my Owl Bull bar usage.
Looks very nice indeed another compelling option for a front bar… it’s getting much harder to settle on one for my own.
