Fastfitbullbars.com.au Bullbars - 4x4 accessories and your car

Apr 24
06:55

2015

Piyush Yadav

Piyush Yadav

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4x4 accessories are vital parts of any 4wd vehicle. There are several important accessories which are a necessity for the vehicle, but every car owner is not the same. For avid travellers and avid campers there’s stuff like roof racks, roof tents. Bikers can install bike racks or cycle racks. Other accessories include air lockers, sliders and steps, radios, cameras, antenna, exhaust systems etc.

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One such 4x4 accessory is a bullbar. A bullbar is a thing that is installed at the front end of a vehicle to protect or minimize damage from collision. Although it protects against various forms of collision,Fastfitbullbars.com.au Bullbars - 4x4 accessories and your car Articles it is mostly installed to safely drive in an area where the cattle appears in large numbers and can be a nuisance while driving. Requiring immense strength, bullbars are usually made out of welded steel or Aluminium. The newer bullbars however prefer moulded polycarbonate and polyethylene materials for their structure. Because of it is purpose being primarily to decrease damage while vehicle’s collision with cattle, the name ‘bullbar’ was conceived. There are several types of bullbars like bushbar, nudge bar, LED offroad light bars etc. A bushbar is a bullbar used to protect against trees and bushes.

Bullbars mostly replace the bumper, but there is a type called nudge bar which doesn’t. Nudge bars are made out of Aluminium or polycarbonate and are fitted mostly to sedans and small SUVs and protect the radiator grille. You can also fit radio antennas or mount spotlights on bullbars. LED offroad light bars come in handy while traveling at night.

The thickness of a bullbar is very important because the thicker it is, the more impact it will be able to bear. Also, the grade of the material is worth knowing because every material has a different impact value. They can also act as impact bars, as in, triggering the release of the airbags on an impactful collision. Some plastic bullbars act as a spring by absorbing and releasing pressure so a vehicle is in the condition of being driven even after an impact.  Bullbars are very common in Australia because the omnipresent Kangaroos act as a huge safety hazard on the roads, so much that they are responsible for 60% of the collisions between animals and cars in the country. Bullbars have earned the name ‘roo bars’ because of it.

Bullbar or a nudge bar finds an important usage for the police. It can be used as a battering ram by installing it to the chassis of the car. The car can break down fences or some structures and also to push disabled vehicles off the road to clear the area. Police also a nudge bar as a Pursuit Intervention Technique (PIT) bumper to assist in PIT maneuver. It is a technique by which police set a vehicle off while chasing it on the road. They chase the fleeing vehicle and give a slight nudge at the target’s rear wheels which makes the target lose control and his vehicle spins off, giving the police a chance of catching him. All this makes a bullbar one of the most sought after 4x4 accessories.

 

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