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I have just had an Ironman bullbar fitted to my 120 Prado and I am very unhappy
With the bulbar on (dirt or tar):
1. There is a heavy rattleling noise from the bulbar. I have tightened the crome top piece but the noise is still heard with windows closed.
2. Every time I go over a bump I feel and hear a loud thud resulting that I cant travel more than 30km/hour on a dirt road or over bumps on tar.
3. Steering is much heavier than before, to such an extent that I had my power steering checked as I thought it was faulty
4. The bar moves up and down. Not a little but allot. When you driving it seems as if the bar is moving up and down 20mm :shock:
With the bulbar off (dirt or tar):
No rattles, thuds or noise. Power steering back to normal and I can travel as fast as I like on dirt roads.
I have had the reps from ironman with me and they are trying to sort the problem out. They have been extremely helpful to me.
I was told that I need to replace or upgrade my shocks at a cost of R18 000 :shock:
I currently have OME Medium all round. I have also adjusted the tyre pressures from 1.8bar to 2.5 bar with no difference in the performance.
I am going to refit the bar today as the fitment centre did not fit the bar properly (but I don't think this is the cause of the problem). If it persists, I will have to put the standard bumper back and will loose R16000 in school fees (surely this cant be happening)
I test drove a prado with an onka bar on and there was no noise or movement of the bar and the prado handled like a dream
Has anyone experienced this, your comments/thoughts are very welcome
With the bulbar on (dirt or tar):
1. There is a heavy rattleling noise from the bulbar. I have tightened the crome top piece but the noise is still heard with windows closed.
2. Every time I go over a bump I feel and hear a loud thud resulting that I cant travel more than 30km/hour on a dirt road or over bumps on tar.
3. Steering is much heavier than before, to such an extent that I had my power steering checked as I thought it was faulty
4. The bar moves up and down. Not a little but allot. When you driving it seems as if the bar is moving up and down 20mm :shock:
With the bulbar off (dirt or tar):
No rattles, thuds or noise. Power steering back to normal and I can travel as fast as I like on dirt roads.
I have had the reps from ironman with me and they are trying to sort the problem out. They have been extremely helpful to me.
I was told that I need to replace or upgrade my shocks at a cost of R18 000 :shock:
I currently have OME Medium all round. I have also adjusted the tyre pressures from 1.8bar to 2.5 bar with no difference in the performance.
I am going to refit the bar today as the fitment centre did not fit the bar properly (but I don't think this is the cause of the problem). If it persists, I will have to put the standard bumper back and will loose R16000 in school fees (surely this cant be happening)
I test drove a prado with an onka bar on and there was no noise or movement of the bar and the prado handled like a dream
Has anyone experienced this, your comments/thoughts are very welcome
Matty80
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