Ironman Commercial Bullbar Install photos

[GLX-RSilver]

Hey there thought people may be interested in how to install a ironman Commerical Bullbar. It's a great bar and a great price just have to fit the driving light Pods when they come in and color code at the same time. Scary Part cutting factory bumper. in the end wasn't to bad.The finished job looks great i'm very happy with it even more when i finish off the winch and install some lightforce driving lights. I would recommend the bar. It cost only $895 from everything 4wd.

[ratstriton]

looks great how scary was it cutting the bar

[GLX-RSilver]

Very Scary but the flares where worst guessing the height to cut them. i ended up have a 15mm gap for bar flex. Cheers

[gfm_69]

Hey Mate are you up to doing mine to save money I will supply the beer and BBQ?

[GLX-RSilver]

hey there gfm sure if you like no problems
Cheers

[gfm_69]

Ill hold you to that and we will have T-Bone Steaks.

[GLX-RSilver]

No worries gfm let me know when your ready cheers mate

[gfm_69]

Hey mate will 4x4 everything do fitting also if your really not keen?

[GLX-RSilver]

Nah everything 4wd don't do any fitting.
Nah mate i have no problems helping you out it easy once you done one takes about 4 hours maybe a little longer. just let me know when you wanting to do it.
I know ironman has 15 bars in stock. It cost me $895 for the bar and $650 for the winch.
Cheers

[subi_man]

Nice work there mate - looks the goods

[BlinkyBuoy]

Nice job Silver - you did a very good job.

Got a local mob here to fit my Ironman commercial bar and I'm very happy with it. Bar sits nicely on the front and looks and feels like a very sturdy piece of gear. In your opinion Silver, is it a big hassle to retrofit a winch behind these bars? Looks like a big job from what I can see - wish you could just get 'em in from underneath!!!

Wish I could say I was as happy with the supposed 2" lift Ironman "performance" suspension kit I had fitted at the same time. By my calculations the lift is about 3/4 of an inch, and while it's taken some of the sloppy roll out of the truck on corners, they're a rubbish-feeling shocky. Corrugation and hole impacts feel like they were handled better with the stock suspension to me.

[Magilla]

your a gutsy fella

[GLX-RSilver]

Hey there BlinkyBuoy i don't think there would much of a problem fitting a winch from underneath just more work. It would be easier just to undo the 6 bolts holding the bar to the mounting brackets.

When did you get the suspension fitted? if it was lately then thats the reason why you only had such a small lift as when i was looking at getting my bar ironman told me that the lifts for manuals where only low due to the vibration problems when lifted.
Cheers

[Stevo8]

Hey Glxr Silver, nice work, I've been looking at the same bar, good to see it on my coloured truck too. MMMight have to have a go fitting it as well.

[GLX-RSilver]

Hey stevo8 its a great bar well built and at a great price i would recommend one. Give everthing 4wd a call they sell the bar for $895 complete with winch cradle. Cheers

[cyberhonky]

good idea ending up with 15mm clearance on the flares-ive got an ironman on the front, and 1st decent whack i gave it resulted in the flares hanging off. it was fitted before i picked it up (by ironman in Clayton), id i has my way i would have told them to leave some slack.

[FreestyleCab]

The Ironman bar looks similar to the ARB one, but the mounting system for both the winch and the bar itself is totally different.
I seem to remember the ARB bar mounting system had some more brackets that were a PITA to fit, the Ironman looks much easier and straight forward to fit.

The angles on the coverplates under the wings of the bar (that protect the bottom of the windscreen washer bottle) look much better than the ARB bar! Though it looks like you had to remove the factory washer bottle ?? Am I right? If so, how big was the replacement?

[GLX-RSilver]

Hey freestylecab nah the washer bottle is still there i just removed it for easy install. I think tjm has a diffenert washer bottle was thinking of checking them out.

[Buzzy]

Great work with the install glx-r, top job

[bill65]

hi im bill what did you cut it with? and where is everything 4wd

[jop]

From what i can see yours sits in front of the plastic at the top, mine does too, but i notice subi's sits in the plastic, which i reckon looks neater.

[GLX-RSilver]

Hey there Bill i just used a angle grinder to cut it very easy like a knife through butter.
Everything 4wd is near frankston. Cheers

[GLX-RSilver]

hey there jop how the bar seats depends on where you cut the bar as behind the number plate on the standard bumper there is 2 bolts which hold it in place. I left a slight gap between the factory bumper and bullbar for flex. Your bar seems to seat more forward then mind.
Cheers

[macdom]

HEY JOP IRONMAN BULLBAR LOOKS GREAT I'M THINKING OF GETTING THE SAME ONE BUT WANT TO KNOW IF YOU GET ANY REFLECTION OF THE HEAD LIGHTS OFF THE BACK OF THE BULL BAR AT NIGHT

[jop]

Macdom, not really, when you get it fitted make sure it sits back a little bit further than mine and you won't have any reflection at all