TJM T3 bar - ever hit a roo with one?

yep hit the roo rhs pushed the bar back onto the guard folded the bonet up smashed the head light $1800 claimed on my insurance and got them to fit an arb sahara bar hit big roos since they bounce off pay the extra and get a decent bar as the hassel isnt worth it when you stuck at winton tring to patch it up also the exess on your insurance will make up for the extra price

I had a steel equiv. to the T1 on my 99 Jack. Hit a roo and the same thing happend. The bolt holes to mount it are elongated to allow for adjustment. The bar "adjusted" back, right into my bonnet. The smash repairer just undid the bolts moved the bar back done and re tightened them to fix it.
At a guess this allows for some absorbtion of the kinetic energy before the air bags deploy which really defeats the purpose of having a big solid bar.
Tim

Hi Scubaroo
Don't know if the bar you are talking about is Alloy or steel but I had the T15 Alloy bat on a Prado and during a 25000km trip in "03.
During the trip we had our new IPF lights fall apart twice and a new UHF arial snap at the base from the vibration.

just go up to 2 vehicles - 1 with Alloy and 1 with steel and give them a wack with the butt of your palm and you will see what I mean.

GO STEEL or regret it...

go steel i hit on average 2-3 kangas a week alloy just cant stand up to the strength of a steel bar