Half Cargo Barrier for Black Widow

Submitted: Thursday, May 18, 2006 at 08:07
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G'day all. A few weeks ago I purchased a 100s wing kit and half cargo barrier to swap my BW draws from a GU. Black Widow said the Patrol barrier would not fit so that is why I bought a 100s one for $390! I put the draws in last weekend (did it myself this time with loctite beacuse when I removed it from the GU 1/3 of all the bolts were loose!) and the LH wing kit fits but the RH kit is over 50mm too wide and the contours are absolutely wrong! Cranky!!! Can anyone tell me if toyota changed the contour of the RH side with the September 05 upgrage (I see there are now 2 cupholders on the RH side)? I then put th 100s cargo barrier on top of the patrol one and the 100s barrier is about 20mm bigger all around than the patrol one but the mounts looked so similar. I thought i'd have a go at mounting the patrol barrier in the cruiser and all I had to do was put a slight bend in the top mounts and they lined straight up with the hand grip bolt holes. I used the spaces I used in the nissan and put an extra 4 washers to space it out a bit more with 6mmx50mm High Tensile bolts.

There was no info plate on the patrol barrier but the toyota one said that it should not be fitted to any other vehicle as it may affect the rating and liability. I called the place I bought it off and said I needed a wing kit that fitted and wanted to return the barrier. They resonded with 'we don't accept returns unless they are faulty' and 'you are not allowed to fit a patrol barrier to a toyota - its the same as bullbars'. I thought what crap - bbars affect air-bags so I understand they are vehicle specific but a cargo barrier is a piece of metal the stops stuff from flying forward and it mounts almost identical to how it did in the patrol.

Can anyone comment on whether I should install the 100s barrier and have a $400 patrol barrier sitting in the corner or is it ok to have the patrol barrier mounted and try to get a refund on the 100s barrier? What happens if there is an accident? There is no info plate on the barrier and it looks like it is designed for that vehicle so I couldn't image any probs???
thanks!
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