Scrub bars and other things
Submitted: Thursday, Jan 21, 2010 at 19:15
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Kim and Damn Dog
Gidday
I’ve been looking at installing ‘scrub bars’ on a 120 Prado. None of the major after marketers supply them, so I came to conclusion they’ll have to be fabricated.
Then it occurred to me that scrub bars (attached to the bull bar) may stuff up the ‘crumple zone’. Any thoughts?
During a work trip today, another UHF Arial fell to bits. It’s a ‘Mobile RF470’. This is the third time this has happened, so I’m looking around for something a lot more robust. Again, any suggestions?
Regards
Kim
Reply By: Hairy (NT) - Thursday, Jan 21, 2010 at 19:23
Thursday, Jan 21, 2010 at 19:23
Gday Kim,
Wouldnt a set of glasses be cheaper?
That way you could just drive around things.
Just a thought.............LOL
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Kim and Damn Dog - Thursday, Jan 21, 2010 at 19:43
Thursday, Jan 21, 2010 at 19:43
Listen you ‘pip squeak’ I don’t want to be moderated twice in one week, so behave....!
Theres nothing wrong with my eye sight compared to a blind Hairy Nosed Wombat.
PS I dare you to post the
Hill Billy ditty on this site. LOL
Regards
Kim
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Reply By: Wilk0 - Thursday, Jan 21, 2010 at 19:42
Thursday, Jan 21, 2010 at 19:42
Hi Kim,
Ive got a GME "AE 4018K1" uhf aerial and i've had it about 6 years. Its
well made and seems to take anything I can dish out.
It cost me about 100 bucks so expect to pay about 130- 140 now.
Not sure about stuffing up the crumple zones I dont think the rodeo has got any lol.
Cheers Wilko
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Reply By: Stu & "Bob" - Friday, Jan 22, 2010 at 08:57
Friday, Jan 22, 2010 at 08:57
G'day Kim,
I use an AE409L UHF antenna. I have had the same one now for around 20 years, and while starting to show it's age, still works perfectly. It is ground plane independant, and comes as a 6Db gain with a 9Db gain extension.
Cost is approx $100.
HTH
.
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Reply By: Member - Timbo - Friday, Jan 22, 2010 at 13:07
Friday, Jan 22, 2010 at 13:07
I've heard/read that scrub bars aren't recommended for use on airbag equipped vehicles - but then I've seen plenty of LC100's with scrub bars, most LC100's would have airbags wouldn't they?
As for UHF aerials, I used to use a ~45cm stainless steel one (Mobile 1 from DSE) until it fatigued and snapped off at the base one day. Since then I've been using a little black 9cm 4.5db (also Mobile 1 from DSE). I think it cost around $15 but because it's so small that there's not a lot of weight swinging around so it's unlikely to self-destruct like the larger aerials tend to do on corrugations - it's coped with some rough roads so far. It may not look as impressive as a big antenna (or work as
well), but it still seems to work alright for my needs.
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