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Who needs aftermarket? If JLR would just start shipping it from the factory in China to the USA it could be had at any dealership. Probably they don't see there being demand or there are some crash regulations that need to be passed or some such. Just seems very unfortunate that it's not made available direct to USA/Canada customers.
All the USA ones I've seen are custom jobs with custom prices. No economy of scale so it's to be expected. Folks need to keep the lights on and the wolf from the door.
Revisiting this older thread. Any new ideas o pm how to get one?
and on the winch…. I understand rover offers no winch mounts for V8. So how are v8 owners including a winch with the factory brush guard in above thread pics? Lucky8/ rhino winch mount?
looks like this would be $5k shipped to SoCal from New Defender Mods:
^^ Sheesh! I shipped my 2-door Jeep from Atlanta to Moab for $1000 a couple years ago. Maybe cheaper to buy a Defender with Bull bar installed, ship to SoCal, pull the bar and sell the Defender!
@Chris.Gio that's not the Aus bullbar sadly (VPLEP0428). Check these instructions out -- 2 attachments. One is the bullbar mount kit. One is the bullbar. You'd need both. These docs show the part #'s. May help.
BTW I self installed bullbar on my P400 (and winch) about a year ago, if any questions shout out. There is no structural or physical reason I can see that it will not fit a V8 other than I'd bet cooling system concerns. Others may know a bit better. But I'd think it's a go.
I've had a V8 and my P400 front bumpers and grilles off at my house side by side and they are the same structure up front. The radiators and pipes are different but you're futzing with all of that when doing a bulbar / winch tray anyways. I suspect it's like the roof rails. (ie they fit but... you know...)
Had it out on the trails today and had a blast.. Mud below 3000 feet, then lots of snow up to about 4200 when we had to turn around. This shows how it looks from the drivers seat