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Interlet

Member Since: 10 Oct 2011
Location: Norwich
Posts: 461

1998 Defender 110 300 Tdi HT Alpine White

Soft A bar fitting

A year or so ago, I bought a relatively cheap soft A bar, that had the main brackets rotten where the large bolts go through the front of it.

I've bought the SS top brackets, and also the fitting kit at £70 or so, but those brackets were rotten, and the main bolts I had to take out...

So in the photo: I need to get hold of, or make up the brackets that fit the bull bar to the wrap around brackets fitted over the bumper...

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The bracket that bolts through the A bar is missing on both sides - I assumed the kit would come with them, but it doesn't Does anyone know where I can get hold of these? 1998 110 300Tdi White Hard Top

25th May 2017 9:52pm

Interlet

Member Since: 10 Oct 2011
Location: Norwich
Posts: 461

Edit: I've read the other thread on here about this, but I don't think it answers my question...But having looked at another site, with an LRM guide to fitting, I'm confused, as my bracket that wraps around the bumper doesn't have a nut stuck to it like they do here

https://www.makitauk.com/pam/custom/files/LRM-PaddedBar.pdf 1998 110 300Tdi White Hard Top

25th May 2017 10:02pm

mk1collector

Member Since: 17 Sep 2009
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 6769

You should bolt through the a bar into the bracket that wraps around the bumper which then bolts to the chassis. Ray
My build thread
http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html

25th May 2017 11:06pm

Matt90

Member Since: 12 Jun 2016
Location: Leicester
Posts: 142

Mine didn't come with brackets either, looked into some but decided in the end to just hex or tex (can never remember which) bolt through the fixing panel at the bottom in to the bumper, seems solid enough, been on for nearly a year with no troubles
Also I modified the lower part to wrap around the bumper as it sat a long way from the grille

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26th May 2017 5:56am

Interlet

Member Since: 10 Oct 2011
Location: Norwich
Posts: 461

I did consider this too. Thanks Matt, I'll probably give this ago. 1998 110 300Tdi White Hard Top

26th May 2017 12:04pm

Martin
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Member Since: 02 Apr 2007
Location: Hook Norton
Posts: 6610

2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Montalcino Red

Do the proper instructions help?

https://topix.landrover.jlrext.com/topix/c...oupId=1665 (bolts from back version)
https://topix.landrover.jlrext.com/topix/c...oupId=1665 (bolt through front version)

1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top

2015 D90 XS SW

26th May 2017 12:10pm

Interlet

Member Since: 10 Oct 2011
Location: Norwich
Posts: 461

Ah ok thanks Martin.
I didn't realise there were two different fitting kits available. I have a bull bar with a hole for your first link's fitting method VPLPP0060, but the brackets for the second link's method VUB501720.

Guess I'll contact the supplier, and see if they can exchange the brackets, if not I'll try Matt's method! 1998 110 300Tdi White Hard Top

26th May 2017 8:04pm

AndyT66

Member Since: 19 Sep 2016
Location: Bedford
Posts: 148

2004 Defender 90 2.5 TD XS CSW Zambezi Silver

For info my brackets were shot with rust and after much hunting I couldn't find any online or anywhere so I took the rusty ones to my local engineering firm who made two up for me. I can check with them on Tuesday whether they still have the measurements stored on the profile cutter if this would be of interest. They cost about £100 mind you but far more economical than a new a bar which at £500 was a non starter. Pics below, cheers Andy

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26th May 2017 8:40pm

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