Check these out for comparison.
For the Front: http://tinyurl.com/zo4u $499.95 powder coat black.
.. and the rear: http://tinyurl.com/zo5m $399.95 black powder coat with 2"
receiver.

Check out those url's. They look very nice. Located in Salt Lake City, UT.
They're on my tax refund list.

Bob Stevens

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Alfonso" <ryan_alfonso@COMCAST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 10:46 AM
Subject: ARB bull bars

> Hi Gang!
>
> Back in my redneck Toyota 4WD days, the best bull bar in the business was
> made by ARB in australia.  There were several other competitors but NONE
> was
> equal in quality.
>
> I put in a request to see if they'd consider making a special run of 20 or
> so units for Vanagons.
>
> To my amazement, they said this idea might just float!
>
> But, they'd need to do a run of about 100 units to recoup costs etc.
>
> Between this group, the syncro folks, adventurous 2wd'ers we GOTTA be able
> to come up with 100 folks interested in doing this, right?
>
> Cost?  Well, they're typically in the range of about 700 bones, but I
> could
> be wrong.
>
> Could we get BUSDEPOT type vendor to provide logistical support?
>
> -R
>