At 12:00 AM 18/12/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Date:    Wed, 17 Dec 2003 19:35:05 -0700
>From:    JOHN WESTENBERG <mjjwest02@MSN.COM>
>Subject: Re: ARB bull bars
>
> >From: Ryan Alfonso: the best bull bar in the business was
> >made by ARB in australia.
>
>Thanks for the research. I am interested too and already believe that =
>bull bars must enhance the safety of a vehicle. Does the $700 include a =
>reinforced bumper for the back too?=20

Nope...seperate item entirely....Mine was around $380 for the rear
when I got it about 10 years ago...
Worth it though...the first rear bar saved the van when a bus ran into
the back while my wife was driving it....or actually stopping  in an
emergency due to a complete dickhead in the car in front.
Bar was bent and subsequently replaced but not a scratch was
inflicted on the van...or her thankfully...
The second one saved the van again when (again with my wife at
the wheel) it was backed into a tree stump.
I was able to remove and straighten the bar this time...;)

I have pix of these rear bars too if you wanna see them...

Steve O
NSW Australia
''92 Transporter WBX Kombi
'00 Transporter Double Cab
'03 Transporter Double Cab (work truck)