Tow Bars/Rescue points

[Cowboy Dave]

Does all of this fitting include the wiring harness for a trailer? If not some of those figures are highway robbery.

[A blue dog]

Thanks g-mac,

I have been lead to believe that Hayman/Reece is the best.

A blue dog

[Joe]

PM me A Blue dog. I have a genuine Mitsi towbar that I took of my GLX-R when I put the ARB bar on, no harness though. Swap it for a carton of Little Creatures Rogers if you want to come and get it. It's at my business in Darra

[har05l]

Does all of this fitting include the wiring harness for a trailer? If not some of those figures are highway robbery.

CD, I think the ARB bar does include wiring and the TJM definately doesn't. I sourced my wiring from a fellow NTN member (ag9111 ). Genuine mits harness is $300 plus

@ g_mac, Queenslander has a MN ARB gunmetal grey bar in the for sale section , not sure if this includes the harness though

[A blue dog]

Joe Forest Lake...........

Sent PM as requestes

A blue dog

[g_mac]

@ g_mac, Queenslander has a MN ARB gunmetal grey bar in the for sale section , not sure if this includes the harness though

Thanks mate - if it was silver it would be perfect and reasonably close, but given that I'd need to repaint it, it's only a little less than ARB were offering a new bar for at the show on the weekend.

I'm well and truely over TJM at the moment though - the guy I spoke to at the 4x4 show quoted me $535 for the bar, said colour coding would be approx $150 and fitting approx $180 including electrics and said it would be able to be installed mid this week - but said to have a chat to one of the guys from the Coopers Plains store because he wasn't 100% on the fitting/painting costs (but said definitely less than $1,000 all up). I went back to the stall about 3 times during the day to confirm pricing and book it in, but the guy from TJM Coopers Plains was outside playing around in his car.

I gave TJM CP a call today and the guy says it's $595 firm unless it's in writing (fair enough, I did get a written quote for the bar only), but that the colour coding is $450, installation about $120 (not sure if this includes electrics at that price) and that they'll be on back order for a month or so!!!

So now I've had quotes on the bar from $535 to $650, installation from $120 to $384 and colour coding from $150 to $450, so all up it could be anywhere from $805 to $1,484 ($679 difference), and installed any time between Wednesday to some time in May/June. How can it range this much between 2 stores???

[c-dale]

Thanks guys for the imput...appears that the rear step may have to go and a tow bar installed (to take a recovery block).

Got a couple of quotes from the Brisbane Area - $600/$700 (against Mitsubishi supply $500/Labour $300).

Anyone know of anything better Brisbane/Ipswich/Toowoomba.

Thanks

I went to get a couple of prices from TJM/ARB on the weekend.

TJM MN Rear Bar/Step (RRP $595 bar only). The guy at Geebung quoted $979.08 fitted + $280.00 colour coding, although the picture he showed me seemed to be the older-style bar and he wasn't aware of the new MN Rear bar when i asked

ARB MN Rear Step Tow Bar: $1,118.00 + $360.00 fitting = $1,478.00 (total fitted). I think colour coding is on top of this again

Hayman Reece MN Tow Bar (with factory rear step) from ARB: $615.00 + $90.00 fitting = $705.00 (total fitted).

The 4x4 & Camping show this weekend may have some better pricing...

I wouldn't take the advice given by the Geebung store. I have been told that the rear bar for the MN has not been released yet and that it should fit on the ML without issue . May fit but would look a bit ridiculous given the difference in the arse ends .

[Ady88]

Hi guys new to this but I would like to know if factory front tow hooks on 2009 ml triton are rated recovery points

[Homer]

No they're not mate

[Ady88]

Thanks homer I've been to several 4wd shops and same story nowhere to fit them either with front ironman bar

[har05l]

If you don't get stuck you won't need recovering

The link below talks about recovery points for the front as well as the rear

viewtopic.php?f=18&t=8124&hilit=recovery+points

[snowman]

If you don't get stuck you won't need recovering

sorry Ken but your bragging rights are officially over, or is that under (water) .......

[Joe]

Topics merged

[har05l]

If you don't get stuck you won't need recovering

sorry Ken but your bragging rights are officially over, or is that under (water) .......

This was purely an exercise to see how the tjm rear bar withstood a simulated recovery

[snowman]

where do you get 'simulated' from mate........

[Homer]

I was stimulated watching

[andyj]

^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^

[fraz91]

Does anyone know if you can swap the ML and MN GLX-R towbars? do they use the same mounting points?

[NowForThe5th]

Chassis on MN & ML are the same so towbars from one will fit the other - the only difference being the height and position of the hitch receiver. There are other threads on this topic.

[NowForThe5th]

Yes, Tex, 180mm longer. You could put an ML bar on an MN, but it would be pointless, being too far in. An MN bar wouldn't fit on an ML with a tub, but might be a good solution for those guys with trays, especially if they're a bit longer.

[fraz91]

Thanks for the info guys. Just wondering whether or not i'd be able to do a towbar-swap on my triton when i get the shorter tub is all.

[ag9111]

Yes Fraz you can. I have an ML tub and ML towbar on my MN. Bolts straight up, bolt holes are exactly the same