[redzook91]

Hi all,

Just seeking some knowledge about vitara bullbars, i've tried to find it in earlier posts but no dice.

I just recently bought a bullbar off ebay for my '93 LWB but when i went to fit it yesterday there were no matching mounting points and it was obviously designed for a different model (gutted ), yet the contours of the bar and the shape of the tube were just like a tjm vitara bar. I have read that the SWB and LWB front set-ups are different but can anyone tell me how exactly? any photos would be great too (i'll put the ones i took up when my camera stops being a prick ).

Having said that, i now have a Bullbar up for sale or swap , check the 'bits for sale section in the next couple of days, i'll have photos up by then hopefully.

Cheers for any help,

redzook

[atari4x4]

they are VERY different, this thread had photo's at one stage....

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/sutra1589978.php#1589978

[want33s]

SWB Vit chassis is narrower as it was designed for a 4 cylinder.
LWB Vit chassis is a lot wider as it was designed for a V6.

[Joe]

want33s wrote:

SWB Vit chassis is narrower as it was designed for a 4 cylinder.
LWB Vit chassis is a lot wider as it was designed for a V6.

Never heard of that before is that for the early wagons aswell?????

[atari4x4]

want33s wrote:

SWB Vit chassis is narrower as it was designed for a 4 cylinder.
LWB Vit chassis is a lot wider as it was designed for a V6.

i thought it's only on the SV420 & the SV620, the "wide track" vitara's?

[want33s]

Look at a GV (V6) and you'll see the chassis width is the same as a LWB Vit.
Why else would otherwise almost identical (except for length) cars have different width chassis's?

[atari4x4]

mine has a wider chassis & it's a SWB?

[DarkHorse]

want33s wrote:

Look at a GV (V6) and you'll see the chassis width is the same as a LWB Vit.
Why else would otherwise almost identical (except for length) cars have different width chassis's?

So will a GV bar fit a LWB Vit? worth a shot...

[atari4x4]

DarkHorse wrote:

want33s wrote:

Look at a GV (V6) and you'll see the chassis width is the same as a LWB Vit.
Why else would otherwise almost identical (except for length) cars have different width chassis's?

So will a GV bar fit a LWB Vit? worth a shot...

Nope & there are even less bars available for GV's

[tom210]

Bit of of a grave dig but how different are they? Is it just a matter of cutting old Mounts off and welding them out further, or making new ones? Anyone done this before? I only ask is because a family friend had a swb and said she still had the bar and I could have it if I wanted it, figured I'd take it anyways. Cheers Tom

[christover1]

Mines a 93 LWB
Front is different to SWB, as in no bar across, has a box section instead.
Not sure about all models.

[swifty_ano]

I bought a bullbar off a SV420 vitara. Im hoping to fit it too a 1.6 Vitara.....
I havent had time to even look at it, so I might as well fish for some infor on here.

Has anyone done this? is it just a wider chassis(SV) or are the mounting points different?

[atari4x4]

a fair bit different from memory, SV's are closer to a LWB SE.

you bought that ugly ODA contraption.... plastic bumper would have to be better looking

[swifty_ano]

I actually like the look of it. Strange I know

[swifty_ano]

It works. Anyone thinking of doing it......DON'T
Lol the two are totally different. The mounting points are different....

So I just made custom ones