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Glen Muller
DieHard
Victoria
Soarer - UZZ31 V8
Posts: 673
Reg: 12-2007
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This happened on Tuesday morning on my way to work, at about 5:45am. Don't you wish all "hit a roo" tales ended as well as this? I was still going about 50 when I hit the prick too, right on the passenger headlight.
The only damage I can find that was sustained from collecting the roo was this tiny little depression on the body curve (circled in red). The roo was in mid-bounce when I slammed into him and it flipped up over the bonnet.
When I went back to check the roo after inspecting my car, the little blighter had already got up and eloped. He'll have a bloody sore leg anyway... |
Glen Muller
DieHard
Victoria
Soarer - UZZ31 V8
Posts: 674
Reg: 12-2007
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I'd also like to declare that a 154kb picture limit is stupid! I spent half the morning resizing and I gave up on one of the pictures I had... everyone's got broadband now, and if they don't, well that's stiff sh!t and it's about bloody time to upgrade!!! |
Michael Fabian
TryHard
queensland
soarer JZZ31 2JZ
Posts: 124
Reg: 07-2008
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Glen Muller wrote on Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 09:58 am:I'd also like to declare that a 154kb picture limit is stupid!
I agree!!!
Lucky it didn't hit your windscreen.
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Peter Nitschke
Junk Filterer
South Australia
UZZ30 UZZ31
Posts: 10472
Reg: 11-2004
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Resizing usually isn't the answer. Glen, you have a PM. |
Keenan Edinger
TryHard
WA
UZZ31 GT-L V8
Posts: 471
Reg: 02-2006
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Old man just had over $13k worth of damage fixed on his BMW X5 due to a dumbass roo. Good thing it was insured! |
Mike Beck
Goo Roo
New Zealand
Soarer Limited UZZ31 V8
Posts: 3432
Reg: 11-2005
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Bad news Glen!
Lucky it was not too bad though... fortunately we dont have to worry about that sorta thing here in New Zooland.
Haha, RE the image size thing, you can make good 800 pixel wide images, as long as you have an image resizer that can reduce the quality.
Makes for great uploads and keeps the size of the website down. |
Chris Lock
TryHard
sa
V8 Limited
Posts: 495
Reg: 03-2008
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Yeah Soarers are tough cars alright.. 
Or you could upload pics to tinypic and link it. |
James Harris
Goo Roo
QLD
SOARERLESS :-(
Posts: 2628
Reg: 07-2005
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Ouch unrucky.
Oh and regarding photo upload... just search the net for a better image resizer. If you are old school and still use XP search "POWER TOOLS" its a really good and BASIC program |
Vinh Bui
Goo Roo
NSW
94 UZZ31 (V8) / 96 JZZ30 (TT) / 97 JZA80 (TT)
Posts: 2770
Reg: 07-2005
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I just use MSPaint!
Oh and be thankful your damage was so minimal. I remember a thread a while back about some dude who hit a roo and his entire front end went to Hell. |
James Harris
Goo Roo
QLD
SOARERLESS :-(
Posts: 2630
Reg: 07-2005
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Vinh if thats the same guy im thinking about... he just SAID he hit a roo hahaha, he really got sideways on a dirt road and crashed into a cattle feeding thingo or something  |
Jeff Smith
Goo Roo
NSW
GT30/37r Single T Manual
Posts: 2419
Reg: 07-2005
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Hahahahaha Vinh yah Noob! hahahaha Yeah James he hit a cement cattle feed with a couple of bottle's beer under his belt.... |
Vinh Bui
Goo Roo
NSW
94 UZZ31 (V8) / 96 JZZ30 (TT) / 97 JZA80 (TT)
Posts: 2773
Reg: 07-2005
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Man my memory sucks, all I remember was it had something to do with a kangaroo hahaha |
Jeff Smith
Goo Roo
NSW
GT30/37r Single T Manual
Posts: 2421
Reg: 07-2005
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Hahahaha yeah a cement one! |
Glen Muller
DieHard
Victoria
Soarer - UZZ31 V8
Posts: 676
Reg: 12-2007
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Bloody roo on the SAME stretch of road this morning... this time it was sitting in the middle of the road so I saw it well in advance!
Probably the same roo... little blighter! |
Mike Triggs
Goo Roo
Western Australia
3.0GT G-Pack
Posts: 1350
Reg: 07-2005
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Roos are a constant hazard up here. I've hit and killed about 20, thankfully none in the Soarer. Written off an alloy bullbar (useless junk). Then there are the sheep, emus and assorted smaller wildlife...
Glad the damage wasn't much more extensive, Glen, as it could have been. I suppose I'm glad for the roo, too |
Tim Ross
DieHard
Qld
V8 50RRA
Posts: 591
Reg: 09-2007
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Let me guess Mike... OEM Bullbar?
Not all Alloy Bullbars are crap |
Mark Tierney
TryHard
NSW
Soarer GTT & Celsior
Posts: 213
Reg: 09-2005
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quite expensive & mixed feedback as to their functionality, but have you guys looked at this option?
shooroo: http://www.shuroo.com/shuroo.php
Some of the notes on the net say they work better in the day as opposed to night? |
Mike Triggs
Goo Roo
Western Australia
3.0GT G-Pack
Posts: 1351
Reg: 07-2005
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Tim Ross wrote on Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 12:29 am:Let me guess Mike... OEM Bullbar?
Not all Alloy Bullbars are crap :-)
Indeed, yes, it was an Australian-made brand-name bar on a Hilux. Perhaps if it wasn't an insurance job it would have been repaired, but the annoying part was that the bar folded back and broke the grille and LH light mounting tabs.
We now have a Ford Ranger with a steel bar, and within first 3 weeks I hit another roo. The bar was unmoved- but the guard flares and the lower "spoiler" panel popped their plastic clips as the roo went under the LH front wheel.
Can't say too much positive about the Ranger...
Shoo Roo don't appear to work too well, are expensive and bulky. Some people use the little whistles, but the Hilux had two of those and didn't stop the roo which wrote off the bullbar...
Another issue for the Soarer here is the number of dead roos (trucks sometimes take out two at once), sometimes hidden in the frequent floodways. They can do as much damage as a live one (and the mess something to behold if the roo is "very" dead) |
Tim Ross
DieHard
Qld
V8 50RRA
Posts: 593
Reg: 09-2007
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Mind if I ask the brand Mike? |
Mike Triggs
Goo Roo
Western Australia
3.0GT G-Pack
Posts: 1352
Reg: 07-2005
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Tim Ross wrote on Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 02:15 pm:Mind if I ask the brand Mike?
Brand of what, sorry, Tim? The bullbar on the Hilux? We don't have it any more, but I think it might have been a WA-made item as that's where the car was delivered. I know the steel one on the Ranger is made in Perth. |
Tim Ross
DieHard
Qld
V8 50RRA
Posts: 594
Reg: 09-2007
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All good mate... I work for East Coast Bullbars.. was very curious to see if it were one of ours |
Mike Triggs
Goo Roo
Western Australia
3.0GT G-Pack
Posts: 1353
Reg: 07-2005
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Tim Ross wrote on Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 03:36 pm:All good mate... I work for East Coast Bullbars.. was very curious to see if it were one of ours :-)
Actually, I'm pretty sure our Rexton's "Nudge bar" is ECB, frankly it's pretty useless even as a light mount due to the grille arrangement, and the Type 8- yuk. The "full" bullbar is a bit better. The nudge bar came with the car and as it's leased can't fit a bullbar- but there's not a lot of choice anyway! |
Tim Ross
DieHard
Qld
V8 50RRA
Posts: 595
Reg: 09-2007
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straght off our trade site re the nudge bar:
"Please advise customers that size restrictions apply to spotlights for the Rexton due to the integrated Bonnet / Grille combination. A narrow / thin spotlight will be needed."
Can only do so much with the design of the vehicle. Make the nudge bar protrude too far forward just for the sake of accommodating lights and its going to look ridiculous... so really we are damned if we do and damned if we dont. The focus of our product is to be frontal protection first, and spotlight holders as an additional feature. Not the other way around.
As for the Big Tube Bar...the vehicle can easily be returned back to standard trim if it needs to be removed, so not sure how that stands with your lease... its a simple bumper replacement. |
Mike Triggs
Goo Roo
Western Australia
3.0GT G-Pack
Posts: 1354
Reg: 07-2005
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Tim Ross wrote on Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 08:55 pm:"Please advise customers that size restrictions apply to spotlights for the Rexton due to the integrated Bonnet / Grille combination. A narrow / thin spotlight will be needed."
Can only do so much with the design of the vehicle. Make the nudge bar protrude too far forward just for the sake of accommodating lights and its going to look ridiculous... so really we are damned if we do and damned if we dont. The focus of our product is to be frontal protection first, and spotlight holders as an additional feature. Not the other way around.
As for the Big Tube Bar...the vehicle can easily be returned back to standard trim if it needs to be removed, so not sure how that stands with your lease... its a simple bumper replacement.
I ended up having brackets made up to push the Narva Extremes forward. The bar brackets have the hole too close to the back of the bracket, too.
The Big Tube looks odd to me. The taper on the side bits of round tube is wrong, probably to accommodate the shape of the headlights. |
Tim Ross
DieHard
Qld
V8 50RRA
Posts: 598
Reg: 09-2007
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The tabs used are a universal tab that is used right across our range. Those holes are cut the same time the tab is with a CNC plasma cutter, so as such all are in the same position.
For some, that may be too far forward, for some, that may be too far back. There is nothing stopping someone from die-grinding the hole further in the desired direction to get a few extra mm clearance.
I assume you are talking about the centre tube (3" dia tube that protects the upper radiator/grille section). Personally I'd think they would look a lot worse if they werent angled... it would make the bar look almost agricultural. Different strokes for different folks I suppose |
Mike Triggs
Goo Roo
Western Australia
3.0GT G-Pack
Posts: 1355
Reg: 07-2005
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Tim Ross wrote on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 07:19 am:assume you are talking about the centre tube (3" dia tube that protects the upper radiator/grille section). Personally I'd think they would look a lot worse if they werent angled... it would make the bar look almost agricultural. Different strokes for different folks I suppose :-)
No Tim. I was referring to the smaller dia. tubes on each side, which slope down to the centre tube, looks odd, but as I said is probably due to the shape of the Rexton headlights. |
Tim Ross
DieHard
Qld
V8 50RRA
Posts: 599
Reg: 09-2007
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Ah yep, The Shoulder pipes.
You're exactly right, basically we try to keep these things contouring the vehicles lines where we can. A straight bar over a angled headlight does look a little strange.
Anyways, that answers that I guess, but if I can ever help with anything feel free to ask |
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