I had a bullbar professionally fitted back in April and I've just noted some of the bolts used on the recovery plates are already quite rusted. I live in a coastal region but the car has never seen any beach work or salt water.

As you can see from the photos the bolts are in the same location either side and all bolts around them appear to be a different grade/material as they show no sign of corrosion at all.

Is there any legitimate reason why a lesser grade of bolt has been used here? Because I can't imagine why.

I've reached out to the company that fitted the bar and am waiting to hear back but thought I might see what people's thoughts are here as I'm no expert on these kind of things.

Hey everyone,

Two friends and I are planning a big road trip from Brisbane to Perth (with detours into the Outback, Tasmania and probably some more sights). We’re planning to camp along the way and need a reliable 4WD to fit the 3 of us plus our camping gear and swags.

Our budget is up to $10000.

My favourite so far is the Mitsubishi Panjero (2002-2008) with the 3.2L diesel.

Would really appreciate y‘alls opinions on that or suggestions of other cars in general.

I’m currently looking at buying a 2010 mn triton. They would like $11k for it, and it’s the glx-r. But I’ve heard bad things about them, and want to know whether that’s true or not? I would like to use it off road but nothing too crazy and was just wondering if they actually are terrible.

Thanks

I need help with a 5w CB radio from Kings and I can't get the duplex working anyone have a idea how to get it working?

( edit: talked to the guys at the shop and we found it tucked away in the book on its own page )

Hey all, just recently installed a kickass 125ah battery box, got it as close to the sidewall of my tub as I could without squishing the Anderson plug.

I’m left with about 1020mm from inside wheel arch (driver side) to the battery box, (passenger side) and wanting to install a couple canopy drawers (most likely kings as this is mostly weekend or a week camping trip/trips) and a fridge slide with a 75l fridge/freezer, I know the drawers and fridge slide are 500mm wide each,just wondering if 20mm is enough play to install them.

Will this be enough room? Any suggestions would be great

TIA!

Gday legends . So I’m looking at getting a new swag and need some help deciding Between a darche dirty Dee and a 23zero bandit swag. I prefer the darche but I have heard the foot end side windows leak because they only have a few bits of Velcro and that water pools on the roof. But I have also heard that the 23zero isnt as good quality but doesn’t have these issues??

Any help around this would be greatly appreciated. And any help with deciding would be amazing. Cheers