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Old 11-11-2016
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Originally Posted by Tombo89 View Post
Hey folks ready to pull the trigger on an smitty xrc atlas front bar. I love the look of it but I just wanted to double check the weight before i do. I have seen a few sites in the states that list this bar as 223lbs which converted to kgs = 101kg approx. Seems awfully heavy... Am i missing something here or is it just a super heavy bar?? Can anyone verify this??
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Originally Posted by snowing View Post
You are correct. Quite safe to say that it's one of the heaviest bar around at double the weight of most others. If you want that, it'll be a good idea to look into some coil spring spacers or springs with higher spring rate to compensate the heavy weight in case you are going to add winch as well.
I struggle to believe its really 100kg

I'm considering purchasing this bar myself, Jeep Konnection has it listed with a shipping weight of 50kg.

http://www.jeepkonection.com.au/Smit...tlas-Front-Bar