AEV Front bar questions

[rjvines]

Hi all,
I'm keen to get the AEV front bar for my (arriving soon) JK but I've got a few questions that I'm hoping someone can shed some light on...
-where can the front number plate be mounted for this bar (as someone previously mentioned, Victoria police indulge in summary shootings for minor traffic offences)
-does the jeep konnection one include the winch plate or not (the web site says both included and excluded)
-is there somewhere I can source one for a price that puts it in reach of normal bank balances?
thanks in advance for your help

[SeaComms]

Not sure where you are but most dealers in Aus will be similar price.

If you can be bothered you can always buy from the US and arrange freight through someomeone like usatoaus.com.

Bit of hassle and to get good freight price will take a month or two to get here.

They are not cheap byt in my opinion t I e best looking available.

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[HGR]

Originally Posted by rjvines

Hi all,
I'm keen to get the AEV front bar for my (arriving soon) JK but I've got a few questions that I'm hoping someone can shed some light on...
-where can the front number plate be mounted for this bar (as someone previously mentioned, Victoria police indulge in summary shootings for minor traffic offences)
-does the jeep konnection one include the winch plate or not (the web site says both included and excluded)
-is there somewhere I can source one for a price that puts it in reach of normal bank balances?
thanks in advance for your help

Gidday rjvines,

Great bar & very solid, I mounted my Number Plate on my Fairlead Rollers with X 2 Mag Light Mounting Clips, worked a treat, You need to specify what you want with the Bar when you order it, i.e winch plate, recovery lugs, skid plate , as SeaComms said pricing is pretty similar all round Australia, you could try & find a second hand one, the second picture show's Number Plate Mounting

[Loggio]

As HGR said,

clipping it to the Fairlead rollers is an option... If you have a roller fairlead that is. But the only problem with that is that it's 'clipped on' and not really ideal.

I was going to make up a hindged clip-on bracked for my AEV bar that would fit on the fairlead rollers and could fold the number plate up and down as you needed access to the winch cable.

but then, i couldn't be bothered. So i unscrewed the spot light mounting brackets and attached a small right angle bracket facing upward underneath the mounts on the inner bolts, then bolted the spot light mounts back down.

i then bolted my number plate to those right angle brackets.

Essentially now, the number plate sits between the spot lights and the fairlead roller, over the top of that SLIT you see above the fairlead rollers. Perfect spot.

Probably hard to make any sense of what i just said...

So here's a pic:

EDIT* - and to answer your question. The winch mounting plate is optional and will cost you prob over $100.
Jeepkonection is a perfect AEV supplier, i've bought a few things from them now and they've always been great. Delivery is hassel free and usually pretty fast (if they have your item in stock) and i believe they are very well priced for an aussie import company. they definately will not rip you off.



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[Zander]

Ok here is a price comparison buying overseas vs here;

Buying from the US;
$1200 (AEV direct or Qt) + $300 (delivery) x 1.1 (GST) = $1650

Buying from JeepKonnection;
$1675

Are you going to wait a couple of months for a $25 discount?

The only way to save some serious money is to buy second hand but would you risk it with all those Chinese fakes floating around?

Attachment techniques for the front license plate.

I was going to get this (Tuffy Flip-Up License Plate Holder, $17);


But due to one reason or another, I got this;


Yep that's right the installer just tap screwed it to my new $2000 bar, not my preferred method but it works.

[rjvines]

Thanks for the input guys, some good ideas for plate mounting there.
also, I'm not complaining about the price as such, I realise that in perspective jeep konnections price is ok....my budget is just going to dry up long before a get all the stuff I want so just want to see of it can stretch a bit further.

[MC4X4]

I mounted mine on the bash plate.