Your thought please.

[Cheshire cat]

I really dislike our Plastic version. Would be happy to fit the XLW one, but I realise it won't comply with UK law, so will probably pass.

Which UK reg’ would it infringe on?

 

[Jeremy996]

The sale of unapproved steel bull bars has been banned since May 2007; older ones on an older vehicle are fine, (although the DoT would not recommend their fitment unless you can show they don't make the vehicle more dangerous on impact).

Bull bars

www.gov.uk

Legality of a winch bumper is down to use case; for the Grenadier it could be a bit complicated as there is an approved version with a winch that has passed type approval, so your insurance 'should' quibble about a non-approved version, but might only check after an incident and then void your insurance, (which will give you a massive legal headache).

Your chances of crossing the path of a DVSA or police office with enough knowledge of vehicle standards to know the difference between legal and illegal fitment of winch bumpers or bullbars is small, but rises massively after you have been involved in an incident, especially if there is a fatality. There is a general MOT requirement not to have any sharp edges on your car, so anything added may fall foul of that.

 

[Baron von Teuchter]

Hmmm and what’s the definition of a bull bar according to the DVSA?

Typical government bullshit