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Can I fit a winch bumper to air bag equiped Disco?

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auf_wiedersehen_pet:
Hi All,

Can I fit a winch bumper to air bag equiped Disco? Will the air bag still work or does it rely on the bumper deforming in a shunt?

Cheers

Rob
 :lol:

Range Rover Blues:
Depending which Disco you either have the remote sensor system or the central sensor sistem.  Either will still work though obvioulsy you will be loosing the crush cans on a 300TDi or Disco 2 so you might find they go off at a lower speed, ican only guess at that.

It may be adviseable to remove the battery for an hour or so before you start work though :wink:

auf_wiedersehen_pet:
Hi Range Rover Blues,

How do I know which system I have? Mine is a 95 300TDi Auto.

When I put my mind to it I can be really dense - why do I need to remove the battery for so long before?

Cheers.

Rob.

Range Rover Blues:
I'm guessing you have remote sensors then.  Look for a yellow wiring cover going to the back of each headlight where you will find an Orange box, bigger than a matchbox.  This is the sensor.

Because you will be offering up a big chunk of steel tot he front of your car, in close proximety to the sensor it is an outside possiblity that you will trigger the airbags, either at that monent or later when you start the car. For your peace of mind you need to dissable the system and allow any charge built up within the electronics to dissipate for a while.

On Mondeos I was told it's 3 hours (for which you arte being charged0 becasue the seat-belt pre-tensioners fire a steel bolt out of the bottom of the car, a mechanic was shot by one :shock:

simdeb:
check with your insurance company as they can be funny with any different bumpers with cars with airbags (their red tape thingy)  told a friend of mine that it was not factory fitted so would not insure them any longer!!!!

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