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Opinions of detachable towbar?
mentalmoshio sophs V8i:
ebay one matt 99 quid plus 30 quid postage.
oh forget arc welders galess mig welder for a ton welds anything done chassais and high pull loads with mine
Disco Matt:
--- Quote from: david p on May 24, 2008, 21:53:58 ---ebay one matt 99 quid plus 30 quid postage.
oh forget arc welders galess mig welder for a ton welds anything done chassais and high pull loads with mine
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That sounds like the other design the same people had.
Yes, I know Mig welders are better now but I didn't know that at the time! :lol:
mentalmoshio sophs V8i:
i was chatting to colin last weekend from team choas , we both dont see the point in off road driving with no towbar.
the rear overhang will bend so easily , also spare parts of end caps will be availble at every fun day in the mud.
rear bumper ripped straight off to ive seen too.
ideally the towbar wants to be at the point where the departure angle is maxium without out risking damage to other arear
if u really want a tank guard id have to have an american style full wraparound rear bumper too.
remember the shear damm weight of ever guard u add
only reason why i fitted mine was as a heat shild for the rear slitter on the exhuast and as a bash plate to save my tank from pieces of scarp metal hitting the under neath when i was going down a the road at 55 mph and one smacked the tank [-X
skip company i blame for that =; [-X
Disco Matt:
I can't believe the tank guard and detachable drop plate would weigh more than the lump of metal LR bolted onto the back. I just need another couple of degrees of departure angle on a stock Disco (don't want to lift it or fit bigger tyres as it won't be able to get into car parks then, plus I don't need to do that) and swapping the plough for one of these will make things much easier.
mentalmoshio sophs V8i:
ok forgot a lift , wheel arch flars or cut all 4 archs out to the flared bit instead and cheap set of taller chuncky mud tyres . most of the time its the diff which grounds out first not the towar.
most of the car parks around by me have height limit of 6ft 8 anyway which i think even a standard disco wouldnt go under.
think mines roughly 230cm tall so 8ft carparks our fine
just measured mine towbar is 17.5 inch of the ground ,diff is around 12 inchs
im running on a 2 inch lift and 235/85/16 road tyres with 13 mm of tread
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