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Please remind me who owns the Disco with a Defender A Bar fitted - Photos?

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Iain C:
Yep, got one on my truck, needed to chop the number plate surround back a bit and get busy with a cold chisel behind the bumper but it's an easy job.

It's in my avatar but PM me if you want closer, cleaner pictures.

Good luck with it!

auf_wiedersehen_pet:
Many thanks every one.

Skibum & Iain C - they look really good. Do you think the green one in my original post is a bit shorter???

Skibum - What bumper is yours fixed to? Is it a standard one with the ends missing?


--- Quote from: Iain C on May 27, 2008, 14:29:17 ---Yep, got one on my truck, needed to chop the number plate surround back a bit and get busy with a cold chisel behind the bumper but it's an easy job.

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What part needed the cold chisel?

I'm intending to fit mine to a heavy duty bumper (half way down the linked page) and weld on a brace bar like the one in the first post.

Iain C - PM sent.

Skibum346:
Yes matey... it's a standard bumper with the ends and number plate plastic thingy taken off. (Never saw the point of it myself!)

Just drilled a couple of holes in the right place and Robert's yer mothers brother.

Mind you... don't fancy having to do it n a HD bumper!

Good luck matey...

Skibum

Skibum346:

--- Quote from: auf_wiedersehen_pet on May 27, 2008, 20:10:37 ---Skibum & Iain C - they look really good. Do you think the green one in my original post is a bit shorter???

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No it looks about the same size but the bit on the front probably deceives the eye.

Skibum

Iain C:
Mine is running Wipacs and they look fine.  I'm not sure if my bar is from an AC Defender or not, TBH I don't know what I'm looking for!  If I was going to be hyper critical and owned a welder I might chop an inch out the bottom of the bar and re-weld the base plates on lower as it can sometimes look a little high from some angles, however it works well for wrapping a recovery strap round and also it's easy to see where the front is when driving.

If I remember there's a short bolt that just passes through the top skin of the bumper, and a longer one that goes right through it all with the nut visible on the underside of the bumper mount.  To get one of these through I needed to slightly alter the internal bracing piece of the bumper but only by a few mm.

However be warned that as the A bar is bolted to the bumper and not the chassis it's not very strong.  It's fine for mounting lights etc, but if you were going really mad with it you might bend the bumper a bit and push the lights back onto your grill.

Here's another pic, hope this helps.  I do quite like the look and it looks well balanced with the valance missing and a steering guard added.

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