Vehicle & Technical > Freelander

Mods & Airbags

(1/4) > >>

Gordo:
One of the things I'm thinking of doing to my Freelander is fitting a stronger bar behind the bumper, and then I can fit a recovery point to that - as demonstrated by Tornado Motorsports at the Donington show.

However, I don't know whether this will cause problems with the airbag system. The Freelander that Tornado had on their stand has had the airbag system removed. Whilst I don't intend ever needing the airbags, they're useful things to have.

I presume that it's a similar story when fitting an A-bar, and Land Rover endorses that as an official modification...

Any thoughts or experience?

mill2020:
I can't imagine the replacement of the ali bar would cause any problems with the airbags, but it maybe worth speakin with Dave at Tornado and gettin his take on it, after all he's fabbin up the new bar so should have a good idea what effect it would have on the crumple zones

G30RGE:
I have a front receiver mount for sale - Purpose built to fit behind plastic front with a standard receiver fitment to take recovery point or demountable winch mount  :lol:

If I can find pics - I'll post it

Gordo:

--- Quote from: G30RGE on March 02, 2009, 21:25:06 ---I have a front receiver mount for sale - Purpose built to fit behind plastic front with a standard receiver fitment to take recovery point or demountable winch mount  :lol:

If I can find pics - I'll post it


--- End quote ---

Sounds interesting -  presume it'll fit a post-facelift model? And of course: how much? :)

Boddle:
 Your airbag shouldn't be effected much by the bumper change as they are triggered by an accelerometer (will be in the airbag ECU itself usually mounted as close to the centre of the vehicle as possible) not by any impact device behind the bumper.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page