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Discovery winch bumper?

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Disco Matt:
Firstly, I am not looking to buy a winch just yet! However, I could use a more robust front bumper with recovery and jacking points (rather than grovelling in the mud for my JATE rings). Winch bumpers seem to cost about the same as the few heavy duty non-winch units I've seen, so it makes sense. I'll just put the numberplate over the fairlead slot for now.

Which bumper would people recommend that meets the following criteria:

Needs holes for headlamp washers (which still work on mine, and I want to keep them)

Needs jacking points and recovery points (I like the swivelling shackle type, are they any good?)

Ideally needs to be able to fit a winch without cutting the grille

My budget is up to £250, ideally less! Any ideas?

So far I've found this one:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Discovery-MK1-Air-Con-Winch-Bumper-Inc-Recovery-Eyes_W0QQitemZ290305205755QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Lifting_Moving_Equipment?hash=item439789e5fb&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1689|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

Any thoughts? I don't see washer jet holes but I'm sure I could drill them.

LiftedDisco:
Looks very similar to mine, but difficult to tell from their small photo!

Mine does sit a fair way forwards - a non-winch bumper will sit further back and give a slightly better approach angle... but I have never had any issues with mine.

The swivels are £40 a pair if bought separately - if you are using these, I would suggest using a bridle to spread the load across both chassis rails.

meader:
you could always go for a shadow bumper but in the end they all do the same job

to be honest if you go for eone that you dont have to cut the grill you will find they stick out far to far and look ugly

Disco Matt:
I'm not overly keen on the tubular type for Discos - they're just a bit too modified-looking for my tastes. The square type look much more original in terms of silhouette, if that makes sense. I want something that looks pretty normal but is a little more capable/robust than standard.

The reason I don't want to cut the grille is that I have a Gulf spec one, which would look absolutely terrible if I had to hack the mesh bit about. I don't see approach angle as being a problem - I never catch my existing one, the steering guard tends to hit the deck first.

I also have aircon, so suspect that a shadow type bumper might make things a bit too cramped in there when trying to fit a winch and all the assorted wiring. The ebay bumper I found specifically says that it's suitable for aircon-fitted vehicles, presumably they move the tray slightly further forward.

clbarclay:
If the discover air con condensor is the same as on  the RRC (1987) then the only way a winch bumper wouldn't fit with air con is if part of the steel under body was cut away as well. My winch sits completely behing the grill and I only cut out a little bit of the grill so that I could reach the free spool leaver, but as it turns out I don't use the free spool too often anyway as I remove the grill while winching so that the drum can be seen.

I don't have a HD front bumper, having just modefied the standard one to clear the fairlead and match the body lift, but then I've only bent a standard bumper on the RRC once in 3.5 years and five minuets with a some stillsons soon sorted that out.

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