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Discovery winch bumper?
Yoshi:
Well i picked mine up today and couldnt be happier!
Its damned good quality, and the winch looks really good as well!!!
Disco Matt:
I'm awaiting delivery of some new bolts before I try to fit it, as when I removed one of the originals to check the size I found that the end was bent :shock: I'm reasonably sure I never put that much stress on the JATE ring on that side even on the one occasion when I had to be kineticed out of a hole! :lol:
I already knew that the upper bolts were monkey metal rather than high tensile, so was planning to replace them anyway. Now all four will be replaced. The new bolts are high tensile, with a higher rating than the old ones. Interesting the bumper has holes for six bolts, so I'll see if the matching holes are there for the other two with a view to sourcing and fitting some if I get a winch.
Yoshi:
The other 2 holes are for further back where the steering guard mounts to!
Or at least i think it does!
Disco Matt:
--- Quote from: Yoshi on May 28, 2009, 19:05:29 ---The other 2 holes are for further back where the steering guard mounts to!
Or at least i think it does!
--- End quote ---
My steering guard mounts to the bottom of the two bumper mount holes at the front, so it's not that. I think it must be to enable you to use six bolts to attach it.
Right, I've now decided that fitting my numberplate over the fairlead hole will look daft. So instead I've just ordered a shiny aluminium fairlead (as I'll be using plasma rope when I do get a winch) and will be attaching the plate above that with sticky pads. One question - does the winch just bolt to the baseplate, or does it bolt to the front too? In other words is the fairlead just bolted to the frontplate or do the bolts go through into the winch casing? I just want to make sure that I don't have to take anything off when the winch eventually goes on.
Yoshi:
Looks like it bolts with 4 bolts just up through the bottom of the bumper. I will know alot more tomorrow when i fit it all :D
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