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Discovery winch bumper?

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Yoshi:

--- Quote from: mukkybugger on June 21, 2009, 14:13:28 ---sit the bumper on a level floor ,get a tape measure and measure the distance from floor to bottom of bumper at each end
that should show any differences, im sure its worth a phone call to trading standards if they wont refund or exchange,
we all have our rights...... :dance:

--- End quote ---

He didnt say they had refused to refund or exchange, he said evidently they wouldnt, which means they havent made any overt attempt to!

However, i have met them and spoken to them, so might be worth just giving them a ring, as opposed to emailing them, as i found them to be very helpful and a good bunch of lads, the emails are dealt with by the woman in the office, not the company owner.

Disco Matt:
I don't think it is the bumper though. On closer inspection the original one is slightly down on the driver's side, and the new bumper looks perfectly straight to me. It's as if the very tip of the right hand chassis rail is slightly low (by a centimetre or so). I did email Winch Solutions a photo and was told that the gap was "normal", I don't really want to push it as I like the workmanship on this thing and it does look as though my truck is wrong rather than the bumper.

I'll ask the garage to sort it. They did a great job with my sills, so a little bit of straightening shouldn't be beyond them.

mukkybugger:
i thought all winches made on a jig ,so there should not be any difference from one bumper to the next,
seems a cop out from the manufacturers,stating this is normal...........

Yoshi:
I have just finally fitted the front grille!!





I know its a bit rough in places, but it will do til i get meself a saudi grille :D

Disco Matt:
You probably don't want a Saudi grille with that bumper, as you'd have to hack the grille and the mesh around a fair bit to make it fit (why I wanted a bumper that puts the winch in front of the grille). Looks good though.

I'm going to have another go at fitting mine this week I think, at least I plan to get the steering guard off and straighten that out. I'll see if a couple of thumps with the big hammer help the other problem. It only needs to go up by a centimetre or so and if that works I can save some time and cash when it goes in for MOT/service/spring fitting. If you hear a lot of banging and swearing from the direction of Wales on Thursday then that might well be me!

I have all the other bits sorted, apart from some more M10 washers and a new numberplate (the current one has a couple of holes in where it bolts to the original bumper) I'll be keeping the original as a spare in case the double sided tape I have for the new one turns out not to be strong enough to hold it on during river crossings... :lol:

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