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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: karlo on August 17, 2007, 20:14:28

Title: Winch with air con?
Post by: karlo on August 17, 2007, 20:14:28

I'm looking at a fitting a heavy duty bumper (possibly a Tubular one), so it possible on a 300tdi to fit a winch as i want to keep my air con?

Title: Winch with air con?
Post by: Range Rover Blues on August 17, 2007, 20:21:03

I should think so, they do exist with the winch sat ahead of the grille.  What about a removable one? keeps you pedestrian friendly, thief unfriendly and won't increase the front axle loading.

Title: Winch with air con?
Post by: Disco-Ron on August 18, 2007, 00:20:22

Try the place in the link.... i had one of their wrap around bumpers for a while, it stuck out too far for my purposes, but from memory i seem to think he said it stuck out that far to cater for vehicles with air con.....

http://www.firstfouroffroad.co.uk/discovery_tubular_winch_bumper.htm

Title: Winch with air con?
Post by: karlo on August 18, 2007, 09:38:11

I do like the look of that bumper that wraps around the wings, just with carriage it works out around £100 more than the guardian one and like most folk i'm on a tight budget with being poor  :-({|=

Title: Winch with air con?
Post by: Guardian. on August 18, 2007, 10:58:07

you can have a disco 300tdi winch bumper, you just ask for an aircon version, as they say the winch section sits more forwards so the winch is up against the grill, as opposed to chopped grill and in / behind it.

Title: Winch with air con?
Post by: karlo on August 18, 2007, 13:40:05

Spence, do you do a tubular one that comes around the wings?

(http://www.firstfouroffroad.co.uk/discov3.jpg)

Title: Winch with air con?
Post by: Guardian. on August 18, 2007, 17:09:41

not as standard, but could do you one, i dont do them as i personally dont like the look of the tube going around the side, but thats just me

Title: Winch with air con?
Post by: Lyndsey731 on August 19, 2007, 18:49:09

I have a Scorpion Racing bumper with a Warn 9.5 XP on a 300 with aircon, the whole lot came off my 200 without aircon. I know it's not the bumper you want but it does show that certain ones will fit no problem.

Gav

Title: Winch with air con?
Post by: Guardian. on August 19, 2007, 20:01:12

looking at that pic an ordinary tight winch bumper might do the job anyhow, im not sure where the rad for aircon is, but i think from memory it is mounted up top of grill and doesnot hang all the way down, so standard would do, or at worst have to move a couple of hoses.
have a butchers, as its been a while since ive actually looked at one!