Disco front bumper

If the plate is vulnerable when mounted as in picture 1, I would think you're probably up the proverbial and a lost cause.

Isn't that what a recovery shackle is for ?

;)

On the back in this case, the shackles on that bumper are lower than the number plate...

Paul,

If you want to preserve the looks - don't get one of these - they look $%^& awful from the side..... just sharp metal and bolt holes in the wing as you now have no wrap around endcap....

Neil Brownlee came up with the following;:

We thought of that, looks aren't important to us, but safety will be. We have some Semi-rigid (oo-er missus) crash helmet plastic trim to put on, glue on maybe, all sharp bodywork edges.

At the moment the o/s front endcap is hanging off, with the mounting plate snapped. The n/s one isn't too bad looking but also has the mounting plate broken. So with the rust on the main bumper and a split in the lower bumper plastic trim, we figured it's time for a complete replacement bumper, that'll also not get knocked about when we do, which we do regularly, go off-road.

The hi-lift and recovery points will also be useful (again) at some point in future, I can foretell these things ... ;)

Paul,

Neil Brownlee came up with the following;:

Problem is with all the square (normal looking ish) bumpers is (mainly) the price ... BRB is £269 + vat + delivery. The one on ebay is £145 inc delivery etc. We've looked at many tens of bumper manufacturers and this particular one looks well-built, cheap and out of the way enough not to get us stuck, whilst still looking like it's man enough not to be too bent if we do get it stuck, which I'm sure we might anyway.

We ummed and ahhed a bit, but price for price we'll chance it, we reckon. Certainly, though, the Disco has more rounded bits on it than a Defender and the Defender round bumpers don't look too out of place.

Other thing was availability .. with the bits hanging off ours and an MOT due next month we wanted something now. ;)

I was more hoping for views of people who might have one fitted, how it performs, any problems fitting it etc.

ahh pragmatism - on usenet?

FWIW I agree - give it a whirl

and everyone else is waiting for you to get back with your reveiw once fitted/used :)

There are circumstances in which wrap rounds are a distinct disadvantage. Make sure that you really want such a feature before you jump that way.

William Tasso came up with the following;:

Purse strings and a wife who wants a holiday abroad next year, with the kids too ... ;)

Heheheheh

I figured ... watch this space ... hopefully. ;)

Paul,

Someone on mud-club bought one, fitted it, though "oh my god what is that!", removed it and sold it......that a good enough review :(

Neil Brownlee came up with the following;:

Heheheh, we'll see. :)

Paul - xxx came up with the following;:

Pics at

Good bits ... Good ebayer, good communication, delivery as pronised so positive feedback left and positive feedback received. Though when you pay by return they can't do much else I guess. The bumper itself is pretty much what we expected ... fitted easier than removal of old bumper, and it certainly looks like it's well out of the way. Beefier than I thought it would be with extra gussets and bracing where it looks like it'll help. Ends chamfered over and capped off properly and the main tube is contoured to fit the Disco front end quite nicely. The bash plate, small as it is, looks pretty substantial as do the eyelet holes/recovery positions and jacking points. For a cheap bumper I'm reasonably impressed.

Bad bits ...Paint is a bit crap, indeed matt black on red oxide primer, as can easily be seen on one of the photo's where I peeled off the sticker ... If a sticker glue pulls the paint off, what's mud and a jet wash gonna do? I guess I'll smooth hammerite it ... eventually ;) As thought, there's nowhere to properly mount the number plate out of the way, so I self-tapped it into the front plastic grille. A more permanent fix will be fixed when I get another tuit or three

Overall, for the price, I'd so far recommend them. We'll have to wait a couple of weekends to see how it fares 'in battle', the green-laning we're doing this week is pretty tame and sedate. ;)

Paul - xxx came up with the following;:

Having just got back from a days off-roading, green-laning and a bit of playing in a quarry I can also add the following.

Having a higher bumper just seems to make the steering stuff a tad more vulnerable, so I'll need a steering guard, pretty quickly I reckon and maybe a diffguard too, as I'm sure I hit at least one rock ....

So, what say the group, budget under a ton, steering guard required for 300 Tdi Disco, doesn't need jacking, towing or recovery points as the bumper already has them. I'll be fitting it at home with a meccano style toolkit and an 'ammer ... ;)

Ease of fitment and fitness for purpose much more important than style or gimmicks. It will probably be painted Hammerite smooth black, or even Hammerite hammered green, depends what's left in each tin after we've done the railings ... ;)

Recommendations please.