Fitting roofrack ladder to Discovery

[ep90]

I have bought a genuine roof rack ladder for my 300 tdi Disco.  I have offered it up to the rear door and the bottom feet sit on the top of my number plate!  Is the a common problem?  I can not move the number plate down enough to clear it because it will cover the Discovery logo.  

What does everyone else do to get around this problem?

Cheers!

[Paul]

Now about removing the number plate and re-fitting it on top of the ladder fixings,

Or

Cutting the corners off the number plate with a jigsaw.

[Wanderer]

Could the number plate be larger than normal. I had to move mine down to just below the ladder but it didn't cause a problem.
Could the sticker be in the wrong place?
Remove it and get another one?

Take a dremel to the corners.

Ed

[thermidorthelobster]

I was going to suggest that maybe you had a ladder for a TD5, but then I remembered that the rear doors on the TD5 are the only panel they have in common with the Series I Disco, IIRC.  Which is slightly ironic given the problems they had with the hinges sagging.  Hopefully the hinges are different but I'm not holding my breath.

You could always upgrade to a nice Patriot roof rack with a built-in ladder  :D

[Andy.]

I too had this problem, just removed the number plate and fitted the ladder. The number then just fits over the top.

[Bush Tucker Man]

Is that an old photo Andy, or didn't Jayne let you buy a full set of Wranglers?? :lol:

[Andy.]

It's an old one Richard.

Pre MTR's and rear lamp guards.

It was just too show the number plate