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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: seph234 on September 12, 2005, 19:56:56

Title: back bumper
Post by: seph234 on September 12, 2005, 19:56:56

who is it on here that has got a low profile back bumper made for there disco i am trying to shave a few inches off of the back end to stop the back end from catching as much on tight spots and i am looking for ideas any pics please :D . joe

Title: back bumper
Post by: chuggaman on September 12, 2005, 22:35:30

i got a steel one

not low profile but i havnt hit anything with it

mike

Title: back bumper
Post by: Wanderer on September 12, 2005, 23:58:22

I've got the Scorpion rear recovery bumper and it's brilliant.

Ed

Title: back bumper
Post by: Darren on September 13, 2005, 09:09:09

Or you could try the equally brilliant, but slightly cheaper, Discoparts version :)

(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stage1v8/Resources/RearBumperFitted.JPG)

Title: back bumper
Post by: Disco Inferno on September 13, 2005, 11:05:29

i got sick or ripping them off so made my own tubular affair
not the prettiest but its as hard as nails

ask my mate after i drove ito the front of his 90....

Title: back bumper
Post by: seph234 on September 13, 2005, 13:10:56

thats the decision i need to make, i can put a new heavy duty back bumper on but then your still going to hit it or make something like yours disco inferno and lose about 4" of overhang, i see you have chopped the rear quarters down aswell. i was looking at an old landrover world the one with the three disco's running 35's and see the silver one had a custom rear winch bumper that tucked up all around the rear quarters and thats what started me off aswell as keep fixing my endcaps back on :lol:

Title: back bumper
Post by: Darren on September 13, 2005, 14:03:59

Pretty much any of the aftermarket designs will be less vulnerable than the standard end caps and both the Scorpion and Discoparst ones are tapered at the ends to reduce the overhang by as much as practical. To gain any more of any significance then you'd have to alter the rear cross member of the chassis as these bumpers bolt right up to it already.

Title: back bumper
Post by: seph234 on September 13, 2005, 19:06:40

yeah thanks il probably go for the heavy duty back bumper coz if make a tubular one up i will have to mod the rear quarters and then its harder to put back to standard if need be, does anyone know how much the scorpion one's are compared to the discoparts one, why dont scorpion advertise their prices even on the web

Title: back bumper
Post by: Dangermouse on September 13, 2005, 19:09:21

If you need to ask how much you can't afford it maybe  :wink:

Title: back bumper
Post by: seph234 on September 13, 2005, 19:11:42

yeah your probably right , but it wouldnt hurt them to put some prices on things

Title: back bumper
Post by: Wanderer on September 13, 2005, 19:13:21

Mark (Discoparts) wasn't doing them when I bought mine. I've seen one of Marks and they are very good and cheaper.
My Scorpion one has taken a lot of hammer and where the paint has been scratched off it is still not going rusty due to the galv underneat the powdercoat/paint.

Ed

Title: back bumper
Post by: gecko on September 13, 2005, 21:16:58

im just going to make my own at work in the next week or so when i have ill show you how  shuld only cost £25 for the lot

Title: back bumper
Post by: seph234 on September 14, 2005, 12:51:43

thanks :D . joe

Title: back bumper
Post by: TOM on September 18, 2005, 10:53:03

Ive been thinking of building my own bumper.
I like Disco Inferno's any chance of a better pic and some instructions.
Alternatively I was going to follow these American plans @
http://www.discoweb.org/mattrearbumper/index.htm