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Vehicle & Technical => Defender => Topic started by: Niel on August 31, 2007, 12:29:44

Title: ON Road Armour
Post by: Niel on August 31, 2007, 12:29:44
Following this mornings assault on the disco's bumper end cap by a dozy corsa driver, what add-ons do you suggest for a 110 CSW?

Sill bars?
Tried ordering the basic ones from 'addocks, no stock, no delivery date for more, same elseware, looks like self build time so:
I need photo's of them, pre install, during if poss, and installed, esp. underneath, anyone got any?

Niel.
Title: ON Road Armour
Post by: Range Rover Blues on August 31, 2007, 13:05:00
<---HD front and rear bumpers, preferably with corner cover.  Rock sliders or tree sliders, a lift, big tyres, lots of lights, reflective tape on the bumper corners, sports exhaust, big horns and (if the hippie tree huggers are to be believed) the 4 horsemen of the appocolypse riding at my shoulder.  People still try to drive into it, it's invisible, so must yours be :?
Title: ON Road Armour
Post by: thermidorthelobster on August 31, 2007, 13:18:57
RRB, your problem is it's camouflaged with all that mud...
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Post by: zulublue on August 31, 2007, 15:34:24
:roll: LOL
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Post by: L90OOK on September 01, 2007, 05:27:51
Heavy Duty front bumper, rear bumperettes...& rear tow hitch, rock/tree sliders, front steering guard...be a shame to bend your steering arm reversing off a Corsa  :twisted:
Title: ON Road Armour
Post by: Niel on September 03, 2007, 14:23:21
E-bay 120157652291 rather like the under bumper bit, not much use off road though ;-)
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Post by: richo on September 05, 2007, 21:01:13
Tow bars are great as if some runs in the back of you they will come off worse,normally a leakey rad after impact
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Post by: Evilgoat on September 05, 2007, 21:05:59
Bunnies Dad backended her mum while she was driving the defender.

His XJR's rad ended up on top of the engine :) OOPS!
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Post by: Bunnie on September 05, 2007, 21:11:57
i can vouch for tow bars taking out the rads... too my aircon one out with a rangies plus the bonnent with his tailgate!
Title: ON Road Armour
Post by: Niel on September 06, 2007, 21:43:05
Quote from: "Evilgoat"
Bunnies Dad backended her mum while she was driving the defender.

His XJR's rad ended up on top of the engine :) OOPS!


Indeed, I've put the Southdown tank guard and tow bracket kit that came with it on now, steering guard and diff guard to fit this weekend...

I'd like the mil bumperettes front and rear, as well as sill guards, but I need to look at a set installed first before buying as I have an idea I might be better off making my own again. Anyone local or perpared to photograph some for me?
Niel.
Title: ON Road Armour
Post by: freeagent on September 07, 2007, 18:58:41
an absolute tool drove into the back of my disco earlier this year in his clio...

unfortunately for him i'd just fitted a nato hitch to my tow bar, it wrecked his car, but didn't even mark mine..

funniest thing was after we'd exchanged details he took off like a rocket with water pouring out of his rad.. must have trashed the engine before he got home...
Title: ON Road Armour
Post by: Niel on September 10, 2007, 10:12:29
Quote from: "freeagent"
an absolute tool drove into the back of my disco earlier this year in his clio...


Well you know what they say, renal clit, every Twunts got one...

Please delete if inapropriate moderator.
Title: ON Road Armour
Post by: Niel on September 11, 2007, 14:00:07
Someone must have photo's of sill bars prior to install surely?

Getting a little fed up with suppliers advertising goods, so making my own is next on the agenda!
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Post by: clbarclay on September 11, 2007, 14:33:08
Not got pictures but all the ones for a defender I've seen up close have the same method of mounting.

At the rear they have a tube that slides into the chassis outrigger and at the fron are a couple of tabswhich go either side of the big bolt at the bottom corner of the bulkhed which goes through the chassis.

The aftermarket on I've seen the tube was not very long, were as on a friends home made one its just the right length to go right up inside the outrigger and rest up against chassis.


A google image search found this which might help
http://www.roverparts.com/Instructions/Defender_90_Rock_Sliders_9596DF.cfm
Title: ON Road Armour
Post by: Niel on September 11, 2007, 17:10:54
Quote from: "clbarclay"
Not got pictures but all the ones for a defender I've seen up close have the same method of mounting.

At the rear they have a tube that slides into the chassis outrigger and at the fron are a couple of tabswhich go either side of the big bolt at the bottom corner of the bulkhed which goes through the chassis.

The aftermarket on I've seen the tube was not very long, were as on a friends home made one its just the right length to go right up inside the outrigger and rest up against chassis.


A google image search found this which might help
http://www.roverparts.com/Instructions/Defender_90_Rock_Sliders_9596DF.cfm


Hummm, food for thought, though the 110 has 2 outriggers behind the bulkhead one, and they're not tubular, but it all helps!
I feel a plan coming together :-)
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Post by: ChrisV8 on September 11, 2007, 20:41:33
:lol: Sure there was a post on LR4x4 forum about how to build and how to fix, can't access at present not at home on Broadband but worth a search.
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Post by: clbarclay on September 11, 2007, 21:24:39
Quote from: "ChrisV8"
:lol: Sure there was a post on LR4x4 forum about how to build and how to fix, can't access at present not at home on Broadband but worth a search.


Having a search on there found this so far
http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=9589&hl=110++slider
Title: ON Road Armour
Post by: ChrisV8 on September 11, 2007, 21:29:24
Try this one

http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=11186
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Post by: clbarclay on September 11, 2007, 21:54:29
missed that one
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Post by: Niel on October 16, 2007, 10:50:28
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nieljohn/1585450081/
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Post by: Range Rover Blues on October 16, 2007, 14:02:26
Well, had another numpty(ette) drive into the back of Blue on Friday night.

Can't even see a scratch on the NATO hitch :(biglaugh):
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