steering guard

[clodhopper]

i'm looking to fit a steering guard to my disco 1 and i'm after ideas of which might be the best. there seems to be a lot of different makes out there. i don't know if it's possible but i would like one with some sort of towing eye on because the standard disco one doesn't look all that strong especially when your stuck in the brown sticky stuff.pictures would be nice.

[extreme90]

personaly i prefer to not have a steering guard
its a can of worms
but i dont like them, they pick the front wheels off the ground in deep mud, belly you out in ruts, and play havock to winching backwards ( or any rear recovery)
i use h/d ( solid steel) steering arms, and havent had any issuse's apart from bending the track rod  :oops:
yes the h/d one  :shock:

dan

[clodhopper]

i use h/d ( solid steel) steering arms, and havent had any issuse's apart from bending the track rod  :oops:
yes the h/d one  :shock:

 #-o  :smack:

[extreme90]

i use h/d ( solid steel) steering arms, and havent had any issuse's apart from bending the track rod  :oops:
yes the h/d one  :shock:

 #-o  :smack:

 :lol:  :lol: i was proud though :lol:
but seriously
consider it, i much prefer no steering guard
have a look around, alot more people are stopping using steering guards as there cottoning on
you fit a steering guard
its not going to stop you bending your draglink, as i bent my draglink with a guard fitted
and my std trackrod, well, that was like a snake it got bent and straightend that much  :oops:

dan

[clbarclay]

My bug bear with steering guards is that the only rearly protect the drag link and as dan points out they don't always do that. You can get bolt on plates that have recovery and jacking points (like some steering guards have) for discos and RRC


I went the other way and got an axle guard which does an excelent job of protecting the diff, axle tracik rod and steering damper (RRC) but does limit ground clearence. I haven't noticed any problems with it ploughing in reverse though, the only time i've got t in rearly deep gloup mud it would drive forwards anyfurther, but reversed out backwards without any trouble (unlike the next LR on simex copies and locked diffs that tied it :twisted: )
Oh and axle guards are cronic mud traps :(

[Range Rover Blues]

I'm still using a steering guard, it makes the Saxos easier to retreive after you've squashed them :lol:

Go for an alloy one with jacking and recovery points.

[lurch_917]

i have a 3 part one for the benifit if i bend the main plate i just unbolt it turn it over and run it over to straiten it also no problems with it acting like a plough