cornercase
New member
Hi all,
I just dropped a new top-hat rebuilt engine in my 2004 D2 and it's time for bumpers. It's riding on OME +2" springs and shocks (medium duty front, heavy duty rear) and has a set of RTE sliders with square nerf bars. I thought I had settled on the wide-face front bumper and the standard rear bumper from RTE Fab. However, I was watching some videos and I found this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xt4t-iUcZs
The first Discovery from T=0 seconds to T=25 seconds has front and rear bumpers that look unfamiliar to me. Anybody know what brand they are?
On a more technical note, I would like some high-clearance bumpers with a winch mount in front. I like the idea of a full brush guard and would also love fender guards like these but I don't really want to haul them around town since this is my daily driver as well and I want to keep it reasonably professional looking and low-key. I don't have a driveway and I would rather not attract attention with it parked on the street fully kitted. I was planning to get a bumper with a light bar or a-bar. I would then fab up bolt-on guards for the right and left headlight and fender that would bolt into a reinforced joint on the bumper and the rock sliders. Does anyone make anything like this? If not, is it not recommended for some reason? As a mechanical engineer and reasonably talented welder, I believe I could make one but I'm no expert in off-road part design and wanted some input.
Anyway, let me know what you think. Thanks!
I just dropped a new top-hat rebuilt engine in my 2004 D2 and it's time for bumpers. It's riding on OME +2" springs and shocks (medium duty front, heavy duty rear) and has a set of RTE sliders with square nerf bars. I thought I had settled on the wide-face front bumper and the standard rear bumper from RTE Fab. However, I was watching some videos and I found this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xt4t-iUcZs
The first Discovery from T=0 seconds to T=25 seconds has front and rear bumpers that look unfamiliar to me. Anybody know what brand they are?
On a more technical note, I would like some high-clearance bumpers with a winch mount in front. I like the idea of a full brush guard and would also love fender guards like these but I don't really want to haul them around town since this is my daily driver as well and I want to keep it reasonably professional looking and low-key. I don't have a driveway and I would rather not attract attention with it parked on the street fully kitted. I was planning to get a bumper with a light bar or a-bar. I would then fab up bolt-on guards for the right and left headlight and fender that would bolt into a reinforced joint on the bumper and the rock sliders. Does anyone make anything like this? If not, is it not recommended for some reason? As a mechanical engineer and reasonably talented welder, I believe I could make one but I'm no expert in off-road part design and wanted some input.
Anyway, let me know what you think. Thanks!
