newbie question

[robbd2]

just bought 02 disco,when i purchased the truck i added the brush guard. They instaled it today and im not impressed. i`m new to offroad but i plan on getting serious abouut it should i have them take it back and get a bull bar and if so which one? thanks

 

[dsstephens]

yep - dump it - put the $$$ to a new bumper. call rovertym or any one of a number of front bumper fabricators. You'll get better protection, better angles, a winch mount, and all the girls will say "ooh, aah."

I can't afford a new fron bumper yet, so I just continue to crack my bumper (it's getting replaced anyway) and all the girls say "oh-ah, no"

 

[robbd2]

girls girls girls, im married i try not to think about them tooo much
why rovertym i kinda was leaning toward arb what the diff?

 

[rover4x4]

approach angle.

 

[rmuller]

There are four major players in the front bumper, Safari Gard, RoverTym, TJM & Arb

Safari Gard & RoverTym both offer excellent bumpers with the best approach angle, and they do have either just bumper or bumper & brushguard options [and A-Frame I believe].. I'm sure people will give you their opinions on the differences between SG & RTE.

TJM & ARB both offer bumpers that are more form-fitting the the original look of the Discovery.. the TJM offers a better approach angle to the ARB and is cheaper. They both offer air-bag compatible bumpers, which the other two dont.

Cheapest out of all of them is the TJM, I got it for 740.00 with shipping from www.4x4connection.com and like it just fine.. Only downside is that you can not add recovery points directly to the bumper, but you can purchase the winch tray [$140.00 extra], and add hooks to it without a problem.

ARB is nice looking, but I know plenty of people who bought an ARB right away and afterwards wish they got something else.

 

[robbd2]

thanks for your help, i like the tjm, i`ll go with that.

 

[Jamooche]

Try to get rid of the stock brush bar. You can literally bend them with your bare hands.

 

[jkipk]

Another advantage to the stock brush bar on D1's: when you tag something (tree, etc), the brush bar bends back just far enough to snap off the headlight washer.

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