| Author | Message | ||
     Randy Maynard (Rans) Senior Member Username: Rans Post Number: 686 Registered: 08-2002 |
I'll need one when I remove my trailer hitch to install my Greg Davis Rear Bumper. Whats the best route? | ||
| Eugene (Eugene) Member Username: Eugene Post Number: 123 Registered: 02-2003 |
Randy, Have you considered the Southdown fuel tank guard? I haven't seen one installed, but my dealer has the guard on display and it appears solid and well-built. (I'm very fond of my Southdown diff guards.) Rovers North sells the Southdown fuel tank guard, so you should be able to get additional info from their site. -Eugene | ||
| Jamie (Rover_puppy) Senior Member Username: Rover_puppy Post Number: 458 Registered: 05-2003 |
I've got the LR genuine and it is solid and well-built. I could be wrong, but I think it is made by Southdown?? Mikey B just finished install of Greg Davis bumper (it looks great!!) - doesn't he have the fuel tank guard too?? Good Luck! Jamie | ||
| Alan Yim (Alan) Senior Member Username: Alan Post Number: 932 Registered: 09-2002 |
Yup, LR guards are Southdown guards. | ||
| Frank Rafka (Mongosd2) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Mongosd2 Post Number: 215 Registered: 02-2003 |
hey rans, I'm making one over the next couple of weeks, but the Southdown are pretty sweet... frank | ||
| Jamil Abbasy (Jamooche) Member Username: Jamooche Post Number: 202 Registered: 05-2003 |
How much is the LR/southdown tank guard and where do I get one? I'm sure the dealer charges way too much. Anyone have any pics of what it looks like? Jamil | ||
| Lewis Jones (Cutter) Member Username: Cutter Post Number: 161 Registered: 10-2003 |
here's the one on my DII  | ||
| Eugene (Eugene) Member Username: Eugene Post Number: 126 Registered: 02-2003 |
Jamil, Rovers North has the Southdown fuel tank guard at $415 for the steel finish version and $425 for the yellow finish version. -Eugene | ||
| Lewis Jones (Cutter) Member Username: Cutter Post Number: 174 Registered: 10-2003 |
just get the steel ones, the yellow ones on my orange TReK will get spray bombed black when it get warmer, it looks a little too 'bling*bling to me now  | ||
| Christopher Dynak (Adtoolco) Senior Member Username: Adtoolco Post Number: 340 Registered: 08-2002 |
I love that yellow bling bling...it screams quality to me | ||
| Lewis Jones (Cutter) Member Username: Cutter Post Number: 175 Registered: 10-2003 |
they took a beating on fins & things today. They are made very strong and help me not worry about all that rear overhang to much! | ||
| Jamie (Rover_puppy) Senior Member Username: Rover_puppy Post Number: 463 Registered: 05-2003 |
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| Christopher Dynak (Adtoolco) Senior Member Username: Adtoolco Post Number: 343 Registered: 08-2002 |
Thats a sexy pic. | ||
| michael burt (Mikeyb) Senior Member Username: Mikeyb Post Number: 615 Registered: 03-2002 |
yep, jamie...gen-u-wine land rover skid...! hey rans... i installed my greg davis bumper just before thanksgiving. i have been sorting out how to make the lrna/southdown skid work *better*. the lrna skid follows the lower lines of the stock hitch...so if you look at how that line projects out beyond and below the gas tank, you will see that: 1) the guard now extends too far and with out support to do the best job, and; 2) it looks pretty odd. i have cut the skid to end more closely to the end of the tank (to keep it from hanging too far back) and will fab some brackets to support the back of the skid that will connect to the g. davis reciever bolts. i am hoping to have this completed by the end of the week, so i will try to post a few photos. maybe there is one that fits better out of the box, but i already had this one, so it gets hacked 'till it fits. mike | ||
| Curtis N (Curtis) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Curtis Post Number: 967 Registered: 05-2002 |
Lewis, et al., "they took a beating on fins & things today." Fins is my favorite warm-up trail in Moab. Truly fun if you know the whole route (and I do). Gets confusing at times I will admit. The thing I wonder about is how your fuel tamk skid took a beating? I run that trail at least twice a year and I barely remeber even touching the stock rear hitch but only a few times. I never at any point felt that a skid would have been useful. Futher, on ANY trail I have been on in Utah I have not ever touched the tank. Those straps that go from the frame to the reciever seem to work fine on thier own. Just my opinion... -Curtis | ||
| Lewis Jones (Cutter) Member Username: Cutter Post Number: 180 Registered: 10-2003 |
I hit it a bunch today, there are some places that have gotten pretty eroded (sp?) and have some sharp fins coming up (some a few feet up). Everybody (well just my TReK, a XD, and a RR classic) drug the hitch a bunch. A bunch of places have had holes dug at the base from people spinning the tires and its getting common to have the front bumper scraping at the same time as the rear, I got hung up that way and needed a push to get the tires to hook up. I'll post some picks of my skids, and back bumper, in the morning and show the marks. | ||
| Lewis Jones (Cutter) Member Username: Cutter Post Number: 181 Registered: 10-2003 |
Nick just got the front bumper out of the dirt and the back is scraping on the way down. Some places have rocks stacked and you come down on them with the tank skid. (does this make any sense?)  | ||
| Jamie (Rover_puppy) Senior Member Username: Rover_puppy Post Number: 468 Registered: 05-2003 |
Hmmm... what's that called?? Perhaps inverted breakover angle?? | ||
| Paul D. Morgan (V22guy) Dweb Lounge Member Username: V22guy Post Number: 2208 Registered: 02-2002 |
#1 Jaime, that is the cleanest Disco bottom I have ever seen. How do you do that? #2 I am looking at Lewis's pic of the XD above and something does not look right. From my current postion in my armchair cyber 4 wheel drive......that person looks like he is not taking the right line. Instead of plowing out that hole, hitting it at more of an angle would have been better. But hey, I may be missing something and that 240 x 320 pic may not be telling the hole story (pun). Paul | ||
| Jamie (Rover_puppy) Senior Member Username: Rover_puppy Post Number: 470 Registered: 05-2003 |
Paul, The reason it is so clean is because pic was taken just after install while truck was still on the lift. However, I am fanatical about keeping stuff cleaned up - ONLY because I need all the CYA I can get. I don't want something wedged somewhere it shouldn'd be to bring me down or to a stop. I can really feel the difference in performance when everything is all clogged up in and under my truck. I'm too scared to get to get back on the interstate in that condition without giving at least a good visual look over. Cleaning all the (inner) workings of my rover is pretty much of a priority for me when I leave the trail for the day. Can't say I enjoy taking a few hours and getting under my truck spraying out mud and pulling out branches and debris, especially when I'm tired, hungry, and anxious to get ME clean again. Whoever invented that spray nozzle that Walmart sells and twists to 11 different spraying positions is my hero. That thing even keeps my engine squeaky clean. I'm not too concerned at all about how the "exterior" of my rover looks - but, oh yuk, it looks like the time has come for me to learn about exterior detailing. I'm NOT looking forward to learning about waxing, scratch removal from paint and trim, and the mystery of cleaning mud off of all the suede inside my front doors - so, I am doing a very good job procrastinating. HOWEVER, I DID go to the auto parts store and bought a Haynes Techbook Automotive Detailing Manual. I learned enough (I think? hope?) about electronics from the Haynes electronics book that Curtis suggested, so maybe the same magic will come from Haynes detailing book??? I wonder if they make a Haynes procrastinating manual?? Thanks, Jamie P.S. Lewis, I don't think I want to attempt the manuever that you have demonstrated in your pic - with my luck, when my tail dropped, it would push me forward enough that I'd get stuck and totally wedged into that spot tight. | ||
| Eugene (Eugene) Member Username: Eugene Post Number: 127 Registered: 02-2003 |
Jamie, To remove mud from the suede on the doors, I utilize a toothbrush and rub gently. The dried mud generally flakes off. Try this site for auto detailing supplies and information: http://www.properautocare.com/ The shop is based out of Tampa, Florida and I consider them to be the EE of the detailing world. Great customer service, informative website, and quick/thorough shipping. -Eugene | ||
| Lewis Jones (Cutter) Member Username: Cutter Post Number: 183 Registered: 10-2003 |
Hey Paul, it does look that way, but the slope is steeper than it looks and dusty. Theres a drop off to the right (looking at the pic) to stay away from. And your making a left downhill turn. The tracks in front and the rubber on the rocks shows it the 'populer'(sp?) route... | ||
| Paul D. Morgan (V22guy) Dweb Lounge Member Username: V22guy Post Number: 2211 Registered: 02-2002 |
That's what I get for being a "cyber" wheeler. | ||
| Jamie (Rover_puppy) Senior Member Username: Rover_puppy Post Number: 507 Registered: 05-2003 |
Hopefully, fuel tank skid plates will prevent cracked fuel tank when you go over rough stuff:   |
