Discovery Series II Bumper
How to get a better approach angle on your Discovery Series II without having to spend any money!
Photos and text by Kevin Collins
You will have to sacrifice those pretty Hella fog lights in the bumper and be comfotable with looking at your axle.... YES!
I think the best tool to use is a cutoff tool hooked to your air compressor. If you don't have this you could use a saw but I wouldn't recommend it. Take the truck to a machine shop with this page printed out and have them do it.
If you follow the line at the middle of the bumper from the wheel wells toward the middle you can get a good clean cut.
After you get to the center section of the bumper....where the black plastic is...turn 90 degrees and follow this line...another 45 degrees and then you will be going straight down. when you get to the bottom it is up to you how to finish the cut. I turned another 45 to make it look clean.
Do the same thing to the other side.
After you have done this the only thing to do is to trim up the inside of the fender wells. Use the cutoff tool here and just follow the same line across. After you do this it will not be as good in place as it was before...expect to rub your tires on it when you turn the wheel all the way but I have had no problems with it falling apart...or looking bad...mine has been like this for about 10,000 miles now.
If you decide you want to remove the lower part of the center section you will need to remove the crossmember under the bumper and then continue the same line of cutting as before. I would recommend that you purchase a skid plate since that crossmember does protect the steering linkage.
If you have any questions about the process just email me and I will do my best to help you out.