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I have a 95 D1 with a cool looking OEM brush guard, but ran across this 1/4in steel bumper. The guy wants $50 for it, but I'm not sure if I want to give up the advantage of the brush guard with it protecting my head lamps and radiator. So my question is would a bumper be enough protection or do I need to go at my Brush guard and cut off the top part and weld it on the bumper or what
thanks collin
P.S. I hope this makes sense.
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The Tartus: 95 Disco with a full wilderness roof rack, 4 PIA lights on the rack, brush guard, with 2 fog lights, rear tail light guard, 2in Todco lift, Rhino Painted the cargo area, 5 Pro Comp 33in Mud Terrain Tires %75 tread, diff skid plate, and I'm only 18 ....
Bipolar: 2000 p38 Range Rover Brush guard, rear lamp guard, new grill, coil suspension.
bumper. but brush guard is hardly useless. without it you will certainly mess up the front of the truck including lights if you drive and park in an urban area or as Spike crazily suggests, drive thru some bush. O i like that.
my brush guard looked dorky for ten years but saved me countless bumps and scrapes in new york city and san juan. she went out in style with a range rover hooking her and ripping her off my front end (poor range rover of a unappreciative doctors wife) . i brought her back to life by cutting off the end bits, pointing her out a bit and turning her into a stinger. now i worry about the headlights and corners only.
The stock brush guard is weak it won't push anything that the stock bumper wouldn't handle alone, it might give you a slight protection advantage in some cases but a good offroad bumper would give you way more than you would lose with the brush guard.
Originally Posted by tornado_735I keep motivating myself saying that some poor bastard had to do the very same thing during the Camel Trophy and that I'm no different from him.
Get the bumper. I had a brush guard on an aftermarket bumper and it never did anything for me. That includes some thick stuff in Northern WI.
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'98 D1. RockStar Fab bumpers/tire carrier, 2"(soon to be 3") RTE springs, cones, 11.25" Rancho's, no headliner, custom pinstriping, dirty engine.
Brush guard or bumper?
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