D1 Bumper Hunt
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D1 Bumper Hunt
Hi all,
I've been hunting for a while for a steel front bumper for my D1 that's not going to break the bank. In pursuit of this goal, I've been looking for used bars. Ideally I'd like something like the ARB Deluxe, but there doesn't seem to be a used market for these. Right now I have the stock brush-guard, but I'm looking for something different and a little more substantial. Can't seem to find anything anywhere... Anyone have a lead on something like this?
I've been hunting for a while for a steel front bumper for my D1 that's not going to break the bank. In pursuit of this goal, I've been looking for used bars. Ideally I'd like something like the ARB Deluxe, but there doesn't seem to be a used market for these. Right now I have the stock brush-guard, but I'm looking for something different and a little more substantial. Can't seem to find anything anywhere... Anyone have a lead on something like this?
#2
A little late to the party but always look in the "For Sale" section because when the come up the go quick. https://landroverforums.com/forum/pr...bumpers-90964/
#3
A little late to the party but always look in the "For Sale" section because when the come up the go quick. https://landroverforums.com/forum/pr...bumpers-90964/
#5
What for? Seriously. I bought one 7 years ago because I thought I needed it for offroading. I had the same factory bumper and brush guard you have now. I wanted a winch. I wanted it to not just get totally destroyed the first time it scraped a rock. I wanted to be able to lift on it with the high-lift jack. I got one of those plate steel bumpers with the tubular brush guards. I've been wheeling it all this time and I think I scraped it on rocks twice. I've never lifted on it (it's way too high and the suspension travel too long to use a Hi Lift on it). I used the winch and D-rings dozens of times. I've also used the rock sliders many, many times and the diff guards are brutalized. But the front bumper barely gets touched. I'm not saying you don't need one, but to think about what it will really do for you so you get or build what really works. Honestly, other than holding the winch and D-rings which can be done a number of different ways, my front bumper primarily just "looks." Get one that has the looks you want because that's probably what it will end up doing more than anything else - just looking a certain way.
#6
What for? Seriously. I bought one 7 years ago because I thought I needed it for offroading. I had the same factory bumper and brush guard you have now. I wanted a winch. I wanted it to not just get totally destroyed the first time it scraped a rock. I wanted to be able to lift on it with the high-lift jack. I got one of those plate steel bumpers with the tubular brush guards. I've been wheeling it all this time and I think I scraped it on rocks twice. I've never lifted on it (it's way too high and the suspension travel too long to use a Hi Lift on it). I used the winch and D-rings dozens of times. I've also used the rock sliders many, many times and the diff guards are brutalized. But the front bumper barely gets touched. I'm not saying you don't need one, but to think about what it will really do for you so you get or build what really works. Honestly, other than holding the winch and D-rings which can be done a number of different ways, my front bumper primarily just "looks." Get one that has the looks you want because that's probably what it will end up doing more than anything else - just looking a certain way.
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