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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 05:44 PM
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DUDE!!! Only $125 too. And I'm sure it could be drilled to mate to other winches, the T-Max 9500 is $1000.
I just might take on this endeavor (minus the winch) this summer.
And then maybe next year I can add a winch.
 
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Old Nov 11, 2012 | 12:33 PM
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Default Discovery 1 ES 300tdi Cracked trim

Hi, My bumper has the trim with the spots in, but it only took two off road into trail area's to first knock out the spot lights, second when I had to be recovered from a deep river, this completely broke what was left of the trim.
I had a spare bumper and trim without the spotlight holes. Looked at your Disco and was about to cut today, then put the trim on and it just finishes the bumper off at the bottom.
My Wife will not let me take the Disco off road anymore so I will restore it back to original "road" spec. And later buy a Series 1 or 2 Defender.
 
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Old Nov 11, 2012 | 01:06 PM
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Great job! OUTSTANDING..
Just did the same thing on my the 96 this morning. I could not use the bumper side caps, hit and run parking lot deal. I cut off the return side plate to 1 3/4" with a hack saw even with the bumper creating a nice turn and put a coat of paint to hold it until I can have the bumper shot. Turned out really good and just a couple hours work.
 
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Old Nov 11, 2012 | 05:49 PM
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Dumb new guy question, what did you do with the fog light wiring?

I think I just found my project for tomorrow! Great job!

Edit: Duh. I'll just unplug the harness.
 

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Old Nov 12, 2012 | 06:18 AM
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Fog light wiring is rolled up behind headlights, I now have bumper bush guard with spot lights. See pic
 
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Old Nov 18, 2012 | 08:04 PM
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I stole your idea and did the same mod on my D1 today. Pros: total cost was less than $13 for Rust-oleum & "Back To Black". Cons: now my sh!tty cracked plastic grille looks even worse by comparison.
Props on the idea though!
 
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Old Mar 10, 2013 | 07:01 PM
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I found this on a search and liked it so much I did it to mine today

I found that the oscilating cutting tool from hf with a wood drywall blade works perfect for cutting the corners down, also it seems to work best to start at the corner with the cut and go one direction then return to the corner and cut the other direction
 
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Old Mar 21, 2013 | 06:59 PM
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what should i with my fog lights, obviously i could just throw them out. But is there anyway to mount the fog lights to the grill without having to buy a brush guard that has mounts for them.
 
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Old Mar 21, 2013 | 09:13 PM
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I got some extra factory fog light plugs and wired in some aftermarket yellow fogs but I had the brush guard to mount em to, how about drill holes in the bumper? or take out the grill and make a mount in front of the fans then reinstal the grill
 
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