I bought a Disco 1 metal front bumper and with a little bit of a mod, it fitted beautifully to my disco 2 (Import and tax would make a new metal disco 2 bumper around 2k making a 2nd hand disco 1 metal bumper at $100 very appealing). The thing is it came with a winch which will not fit unless I chop off the support under the radiator (see attached). With the metal bumper instead of the plastic I feel that the lateral stiffness of the vehicle has been improved alot but before I get rid of this piece, I thought I would suggest it to the more learned participants of this forum. All input gratefully received.

 

Hi Ting

I have just installed a similar bumper on my D2, if you look at that member the question you need to ask is this member I want to remove Structural to the stiffness and rigidity of my chassis,

I think the answer is not its not, so cutting it of will not reduce the strenght of your chassis, an if you check out page 77-1-1 of the RAVE manual, its not shown as part of ther chassis

 

Whack it off, did the same on mine with the winch bumper. No issues.

 

Thank you very much for your learned advice. Why didn't I think to read the RAVE?! I'll chop it off this afternoon and get back to you if the body falls off!

 

Ting, before you cut it off, try and leave a two short section either end so you can refit the Rad plastic cover , other wise you will not have any holes to put the location feet on the Rad cover into

 

Yes when I cut mine for the TF front bumper I left like 6inches on each side. Or when you look at it from the sides you'll see the extra layer of metal under it. I cut it just past that so use that as a guide.