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| dgardel Member Since: 30 Nov 2008 Location: Veneto (Heart & Head) Posts: 3586  
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First the car:
 Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge and now my Defendender (God save the rear step/tow bar): Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated  Discovery 5 td6 HSE Stornoway Gray Outback Engineering Limited Edition
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23rd Jul 2010 9:54pm |
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| pom Member Since: 01 Jun 2010 Location: Worcester Posts: 1343 |
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23rd Jul 2010 10:02pm |
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| dgardel Member Since: 30 Nov 2008 Location: Veneto (Heart & Head) Posts: 3586
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23rd Jul 2010 10:08pm |
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| bm52 Member Since: 04 Apr 2010 Location: Kent Posts: 2189  
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Is the rear cross member OK
out of interest where did you get the rear step - looks like it was worth the money  BM52 |
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23rd Jul 2010 10:25pm |
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| dgardel Member Since: 30 Nov 2008 Location: Veneto (Heart & Head) Posts: 3586
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Cross member is perfect......
yes this rear step saved the cross member (now i'm sure that it was worth ALL the money) because a perfect rear cross member is better than a "perfected repaired" rear cross member.....
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23rd Jul 2010 10:31pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20301
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They are brilliant these rear tow steps I have one also. All I wish mine had was a ball & pin tow hitch because it's just got a regular tow ball currently. So many people on the roads (mostly small cars) persist on cutting you up ect and I'm often left thinking if you hit me you'll come off worse. I have been over taken by a woman in a Corsa on a ROUNDABOUT (no signals at all from her) despite indicating perfectly AND perfect positioning and no I wasn't going slow. I'm left thinking Defender v Corsa do i need to answer that one?..... Now I know from pics above. Defender gets some scratches and the cars get dents and smashed up lights ect
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24th Jul 2010 9:00am |
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| wyvern Member Since: 13 Dec 2009 Location: Cornwall Posts: 2101 
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Hi Dgardel...
Wow - just to think that a couple of weeks ago we were having a ride in your lovely wagon..! 
Good that the damage was minimal - I'm looking at getting one of those steps as well .. just need to save some pennies!
Hmmm...did the parking sensors detect the car before the impact I wonder..? ! 
Stay safe over there! Team Wyvern! Poppy - TDCI (Puma) 110XS 2.2 - Camper conversion - see the build here - https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic56530.html Elgar -TDCI(Puma) 110XS Dormobile - now sold Devon & Cornwall 4x4 Response - DC126 |
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24th Jul 2010 9:10am |
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| Grockle Member Since: 24 Nov 2008 Location: Peak District National Park Posts: 2266 
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I'm going to fit one of those steps to my daughters Corsa now then
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24th Jul 2010 11:27am |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20301
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24th Jul 2010 11:37am |
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| dgardel Member Since: 30 Nov 2008 Location: Veneto (Heart & Head) Posts: 3586
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Thank Gary, yes damage are very minimal ..... Yes, sensor told me 10 secs before crash: attention silly boy in(to) your ass  Discovery 5 td6 HSE Stornoway Gray Outback Engineering Limited Edition
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24th Jul 2010 1:00pm |
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| Joe90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: UK Posts: 95 
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Hardly any damage to the landy |
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24th Jul 2010 4:05pm |
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| Glynparry25 Member Since: 16 Feb 2009 Location: Miserable Midlands Posts: 3015  
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Here is the question..... is it testament to how strong the Defender is.... or is it showing how cheap and nasty European low budget cars are?.... I remember my old disco rolling forward into a Clio at about 1/2 mph and there wasn't even a scuff on the Disco but the brand new Clio needed £700 worth of work
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My Defender now has Winch bumper on front, rock sliders down the side and a rear step/ tow bar so I am safe from almost every direction  .
Good to see you and your Defender are fine
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24th Jul 2010 5:18pm |
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| mse Member Since: 06 Apr 2008 Location: UK Posts: 5035 
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Its a bit of both i think Mike
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24th Jul 2010 6:14pm |
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| bm52 Member Since: 04 Apr 2010 Location: Kent Posts: 2189
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 to a degree but has anyone had any experience of rear Bumperettes or Steps like these sold by Rebel http://www.rebel4x4.co.uk/steps.htm
my nearly new Puma [if i can make the deal] will come with a tow bar etc as standard so i assume the full width step will make the fitted tow bar redundant? thanks and apologies for the slight thread hi-jack, but i have been wondering about rear protection, the steps seem so expensive!  BM52 |
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24th Jul 2010 6:42pm |
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