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| sharkey964 Member Since: 05 Oct 2014 Location: On a muddy track Posts: 583   
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I fitted my own.
The biggest problem I had was cutting the holes?my bumper is black painted stainless steel & the hole cutter wouldn't touch it,so I had to stitch drill the homes then file them smooth. I also blanked off the end of the rear of the bumper so the fitting at the rear of the DRL's wouldn't get full of cr@p. The results were good IMO. Marc |
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28th Jul 2015 5:03pm |
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| Griff_L322 Member Since: 26 Mar 2015 Location: North Wales Posts: 89  
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Don't think the standard bumper will be stainless but as you saw need a good quality hole saw.
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28th Jul 2015 5:16pm |
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| Clemmo Member Since: 03 Aug 2012 Location: Mile Oak Posts: 1236  
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Making my own right now
Used bumper£20 Round DRLs £30 Holes cut, brackets made. Just going to spray bumper gloss black and assemble. So far all good Clemmo Make today a little better than yesterday but not so good as tomorrow.... Defender 90 HT............Pangea Green BMW X3 Msport............Carbon Black Mini Electric................Grey. (wow!) MGB Roadster……..........Vermillion 17k miles Honda Benly CD200....Maroon --------McLouis Fusio........7.4m of fun |
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28th Jul 2015 6:20pm |
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| gilarion Member Since: 05 Dec 2013 Location: Wales Posts: 5117 
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Fitted my own round ones. I have a stainless steel bumper and I got a local machine shop to drill the holes cost me £20.00 and the holes were perfect.
 Click image to enlarge For those who like Welsh Mountains and narrow boats have a look at my videos and photos at.. http://www.youtube.com/user/conwy1 |
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28th Jul 2015 6:31pm |
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| Venomator Member Since: 25 Aug 2014 Location: Peterborough Posts: 2087 
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Wowsas, absolutely LOVE that Willow Green matey...
Don't think I have seen that shade before... Rog...
The GREEN One... MY2016 Urban Truck Build Thread - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic40548....al[/color] |
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28th Jul 2015 6:35pm |
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| gilarion Member Since: 05 Dec 2013 Location: Wales Posts: 5117
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Land Rover colour 'Trident Green' For those who like Welsh Mountains and narrow boats have a look at my videos and photos at..
http://www.youtube.com/user/conwy1 |
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28th Jul 2015 6:44pm |
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| Roy5695 Member Since: 15 Feb 2014 Location: Cornwall Posts: 1123 
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I think the new bumper fitted with the drl's are 5mm thick where as the standard one is only 3mm thick, could be where the extra price comes from...
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28th Jul 2015 7:18pm |
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| g-mack Member Since: 07 Jan 2014 Location: northumberland Posts: 1967
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i did my own, not perfect but ok for £70ish
Click image to enlarge My 109 thread my youtube channel |
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28th Jul 2015 9:31pm |
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| dave18 Member Since: 11 Jul 2015 Location: Gorleston, Great Yarmouth Posts: 497 
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Go to Paddocks pay £115 for a full set of stock size LED lights and fit. Get in LR and flick the small left hand column switch 1 notch forward and your done
Or if you want just stick to normal filament lights and flick the switch |
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28th Jul 2015 11:25pm |
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| AndyTunn Member Since: 10 Jan 2015 Location: Auckland Posts: 313  
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I went down the DIY route too, but opted for surface mount lights so only had to drill mounting holes plus an access hole for the lead...
Clearly these will be a bit more vulnerable than flush mounted options, but they're only 11mm deep so any form of A-bar or even the bumper end-caps would provide some protection. Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated |
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29th Jul 2015 12:05am |
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| Griff_L322 Member Since: 26 Mar 2015 Location: North Wales Posts: 89
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Well done looking good, will give it a go round might be the easiest
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30th Jul 2015 7:46pm |
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| TomekW Member Since: 21 Feb 2015 Location: Warsaw Posts: 197  
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2nd Aug 2015 5:28pm |
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