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Sold my 200 discovery 8 years ago in fairly good condition, first thing the new owner did was to remove both bumpers and fit enormous wheels and tyres. Must be good in the snow but hard work climbing in and out (unless you use a step ladder) but at least it's still running.
 
nickcc said:
Sold my 200 discovery 8 years ago in fairly good condition, first thing the new owner did was to remove both bumpers and fit enormous wheels and tyres. Must be good in the snow but hard work climbing in and out (unless you use a step ladder) but at least it's still running.
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Must be a trend thing. I think they look stupid. Probably not good in an accident either.
 
2001ytd4 said:
Must be a trend thing. I think they look stupid. Probably not good in an accident either.
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The "bit" removed is a plastic valance, which after removal help's with ground clearance when green laning or off-roading. Incidentally I doubt very much that a plastic valance would help out much in a crash:rolleyes:
 
Dewin said:
The "bit" removed is a plastic valance, which after removal help's with ground clearance when green laning or off-roading. Incidentally I doubt very much that a plastic valance would help out much in a crash:rolleyes:
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It would probably help stop jagged metal bumper mounts ripping limbs off of someone if you hit them though. :doh: notice I wrote accident and not crash.
 
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nick2303 said:
the bumper mounts are still covered by??? guess what?? the bumper!

thats why they called bumper mounts... and the bit removed is called a valance!
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Ive seen them with near enough the whole frnot end removed. And surley the valence is there as a safety measure too. And why do you need extra ground clearence.
 
2001ytd4 said:
It would probably help stop jagged metal bumper mounts ripping limbs off of someone if you hit them though. :doh:
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If you want to discuss a car at least get some fact's right about it:doh: Even so if a Disco hit's you at anything more than 25mph your probably going to suffer damage anyway, it is 2 ton's of car after all and no valance will stop that.
 
nick2303 said:
the bumper mounts are still covered by??? guess what?? the bumper!

thats why they called bumper mounts... and the bit removed is called a valance!
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Oh right. You know the car im talking about do you? Only the one I saw the other day had the whole lot removed exposing jagged metal bumper mounts with a tow rope rapped round it. And although I agree that if hit by a large vehical you almost certainly get hurt, but are bumpers and valence's not put there to minimise injury?
 
Only I would be pretty ****ed off if one of my kids got run over by one of these cars and sustained injuries that could have been avoided if the correct oem parts had remained in place. Get your head out of your arse and look at the bigger picture you ignorant ****.
Dewin said:
If you want to discuss a car at least get some fact's right about it:doh: Even so if a Disco hit's you at anything more than 25mph your probably going to suffer damage anyway, it is 2 ton's of car after all and no valance will stop that.
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2001ytd4 said:
Oh right. You know the car im talking about do you? Only the one I saw the other day had the whole lot removed exposing jagged metal bumper mounts with a tow rope rapped round it. And although I agree that if hit by a large vehical you almost certainly get hurt, but are bumpers and valence's not put there to minimise injury?
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That's strange cos a discovery doesn't have bumper mounts the bumper sits over the chassis legs and the bolts go thru the side of the bumper and chassis legs. Remove the bumper completely and you expose the chassis. :confused:

[smile] yu know fook all [/smile]
 
2001ytd4 said:
Only I would be pretty ****ed off if one of my kids got run over by one of these cars and sustained injuries that could have been avoided if the correct oem parts had remained in place. Get your head out of your arse and look at the bigger picture you ignorant ****.
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You're not the only one with kids, but I worry more about the hot hatches that get modified and are driven like they're on a Grand Prix circuit.

As I said before, with or without a bumper 2 ton's of car will HURT! I was in an accident a few years back where we were cut up on a roundabout, long story short, our Disco turned a VW Polo into a 2 seater ... and this was a 20mph crash. So I reckon if a car suffer's that much damage then in the majority of instances a person is well and truly knackered, bumper fitted or not!.


Now why don't you grab your hairdryer and fluff up some cotton wool for protection ... you know just in case a big bad Discovery drive's along!
 
The valance is there as a mounting point for fog lamps, and probably for aesthetics too, though I don't think they do anything to improve the looks but perhaps that's just me.

If you're going to get hit by the valance, it certainly wouldn't stop there. Next thing you know, you will either be hit by the differential or one of the wheels. That said, you shouldn't be laying in the road in the first place!

The valance is not a safety feature and it doesn't provide any additional protection. The reason why people remove them is because they hinder ground clearance quite significantly, as I found out the hard way.

Anyone crossing a road should cross with caution and that goes without saying.
At the end of the day, roads are for vehicles, not pedestrians.
 
Dewin said:
You're not the only one with kids, but I worry more about the hot hatches that get modified and are driven like they're on a Grand Prix circuit.

As I said before, with or without a bumper 2 ton's of car will HURT! I was in an accident a few years back where we were cut up on a roundabout, long story short, our Disco turned a VW Polo into a 2 seater ... and this was a 20mph crash. So I reckon if a car suffer's that much damage then in the majority of instances a person is well and truly knackered, bumper fitted or not!.


Now why don't you grab your hairdryer and fluff up some cotton wool for protection ... you know just in case a big bad Discovery drive's along!
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Lol. Cotton wool:D
Is that your daughter in your avi. Getting dressed just after you made her do rude things to daddy?
 
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