Sea King said:

Hi Guys,

I am considering installing the standard LR sump guard to the front of my TD5. Although i am starting to have second thoughts. Here's my questions:

1 - Do these affect the oil cooling of the sump?

2 - Are these guards worth having? I mean, how many of us have damage that would have been prevented by a guard?

3 - Are they easy to install by a diy mechanic? Trying to keep the costs to around £200. It will take land rover 2 hours to fit, and apparantly part of the suspension needs to be rebolted.

Thanks for any help,
Andy

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leggoman said:

I have an ally one with 4 big holes in. took 20 minutes to fit and looks good. I havent hit anything with it so cant say if it has a practical purpose. cost 60quid...its your money, spend it on yalandy!

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seanmoore2006 said:

it might be cos its late n i get grumpy this time of night but why do people keep spending money on fitting things that "look" good

harks back to the corsa boys conversation and their red brakes, or the disco owner whod spent 25K on things that look good and sorta sulked when he got told the vehicle was only worth 2k inc the addons

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hughesy said:

There's a newish 90 round here that's got it all, snorkel, winch, chequer plate everywhere, fat wheels etc but it's painted gloss black and the paint is pristine so I'm guessing it's never even been on his lawn. If I park next to him in my 110 with the same kit but also dents, scrapes and muck all up the sides he always looks a bit embarrased

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