The Puma Hump

[MrLandy]

So how does everyone feel about the Puma bonnet hump now?
...Who loves it?
...Has it grown on you?
...Does anyone hate it?

Does it improve the drag coefficient? :Rolling:

...Show us your hump!

[Tombie]

Bored are we?

[Toxic_Avenger]

You sound like fergie talking about your humps.

It's a POWER BULGE.
Much more masculine.

[Disco Muppet]

You sound like fergie talking about your humps.

:lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

I don't really like it. I think they look better flat. I can't stand the bonnet checker plate for pumas.

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[Toxic_Avenger]

:lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

I don't really like it. I think they look better flat. I can't stand the bonnet checker plate for pumas.

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Wash your mouth out young man!!!

[Cgoo]

At least the puma one doesn't trap water when driving at speed in the rain......

[MrLandy]

Bored are we?

The puma power hump was calling me from the kitchen window whilst I was driving my Italian Defender, miss Rancilio Silvia 😍

[MrLandy]

:lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

I don't really like it. I think they look better flat. I can't stand the bonnet checker plate for pumas.

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I'd never chequer plate my hump! Chequer plate is for traybacks.

[DiscoMick]

I'd never chequer plate my hump! Chequer plate is for traybacks.

Neither would I, but I'd plate the wings round it.

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[MrLandy]

Has anyone plated the wings with anything other than chequer plate? ...Flat aluminium?

[Disco Muppet]

Yes, has been done in carbon fibre. There's also some other bling type items available from the UK.

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[jimr1]

I like the question , I've had quite a few Land Rovers over the years . I had a series 2 that had a thin bonnet lots of rivets in them . Next series 2a , that had what was then called the Deluxe Bonnet , they were thicker , I don't think they had rivets . They were used on the series 3 as well . I also had a stage 1 v8 they were the first to have the long Bonnet . I always thought that was the best feature on any Land Rover , as we know they used It until the Puma replacement . At first I didn't like It , I thought It looks like a carbuncle , I have got used to mine now , but I still think the last bonnet was better . In spite of that I don't let It bother me , It is growing on me !!.. Jim :)

[The Cone of Silence]

I like the way hump helps me easily identify the 2007+ models while I'm waving at them.

I hate the way I can't put a spare wheel on the bonnet though - this is an iconic Land Rover look.

As for the chequerplate - well I use mine all the time - the design I have is a single piece of 3mm which means I can stand on it without making odd noises or pulling odd faces....and now that I have a dual wheel carrier at the back this is how I tend to dismount from the roof rack.

It's not particularly graceful but that's more about the person than the technique.

[Pickles2]

I like the hump,.....I wish it signified an LS3 or the like!!,...I wouldn't like chequer plate on any bonnet, but I reckon it's a practical addition for the wingtops.
Pickles.

[muddy]

It's a pregnant bump for the next generation of defa

[Avion8]

Looks a bit dromedary to me, I would personally prefer it were two humped.

[MrLandy]

To me it's a great styling change, pragmatic, yet graceful. It also works in with the quarter rounded front wings and, dare I say, curved hip line of the Defender.

My drag coefficient Q was half serious ...apparently with a tyre on the bonnet it's more aerodynamic (there was a post about this a while back, sorry can't find it now), must be the way it pushes the air up and over the windscreen. But the bulge doesn't seem to do anything for my fuel consumption LOL, which is actually worse than my TDI !

[Orkney 90]

It's probably just me, but... well, I have never liked any chequer plate on the Defender. A few years back I was looking at a used Defender that had the chequer plate fitted on the sills and wings and I wondered "how can I remove this, fill the holes left behind, repaint?..." The answer turned out to be incredibly simple. I didn't buy it.

But even considering the above, the bonnet chequer plate to me just looks plain hideous on a Puma.

[MrLandy]

But even considering the above, the bonnet chequer plate to me just looks plain hideous on a Puma.

Agreed. It destroys the purity of the curve and the liquidity of the hump reflection...

[rijidij]

......................I hate the way I can't put a spare wheel on the bonnet though - this is an iconic Land Rover look.....................

You can, but it's not legal and it sits way too high for my liking. Having said that, I drove this 90 to deliver it and it wasn't half a bad as I thought it would be with the wheel there.

Cheers, Murray

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[Blknight.aus]

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To me it's a great styling change, pragmatic, yet graceful. It also works in with the quarter rounded front wings and, dare I say, curved hip line of the Defender.



First Warning


I like the way hump helps me easily identify the 2007+ models while I'm waving at them.
.

theres an easier way...
see the open vent flaps? yes, its not a ford

no.. can you hear a v8 whorfing air through a pair of cd175s?

yes, its a 3.5v8 county.
no.. are you unable to focus on it properly becuase its vibrating like an epelptic having a siesure while shorting a 400hz aircraft 3 phase power feed?
Yes, its a 3.9l isuzu 4bd1 powered county
no, thats no landover, thats a ford



Agreed. It destroys the purity of the curve and the liquidity of the hump reflection...

THATS IT
tear up your man card, hand the keys to your four wheel drive to your wife and go and buy a goram prius
Corners, its got a command drive position you can see the corners, not the curves, not hips, not grace and not humps... IF you want to see those things from a defender, then like a man you drive the defender to a strip club and walk inside to look at those things in their natrual form and beauty, on a woman. honestly, they must be putting man cards and landy keys in fruit loop boxes these days, bet most of em couldnt even open the bonnet with a split rim on it, back in my d

[MrLandy]

THATS IT
tear up your man card, hand the keys to your four wheel drive to your wife and go and buy a goram prius
Corners, its got a command drive position you can see the corners, not the curves, not hips, not grace and not humps... IF you want to see those things from a defender, then like a man you drive the defender to a strip club and walk inside to look at those things in their natrual form and beauty, on a woman. honestly, they must be putting man cards and landy keys in fruit loop boxes these days, bet most of em couldnt even open the bonnet with a split rim on it, back in my d [/QUOTE]

:Rolling: not a bad idea, she loves driving the defender! Even better, I could get a cute pink electric 90! Or a bad boy bling black one! Yeah Gangsta!

Hey Blknight, are you sure you shouldn't be driving a Hilux with all those manliness tests under your belt?

Sure bloke, Defenders are tough. Yep...genius! Defenders are tough. ...yep, still tough. Hang on, is my manliness in question? Nah it's ok, my Defender is tough. ...isn't it? ...yeah it's all ok, my Defender is tough. Yep still tough...

But...a Defender is also a thing of beauty, a design classic. And one of its attributes is quiet confidence, while all others primp and preen with their raised stiletto suspension, fat tyres, endless pretty light bars, Defender just gets on with the job, with grace...oh yeah and TOUGHNESS!

Keep on 'whorfing' brother! :Rolling:

[alien]

I always thought the hump was caused by the motor(being as power full as it is) trying to escape when under full load.


I've got the checker plate on mine.
Being white the glare when driving was horrible.
Black checker plate soon sorted that out and gives it a far better look than black paint.
It could be used as a tool bench when bush as the bonnets are easy to remove:p

[Pickles2]

You can, but it's not legal and it sits way too high for my liking. Having said that, I drove this 90 to deliver it and it wasn't half a bad as I thought it would be with the wheel there.

Cheers, Murray

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Very smart looking Defender. What work did you do on it?
Pickles.

[simmo]

I don't get it too much bling :wasntme::)

[DiscoMick]

My chequerplate wings, when I get them, will be painted black to contrast with the white paint.
No way I'll be putting a spare wheel on the bonnet though. That's what wheel carriers are for.

[Avion8]

This is the kind of double hump I would have like have seen. :)

[MrLandy]

This is the kind of double hump I would have like have seen. :)

Now your talking my language! :twobeers:

[Disco Muppet]

THATS IT
tear up your man card, hand the keys to your four wheel drive to your wife and go and buy a GORAM priusl

Hmm, I suppose there's a worthy comparison between a Firefly class freighter and a Defender :cool:



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[karlz]

This is the kind of double hump I would have like have seen. :)

Saw two of the gulls in Santa Barbara last year. +1 million $ each.

Saw a Series 1 in Black Rock for sale, hump in the rear (pto thingy). = 23K $

Actually. Why is the hump there? Is it only cosmetic?

[Blknight.aus]

Hey Blknight, are you sure you shouldn't be driving a Hilux with all those manliness tests under your belt?

Yes, I passed Man tests, not sheeple tests


Sure bloke, Defenders are tough. Yep...genius! Defenders are tough. ...yep, still tough. Hang on, is my manliness in question? Nah it's ok, my Defender is tough. ...isn't it? ...yeah it's all ok, my Defender is tough. Yep still tough...

The vehice I'm not questioning


But...a Defender is also a thing of beauty, a design classic. And one of its attributes is quiet confidence, while all others primp and preen with their raised stiletto suspension, fat tyres, endless pretty light bars, Defender just gets on with the job, with grace...oh yeah and TOUGHNESS!

Its the fact that you insist on using words that are not in the dictionary to describe vehicles is whats getting you in trouble...



Keep on 'whorfing' brother! :Rolling:

now you're getting the hang of it, keep that up and you might even prove manly enough to drive a rav 4 or a jimny in a year or so.

[MrLandy]

Yes, I passed Man tests, not sheeple tests

The vehice I'm not questioning

Its the fact that you insist on using words that are not in the dictionary to describe vehicles is whats getting you in trouble...


now you're getting the hang of it, keep that up and you might even prove manly enough to drive a rav 4 or a jimny in a year or so.

You should see my Fury Road War Rig, Roget's san.

[manofaus]

With the earlier bonnet on my td5 when it rains the water sits in the depression in the bonnet and sometimes it will flick back up onto the windscreen. Nothing dangerous but does the hump stop this...?

[MrLandy]

With the earlier bonnet on my td5 when it rains the water sits in the depression in the bonnet and sometimes it will flick back up onto the windscreen. Nothing dangerous but does the hump stop this...?

Yes. Great point it does solve that.

[Blknight.aus]

You should see my Fury Road War Rig, Roget's san.

just going to have a WAG here....

a green or black citron 2CV with a bit of rust, fuffy dice and a supersoaker?

[MrLandy]

Heh heh, Blknight you should see the humps on this beastie, the rust patina is only the beginning...the intense and wonderous gleam of desert light off those humps puts the aurora to shame! The Roverlords are in awe! 😳:D

[Nick S]

Variation on the hump theme

[Mick_Marsh]

Hmm, I suppose there's a worthy comparison between a Firefly class freighter and a Defender :cool:
Oddly, I'd rather a Firefly. Either the one you mentioned, or the one carried in pod 3 and/or pod 6.

[rijidij]

Very smart looking Defender. What work did you do on it?
Pickles.

I made the bonnet wheel carrier over the hump, and I think I fitted long range tanks to that one too.

Cheers, Murray

[DazzaTD5]

Re puma bonnet....

*Technically in the industry its called a Power bulge, previous to the TDCi (puma) Defender it was a reverse power bulge (who does that????) atleast now it is correct.

*Re spare wheel, my dad doesnt like the puma bonnet for this reason, its far too high to mount the spare wheel and is flimsier than a TD5 bonnet so it wouldnt support it very well.

*Ohhhhh stay tuned for puma bonnet chequer plate, once I have fitted our own designed & manufactured version to a test puma, I'll post pics. So far the design has got a lot of interest. On the practical side having the chequer plate guards and bonnet allows great safe access to a roof rack on a Defender.

Regards
Daz

[MrLandy]

Ahhh... look at that hump gleaming in the evening light...

[Mick_Marsh]

Ahhh... look at that hump gleaming in the evening light...
Call that a hump? Pfft!

This is a hump:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/09/635.jpg

And it's got four more cylinders than yours under the bonnet.

[MrLandy]

Umm no... I'm pretty sure that's a spare tyre Mick.

[DiscoMick]

I do like a hump.

[Landi]

The hump (as well as a certain trophy) inspired the name of my Puma...Camel