Thread: Fitting D1 TJM bar to Disco 2

My airbag compatible D1 TJM bar looks just like a regular bullbar bar underneath.
I'm pretty sure the later D1s didnt have crush cans, they had an inertia switch in the airbag controller itself.
I don't think fitting that bar to your D2 would be compliant, the bars are designed and tested for specific vehicles.
Especially if you go mucking around with the SRS system - that's gotta be a big no no.

Isn't the D2 body 50mm wider than the D1?

That could be the "show stopper".

i dont think the d2 is any wider than the d1. longer, yes.

I thought the body width was the same, but the track is wider.

D1 dimensions:

length over all 4524mm, width 1793mm, track 1486mm/1486mm

D2 dimensions:

loa 4630mm, width 1885 mm, track 1540mm/1560mm

Wider by 92 mm!

Now some of that could be the additional flaring to accommodate the wider track but I recall that the body itself was about 50mm wider internally.

I read somewhere that the grille on the D2 had the body coloured margin around it so that LR could use the D1 grille unchanged

Source: http://www.allisons.org/ll/4/LandRover/Discovery/

Ahhh, there you go! Thanks for this one_iota!

Hi Skiboy

So all of that is very interesting but I reckon that I'd be getting the tape measure out and checking the width of the bull bar and the spacing of the chassis rails on the D2 relative to the mounting points on the bull bar.

Let us know

No problems fitting the bar - bolts right on and fits pretty nicely everywhere - need to cut the wrap around as about 30-40 mm too close the front of the wheels (ie juts into the arch a fraction). Otherwise a prefect fit with no mods to the bar nor the mounting off the D1

BUT I had to remove the alloy support (read box section) that bolted to the front of the chassis that was holding the original bumper (light steel frame with plastic). The front of the chassis has exactly the same dimensions and sleeved bolt holes as the D1.

So my only issue is should I bolt the old bar (alloy) to the alloy box section (by attaching it to the light steel frame of the original) OR use the stiff steel mounts (about 8mm thick) from the D1?

I only want this to hold the aerial, lights and to not be as low as the plastic and provide limited low speed bump protection.

Skiboy