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  1. 5th January 2008, 06:06 PM #1
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    Post Weight of stuff on front of D2

    Well I decided to make a new bar for the front of my D2 the old one keeps rotating around and damaging the guards,anyway I removed everything off the front and out of curiosity weighed everything here is the break down.
    TJM bullbar 38kg
    winch fairlead 3kg
    steering guard & recovery points 15kg
    crush cans 7kg
    winch cradle 12kg
    winch with plasma rope 21kg
    Total 96kg

    I used to have a steel rope on the winch and I would guess that would add another 10-15kg as well I am going to weigh the new bits as I make them and fit them hopefully I can save a couple of kg but am after a better approach angle, will post pic's etc when I have finished.
    disco seriesII mods so far:-bullbar,hyd winch,
    detriot locker,lsd front,C.D.L kit,chipped and bigger intercooler,2" lift,rock sliders, lsd in transfer case, modified auto trans.

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  2. 5th January 2008, 06:27 PM #2
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    Can you legally fit a custom made bar to the front of the disco given that it is air bag equipped? I thought that it was one of those issues like a body lift that if it may effect the proper deployment of the airbags that you must legally crash test it.

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  3. 5th January 2008, 06:34 PM #3
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    No, legally you can't...
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  4. 5th January 2008, 08:29 PM #4
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    I am going to use the crush cans off the bull bar as a mounting point from what I've been able to find out that is the most important consideration also the way things are going soon we won't be able to do a thing just drive around in standard cars,no larger tyres etc
    disco seriesII mods so far:-bullbar,hyd winch,
    detriot locker,lsd front,C.D.L kit,chipped and bigger intercooler,2" lift,rock sliders, lsd in transfer case, modified auto trans.

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  5. 6th January 2008, 12:57 PM #5
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    The scary thing is that my TD5 when it only had an ARB bar on the front weighed 1.1T at the front axle, with a max load of 1.2T. Then add winch etc and have 2 people get into the front seats and you're probably on/over max front axle load.
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