2001 Land Rover D2

[Lanlubber In Remembrance]

Mounted up, super quiet for a mt tire and half the cost. View attachment 91425

Matt, where did you purchase your tires.

 

[Lanlubber In Remembrance]

Busy day today, front driveshaft, fuel tank skid, and rear bumper installed.View attachment 89403View attachment 89404View attachment 89405View attachment 89406View attachment 89407

What brand of rear bumper. Not seen one like it before. Very nice rig. Just starting on mine and trying to make the best choices for my needs.

 

[MattAnderson1986]

Matt, where did you purchase your tires.

Bought them from a local tire shop, they are available online and I believe discount tire.

 

[MattAnderson1986]

What brand of rear bumper. Not seen one like it before. Very nice rig. Just starting on mine and trying to make the best choices for my needs.

Rte fabrication

 

[Lanlubber In Remembrance]

Rte fabrication

I think I will make my own. Rte wants $800 + for a rear bumper. About the same for a front bumper as well. Thanks for the info on your rig build. I don't have a Discount Tire but I have a Big "O" tire center. I'll ck with them on the tires. Your tires are half the price of ones I have been looking at. Did you get 4 or 5 tires for that price.

 

[MattAnderson1986]

I think I will make my own. Rte wants $800 + for a rear bumper. About the same for a front bumper as well. Thanks for the info on your rig build. I don't have a Discount Tire but I have a Big "O" tire center. I'll ck with them on the tires. Your tires are half the price of ones I have been looking at. Did you get 4 or 5 tires for that price.

I bought a lot of my stuff second hand and refurbished them. I also saved a lot by mounting the tires myself.

 

[Lanlubber In Remembrance]

Rte fabrication

Where did you put your wiper water tank or did you eliminate it for something else.

 

[disco_unchained]

I seated it all the way down, I used a Brit part seal

Did the same over the weekend with the same part. Leak gone. Thanks.

 

[Lanlubber In Remembrance]

I bought a lot of my stuff second hand and refurbished them. I also saved a lot by mounting the tires myself.

I'm to old too do that any more , and yes you can probably add another $30 per tire for mounting and balancing at minimum.
I'm so old I have to call AAA to change my tire if I go flat in my driveway !

 

[MStudt]

Not sure if I missed this, but is your rear bumper an RTE? I'm in the market for a new rear on my D2, and really like the look of yours.

Mike

 

[Lanlubber In Remembrance]

I bought a lot of my stuff second hand and refurbished them. I also saved a lot by mounting the tires myself.

I think we badly need a Craig's list specifically for Land Rovers of all sorts and years as a source of used parts. eBay is a rip off and I have never found a used part there. Maybe off roaders don't wreck their rigs HUH ? I've been thinking about opening a shop to fabricate bumpers and rock sliders for Discovery 1 and 2 series for about half the price the big guys are charging, mostly because of a much simpler design and a whole lot less weight. Not planning to get rich, just provide a product for the thousands of Disco's out there that are just now being converted from family transporters to off road vehicles.

 

[MattAnderson1986]

Not sure if I missed this, but is your rear bumper an RTE? I'm in the market for a new rear on my D2, and really like the look of yours.

Mike

Yes it is from RTE

 

[MattAnderson1986]

I think we badly need a Craig's list specifically for Land Rovers of all sorts and years as a source of used parts. eBay is a rip off and I have never found a used part there. Maybe off roaders don't wreck their rigs HUH ? I've been thinking about opening a shop to fabricate bumpers and rock sliders for Discovery 1 and 2 series for about half the price the big guys are charging, mostly because of a much simpler design and a whole lot less weight. Not planning to get rich, just provide a product for the thousands of Disco's out there that are just now being converted from family transporters to off road vehicles.

Facebook has a land rover parts page. also Dark Crow Designs makes affordable bumpers.

 

[Lanlubber In Remembrance]

Not sure if I missed this, but is your rear bumper an RTE? I'm in the market for a new rear on my D2, and really like the look of yours.

Mike

This drawing (rear bumper) is rough but if you take it to a local welding shop I'm sure you can have it made for half price. It is very close to what Matt Anderson has. I may draw his up just for fun, I like it too. If your interested I will send you a copy. Your welding shop can figure the best way to attach it to your vehicle, There are many ways. Fabricator needs to verify dimensions with your old bumper off. I planned to reuse my old bumper mounted signal lights, but you can change to LED lites if you like that better.

 

[MStudt]

This drawing (rear bumper) is rough but if you take it to a local welding shop I'm sure you can have it made for half price. It is very close to what Matt Anderson has. I may draw his up just for fun, I like it too. If your interested I will send you a copy. Your welding shop can figure the best way to attach it to your vehicle, There are many ways. Fabricator needs to verify dimensions with your old bumper off. I planned to reuse my old bumper mounted signal lights, but you can change to LED lites if you like that better.

I'm sure I could make it cheaper than a local welder in my area. I work for a very large restaurant furniture fabricator, and have access to a full weld shop. I can take a rough drawing, and have my programming guys put it into a DXF file.

Mike

 

[MattAnderson1986]

Where did you put your wiper water tank or did you eliminate it for something else.

Modified fill tube and relocated

 

[Lanlubber In Remembrance]

I'm sure I could make it cheaper than a local welder in my area. I work for a very large restaurant furniture fabricator, and have access to a full weld shop. I can take a rough drawing, and have my programming guys put it into a DXF file.

Mike

The only dimensions that could be off is the one that says 66", It just depends on how much width you want. The other dimension would be from the rear of the bumper forward to the wheel well opening. I'm chopping off the bottom of the fender at the bottom of the 2" part of the side guard. I call for 2x4, 2x6 tubing with 2x2 on the side fender guard but "C" channel may be better depending on the abuse it gets. I will use "c" channel for the most part. wish I had your facilities. I will do it the hard way, disk cutter for shaping the steel and probably arc welding or flux core welder. If you make one post me a pic please.

 

[Lanlubber In Remembrance]

Modified fill tube and relocated View attachment 92654

Well done ol Chap !!

 

[Lanlubber In Remembrance]

I'm sure I could make it cheaper than a local welder in my area. I work for a very large restaurant furniture fabricator, and have access to a full weld shop. I can take a rough drawing, and have my programming guys put it into a DXF file.

Mike

I may have a DX file on both front and rear "my kinda bumper" !

 

[Lanlubber In Remembrance]

I'm sure I could make it cheaper than a local welder in my area. I work for a very large restaurant furniture fabricator, and have access to a full weld shop. I can take a rough drawing, and have my programming guys put it into a DXF file.

Mike

Here is a good bumper build site on utube. excellent rear winch bumper but doesn't have to have a winch necessarily.

raptors garage discovery rear bumper build - YouTube

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