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Rear Diff, Exhaust, Plastic Thing Guard

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simon

Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 18296

2011 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Auto Fuji White

Slimer wrote:
AndrewS wrote:
Si do you want one for the same reason a dog can lick its balls

AndrewS wrote:
or are you going to wait to see if it will work first
I have no doubts it'll work, prototype looked good, finished article looks even better, only thing that may need adding is a few drainage holes but I'm guessing you've allowed for that and they're not needed. Looks loads better than the Asfir (or whatever) one that looks ideal for snagging every branch in it's rutted path to me

12th Jun 2007 10:22 pm

AndrewS
Tarquin of the Desert

Member Since: 06 May 2005
Location: Y...... because I can
Posts: 10438

Thanks to new member J for reminding me of this thread.

This is the latest mod of the diff guard (8mm thick). it was used on the Santa's Challenge event and performed ok however it did bend a bit. Its impossible to strengthen at the front due to the layout of the exhausts. The next step is to make one out of 6mm thick steel.

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18th May 2009 10:45 pm

DiscoStu

Member Since: 09 Apr 2006
Location: London
Posts: 11412

Looks like a big hole there where the spares' winch should be - hope you remembered to plug it

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18th May 2009 10:51 pm

AndrewS
Tarquin of the Desert

Member Since: 06 May 2005
Location: Y...... because I can
Posts: 10438

DiscoStu wrote:
Looks like a big hole there where the spares' winch should be - hope you remembered to plug it

er no

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18th May 2009 10:59 pm

DiscoStu

Member Since: 09 Apr 2006
Location: London
Posts: 11412

I blame Ed....

Ed Cobley (lying through his teeth) wrote:
It's not deep.....

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18th May 2009 11:05 pm

PaulP

Member Since: 04 May 2007
Location: Barcelona
Posts: 4317

2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Buckingham Blue

Cool.....I see that you've taken our advice and routed the roof-mounted intercooler pipes inside the D3

2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Buckingham Blue
2007 Golf GT DSG

19th May 2009 7:34 am

J

Member Since: 11 May 2009
Location: Surrey
Posts: 243

2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 S Auto Zambezi Silver

Cheers Andrew - thanks for the update. I've done a good search through old topics on sump/diff guards and underbody protection but most seem to be a couple of years old at least.

Got a sump guard on order from Ray, so now just need to find something for the back end.

Let me know if/when I can get my hands on one - i've got a lot of deep rutted tracks I use and sure it's just a matter of time until I say goodbye to the exhaust

19th May 2009 8:38 am

RPG

Member Since: 23 Feb 2009
Location: The End of the Earth (West Cornwall)
Posts: 712

Nice!

Last edited by RPG on 25th May 2009 11:48 am. Edited 1 time in total

19th May 2009 5:48 pm

Paradox208

Member Since: 20 May 2009
Location: Victoria
Posts: 13

2008 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Alaska White

Nice job.

20th May 2009 2:05 am

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