Member Since: 03 Jul 2006
Location: Oberon, NSW
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A bull bar definately improves the entry angle. “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely gamesâ€
Ernest Hemmingway
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28th Feb 2009 10:24 pm
ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
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Sorry caverD3, but I always like to look cool 8) when I enter!
I can then take entry at any angle
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Member Since: 04 Apr 2006
Location: Southern California
Posts: 563
Here is a little better photo. Still a work in progress:
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1st Mar 2009 6:01 pm
Jonty
Member Since: 13 Oct 2007
Location: On the beach
Posts: 417
i guess it will look better when finished, but it's good that we have more choice.
1st Mar 2009 6:15 pm
speedymarktd6
Member Since: 30 Dec 2008
Location: midlands
Posts: 68
thats a little bit better, but i think if it was redesigned to be more rounded at the ends were the arch plastic things on the wings are probly would help , then just slim it down quite a lot rather than looking like an RSJ has been bolted on. i think with more R&D put into it it will be a good bit of kit
1st Mar 2009 6:35 pm
yawlboy
Member Since: 23 Feb 2007
Location: Dubai
Posts: 509
I quite like it, without the bars it looks stealthy (in a big american sort of way...)1993 Defender 110 300tdi - many mods
2nd Mar 2009 2:12 pm
Alan G
Member Since: 15 Oct 2008
Location: Lanarkshire
Posts: 1372
caverD3 wrote:
Very I like the recovery points on the front. Illegal here as the stick out like the cross bar.
Wouldn't this apply here in the UK, meaning be illegal, the recovery points?
Someone will know i'd imagine, but i mind something from years ago, about something similar.ATB
Member Since: 18 Mar 2007
Location: Dorset
Posts: 5011
It's actually just the shape of the bars above the bumper that make it look so ugly (in that 1970's eastern European sort of way!) Below looks quite purposeful. I know some people seem to think that everything off-road has to look as crap as possible to be any good, but the beauty of the D3 is in the subtlety of the curves and stressed surfaces. Call me fussy but I think good design is important to the way we feel about things.
Now with a few more straight lines....
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2nd Mar 2009 8:08 pm
sideview
Member Since: 02 Dec 2006
Location: in the valley
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I think steel bumpers are illegal now in the UK? Rovertym doesn't really market outside the country because of all the different regulations to deal with, but probably wouldn't turn down most anyone wanting to give them money
I'm quite Americanly happy with mine They told me that rounding edges would make them cost prohibitive for a small company that doesn't mass produce stamped products. However, one nice thing about the small shops is they are made to order, so more options to meet personal tastes and needs.I'm not so good at giving advice...may I offer you a sarcastic comment instead?
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Yeah, personally I don't like brush bars at all, which is why I didn't get it put on mine. Even ARB's look like they've ball-gagged the front end to me I'm not so good at giving advice...may I offer you a sarcastic comment instead?
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Location: Southern California
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Here are a couple more photos showing the latest prototype during a testing run this weekend on the east coast (Uwharrie). From what I understand, it still needs to be tweaked with an aluminum skid plate vs. the slotted metal on Tami's and some other small things but overall, this bumper is very solid and basically finished.
Gotta love those 32.5" Cooper STT's with the RoverTym 2" lift!
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2nd Mar 2009 9:36 pm
caverD3
Member Since: 03 Jul 2006
Location: Oberon, NSW
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Is it compatable with the airbags. ie doesn't change the trigger point?“There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely gamesâ€
Ernest Hemmingway
D4 3.0 Active Diff, Adaptive Lights, High Beam Assist, Surround Cameras, Privacy Glass.
D3 2.7:Adaptive Headlights,Electronic Rear Diff,ARB Bar,Blaupunkt Speakers,JVC Powered Subwoofer,Removable Snorkel,Mitch Hitch,Pioneer After Market Head Unit,Steering Wheel Control Adaptor,Remote Adjustable Supension Rod System, Taxside Dual Battery System.
2nd Mar 2009 10:21 pm
crews control
Member Since: 18 Mar 2007
Location: Dorset
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I thought the front air bags were triggered by accelerometers (amongst other readings of speed/brake etc) - are there other sensors in the front?
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They told me that rounding edges would make them cost prohibitive for a small company that doesn't mass produce stamped products. However, one nice thing about the small shops is they are made to order, so more options to meet personal tastes and needs.
