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Location: Southern California
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Rovertym Announces LR3 Front Bumper!
They finally did it! It's for sale! Now we can all be like our beloved Tami (Sideview) and sport one of these beefy bumpers! Check it out on LRL's blog, posted today.
Photos:
I anticipate we will see SafariGard's new bumpers for the LR3 very soon as well. It's awesome to finally see so much activity in the aftermarket mfr's for the LR3/Disco3!
28th Feb 2009 1:39 am
caverD3
Member Since: 03 Jul 2006
Location: Oberon, NSW
Posts: 6922
Very American.
Beefy and IMO ugly.
I like the recovery points on the front. Illegal here as the stick out like the cross bar.
They'll help a lot if you hit a deer. I think it only help a bit if it was a moose. “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.
28th Feb 2009 3:21 am
catweasel
Member Since: 05 May 2006
Location: Bundaleer
Posts: 4805
caverD3 wrote:
Beefy and IMO ugly.
They'll help a lot if you hit a deer.
I agree with you
I think a roo strike would flatten it and unless postage is free I think you may as well just put this in the NA section
28th Feb 2009 3:28 am
Bushwanderer
Member Since: 27 Nov 2007
Location: Northern Rivers, NSW, Australia
Posts: 2050
I must admit that I much prefer my ARB bar. The Bearded Dragon
28th Feb 2009 5:50 am
caverD3
Member Since: 03 Jul 2006
Location: Oberon, NSW
Posts: 6922
At least the sepos can get a decent front bumper now for a winch. “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.
I have to agree in that i think that is awfull and i have done plent of awfull things with a grinder to my other car so i should know Perhaps it would look better when fully "dressed". One can only live in hope!
28th Feb 2009 8:58 am
caverD3
Member Since: 03 Jul 2006
Location: Oberon, NSW
Posts: 6922
I just noticed it looks as if the wheel arches have been left intact. Doesn't help it look.
nwoods, is that the wheel arches hanging below the bar? Is that how they are supposed to be installed?“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.
28th Feb 2009 11:14 am
RichardK
Member Since: 18 Jan 2006
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 295
Yes, not the nicest looking, the ARB looks a lot better and looks stronger IMHO, I'll be going ARB on the new toy
28th Feb 2009 12:00 pm
Ken
Member Since: 20 Feb 2006
Location: Here
Posts: 10865
I like it
28th Feb 2009 12:09 pm
Dom Harvey Lord of the Four Fingers
Member Since: 15 Apr 2005
Location: Dorset
Posts: 7454
Yuk! no style and it wrecks the look of the D3 at the front.2004 Discovery 3 - gone
2006 Discovery 3 - gone
2008 Discovery 3 GS - gone
2011 Freelander LE Special Edition - gone
2007 Discovery 3 XS - gone
2012 Discovery 4 GS - current
28th Feb 2009 12:26 pm
crews control
Member Since: 18 Mar 2007
Location: Dorset
Posts: 5011
OMG - That's so ugly!!!
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28th Feb 2009 1:27 pm
nwoods
Member Since: 04 Apr 2006
Location: Southern California
Posts: 563
caverD3 wrote:
I just noticed it looks as if the wheel arches have been left intact. Doesn't help it look.
nwoods, is that the wheel arches hanging below the bar? Is that how they are supposed to be installed?
1. Don't shoot the messenger
2. This is a prototype unit, hand made and if I were to guess, mounted here for alignment and verification purposes only.
3. Yes, I think the wheelwell liners are still in place on this prototype unit. I'm sure the photo was taken the moment it was mounted, and not in final config yet. note the absence of lights, winch, etc.... I'm sure step 2 is to trim the bits where needed.
4. Note the improved approach angle by seeing how much wheelwell liner needs to be trimmed!
5. I am a Big Ugly American, and this units aesthetics are not even inline with my own sense of style. I also feel the ARB is too hulking and disproportionate to the lines of the LR3.
6. RoverTym products are sold all over the world.
7. The hulkyness of the ARB and RT bumpers is surely due to the large radiator on the LR3/Disco3 that hangs way down low. I think it will be interesting to see how SafariGard's bumper looks in a few weeks when it comes out. Not sure if they are making a lower profile version like most of their line-up of LR bumpers, or if the basic needs for protection limit anyone's bumper design into being fairly beefy.
Its exciting to see options being produced!
28th Feb 2009 7:33 pm
Dom Harvey Lord of the Four Fingers
Member Since: 15 Apr 2005
Location: Dorset
Posts: 7454
Still both look f'ing awful on the D3 IMHO2004 Discovery 3 - gone
2006 Discovery 3 - gone
2008 Discovery 3 GS - gone
2011 Freelander LE Special Edition - gone
2007 Discovery 3 XS - gone
2012 Discovery 4 GS - current
Its exciting to see options being produced![/quote]
Well i have to agree with that
28th Feb 2009 8:57 pm
ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 15214
No thanks, really dates the D3 IMO.
Takes away all the vertical & horizontal design lines.
It gives it the looks of a Mk1 ....not for me!I was a normal heterosexual chap, but in these new woke awakenings I now identify as a Wardrobe.
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