oilyrs69
Member Since: 02 Jan 2013
Location: bedford
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Hi all
Ive just brought a full size bullbar for the front of my D3
has anybody got a template for the fitting on the bumper where ive got to cut ? and wot size bolt
thanks Dave
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 13th May 2013 8:18 pm |
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Alan B
Member Since: 12 Feb 2013
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Thought they were banned nowadays?
Look at the bullbars thread further down D3 57 xs Stornaway grey
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| 13th May 2013 8:20 pm |
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Down&Dirty
Member Since: 17 Aug 2012
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Bull bars banned in uk came in in may 2007 but you can fit FPS or 'frontal protection system' the soft type. MY24 Defender 90 X-Dynamic HSE
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| 13th May 2013 8:45 pm |
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grzesiul
Member Since: 11 May 2008
Location: UK
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i was reading legislation on that matter sometime ago and it only refers to production ans sales of them things rather than installation by end user... unless i missed something
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| 13th May 2013 8:47 pm |
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oilyrs69
Member Since: 02 Jan 2013
Location: bedford
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Its only to protect the front of my truck when im in the fields opening gate with it haha
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| 13th May 2013 8:53 pm |
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character
Member Since: 01 Jan 2008
Location: wiltshire
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caught on the road with them fitted, prohibition notice from plod and fine...collide with a rambler or other motorist yer off in handcuffs 
even if yer are "only going across the road to the next field"
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| 13th May 2013 9:28 pm |
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oilyrs69
Member Since: 02 Jan 2013
Location: bedford
Posts: 54
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WELL THATS P@SSED ON MY BONFIRE THEN 
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| 13th May 2013 9:34 pm |
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A.J.M
Member Since: 31 Oct 2009
Location: Carluke
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I had a metal one on my freeby for over a year. Was a genuine LR example and was uber rare.
Never had any issues with police and i've drove past loads.
I'm going to fit one to the Disco, will see how i get on with it.
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| 13th May 2013 9:52 pm |
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character
Member Since: 01 Jan 2008
Location: wiltshire
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just don't take it for an MOT soon then bud if yer fitting METAL ones or are you talking about the LROEM CUSHIONED ONES YER FITTING TO YER D3 which are perfectly legal unlike the original post claiming to put just metal ones only on 
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| 13th May 2013 9:55 pm |
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A.J.M
Member Since: 31 Oct 2009
Location: Carluke
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The freeby did 2 mot's with it fitted. No issues.
The Disco will get the metal one from the thread a few post's below. But tweaked a bit as i have a few ideas for it.
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| 13th May 2013 10:06 pm |
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DG
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I'm not sure I would be worried about it passing the mot ....mot testers are, and testing is, irrelevant anyway ....the fact is it's not legal and the  would hit the fan if you killed or injured someone with it on .... especially with evidence gathered from here 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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| 13th May 2013 10:14 pm |
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LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
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I wouldn't worry about plod. But you are supposed to inform your insurers if you modify your vehicle. I'd imagine they'd decline to cover you with a metal bulbar fitted. If you don't declare that you've fitted it and injure or kill someone in an accident I'd imagine you'd be in a whole lot of
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| 13th May 2013 11:00 pm |
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NoDo$h
Member Since: 02 May 2006
Location: Finding new and exciting ways to milk badgers.
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As of the 25th May 2007 the sale and fitting of new bull bars is now illegal due to EU law.
The EU law dictates that the sale and manufacture of protective metal frames is to stop from the 25th May to improve pedestrian and cyclists safety, but the law does not cover The EU law dictates that the sale and manufacture of protective metal frames is to stop from the 25th May to improve pedestrian and cyclists safety, but the law does not cover bars already fitted to vehicles before this date.
So no problem with one bought and fitted before then but you would still need to declare to insurers even if fitted before that date.
Just get out and push the gate you lazy git 
Says the bloke with a gate-shaped scratch in his plastic bumper 
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| 13th May 2013 11:38 pm |
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Moo
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Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
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The other possible option is an external winch mount.
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| 13th May 2013 11:48 pm |
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blue200tdi
Member Since: 23 Sep 2012
Location: Lincoln
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You have to  at most of the EU legislation. I doubt very much that being hit by a three ton square box at 30MPH would hurt any more if there were a set of bull bars on the front.  You guys are gonna be busier than a test bench in a plunger factory!
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| 14th May 2013 12:06 am |
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