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Fett · **** Joined: 06 Sep 2011 Posts: 343 Location: Hampshire

could make a better stronger one for free, but id rather have the correct isuzu one and its saves me some work too. the one I started is under the bench if I dont like it.

I thought £70 delivered was pretty cheap as I have never seen anther genuine one for sale

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markymoan · Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 18:04 Post subject:

I have never seen a sump guard, only the front bash plate.
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Fett · **** Joined: 06 Sep 2011 Posts: 343 Location: Hampshire

me either, but he said it even had an inspection plate to take off to get to the sump plug so ita gotta cover the sump at least.

and it was from a 95 L big horn so thas the right car as mines a mk2 95 M

Rhanagar · Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 18:30 Post subject:

So glad my Mk.I has front, sump, and gearbox guards .. does give me piece of mind. Fitted in the factory as well.

I will hide now Very Happy

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Fett · **** Joined: 06 Sep 2011 Posts: 343 Location: Hampshire

lol , it looks like a discovery in the pic :p

Twister · Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 18:53 Post subject:

Fett · **** Joined: 06 Sep 2011 Posts: 343 Location: Hampshire

lol

markymoan · Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 20:19 Post subject:

I want to see pics of the guard when you get it Smile

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Fett · **** Joined: 06 Sep 2011 Posts: 343 Location: Hampshire

if I get a chance I will make some paper templates of it too and may be have a go at making them

Fett · **** Joined: 06 Sep 2011 Posts: 343 Location: Hampshire

lol , it turned up today. I was expecting a sack truck to bring it as the one on my old southafrican bmw was 4mm steel with a 38mm tube frame.

I could pick it up with one hand easy , hmm is it the plasctic one and the guy was *beep*.

unwrapped the plastic and saw the front bash plate in there too which I already have.

the actual sump gaurd is only 1.6 ally with a few joggles in it lol it weighs about the same as a packet of crisps

it has some good cut outs for maintainace in it though, and it runs up to the lip of the crossmember.

the bloke who took it off forgot the rear brackets so they are coming soon, and his boss assured me he was suffering out there taking them off in the rain lol.

I am gonn have to double skin it with 3mm ally though as its not tough enough for my liking!

surprised they made summit so flimsy on a trooper!

Mick · Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 19:47 Post subject:

I made one out of 8mm ally about half way down this page

http://www.itocuk.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=17211

Fett · **** Joined: 06 Sep 2011 Posts: 343 Location: Hampshire

yeah I was looking at and umming and aring today and I had a bit of 3mm stainless laying about- looking at the orginal really only one of the bends need to be there and the rest can be flat and just one cut out for the sump plug will do as the others were for the diff on one side WTF- surely we want to protect the diff! so I am going to make it lower slightly to go over the diff too.

One question, does the front diff move up and down on the these or is it fixed solid like I think?

sorry to sound dumb but I was a beam axel man before this lol

markymoan · Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 20:59 Post subject:

Front diff is fixed hence the IFS.
Have you got a pic of the plate ?
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Fett · **** Joined: 06 Sep 2011 Posts: 343 Location: Hampshire

not yet , I will get round to it honest, cameras given up so I will have to use my other phone.

I want to get the new guard made for laning next week so once its done Ill get piccies of both.

wonder why they didnt cover the diff instead of cutting a hole out for it- daft. you can actually buy diff guards for the range rovers

markymoan · Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 21:56 Post subject:

You can look all you want on these forums and not find anything about the bit you just got.
Shocked

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