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Car Forum / Land Rover Cars / February 2008

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Disco 1 rear bumper

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Bill - 20 Feb 2008 18:25 GMT
Somehow, the nearside end capping piece on the rear bumper of my 'new'
Disco1 seems to have a large dent in it and have been dislodged. I don't
remember hitting anything, so am blaming the Tesco car park.

I've looked at the manuals I've downloaded and also in the Haynes one,
without it becoming clear how to get this part off to try to bodge a
repair with glue etc.
Giving it a hefty waggle only seems to have made it a bit more
skew-whiff, and I had to give up attempting to lie in the frost with a
lamp trying to see what was what.

Is it easy to unclip one of these end-caps, or do I have to attempt to
take the whole bumper off? Can anyone point me at a clear diagram?
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Paul - xxx - 21 Feb 2008 14:54 GMT
> Somehow, the nearside end capping piece on the rear bumper of my
> 'new' Disco1 seems to have a large dent in it and have been
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> Is it easy to unclip one of these end-caps, or do I have to attempt
> to take the whole bumper off? Can anyone point me at a clear diagram?

It's far easier to take the whole bumper off ... basically two bolts
through a slot.  Once it's off the end-caps, IIRC, are held on with
self-tapping screws (naff) and if they're loosethey're unlikely to
tighten up properly anyway as they mostly (Mine have three times) just
been pulled out, creating a large hole in the sprue plastic of the
end-cap.  Araldite into the hole, then drilled 2mm dia when dry is a
reasonable 'cure' short of new caps.  There's a metal triangular plate
that they screw through and this is also, invariably, bent a tad out of
shape, so just twatting them while still attached doesn't bend it
enough to put it back properly.

They can be done with the bumper in situ, but it requires a lot thinner
arms with a lot more dexterity than I have.  Whole bumper off is pretty
easy actually ... getting it on again 'and lined up' is a tad more
awkward, but still far easier than attempting the end caps on the
vehicle.  ;)

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