Glad to hear that the front bumper should just slide off with a bit of help
My RR is not just a Chelsea tractor it needs beefing up for the following reason. I work in Sicily for 4-6 months at a time and the car comes with me. It's used on good roads, crap roads and for mild off road use. Rather than buy a defender 110 with no comfort or buy a Disco 3 or 4 and kit that out I'd rather keep my 2007 L322.
Whilst I am back in the UK I am making the following changes to the car for practical reasons:
1. I fill fit the largest profile Cooper LTZ tyres I can get for the 20" alloys.
2. I will cover the front and rear bumpers with the thickest colour coded vinyl wrap I can find to protect them from knocks and scrapes.
3. Fit lamp guards front and rear.
4. Fit the Range Rover soft nudge bar for pushing things out of the way like gates, branches and farm lane crap and to protect the front of the car from dicks who reverse into it and block me in - I can also use the nudge bar to push the offending motors out the way.
5. Cover the roof with a colour coded vinyl wrap to protect it from the inevitable knocks when loading the roof rack.
The only thing I am having second thoughts about are the lamp guards because I have to drill into the wings to secure them. The vinyl wrap can always be peeled off when the car is eventually sold.
So now you why I'm removing the front bumper.
