What is this on my defender 110

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Happydefender

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Hi guys!
I’m new here, and hope you guys can answer this question for me!
Whilst in the works of restoring my defender 110 (the last defender garage i went to thought it was a G4). This front ‘bumper rail’ kind of thing, located under the front bumper and front crossbar, is severly rusted. I tried looking up the name for it and the importance of it for the chassis, but couldn’t find any. Maybe it’s my lack of proper english vocabulary when it comes to cars (i’m dutch). I just saw one picture of a G4 with the same bar but that was on Pinterest so that didn’t help much. I was wondering if any of you landy lovers can tell me the name of this thing, and if it’s okay to remove it? It’s unsavable because of the severe rust damage, so i’d rather just take the thing off!

Thanks so much for your help!

Kind regards :)
 

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Still have one on mine. It is a standard Land Rover tubular steering guard to protect output arm and steering rod from knocks off road. Mine has a length of scaffold inside. [ met a rock or two in its time]
No issue with its removal for road use or light off road driving. @meego link above for a more up to date method.
 
It is an actual Land Rover part which isn't cheap for what it is. My son has one on his Ninety, I quite like the look of them but in reality are probably pretty useless.
 
You can get an aftermarket one for about £55 and has done its job several times on my rocky coast farm. After a meeting with a hidden boulder it was banana shaped but had done its job protecting things further back.
 
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