New Defender Rage/Hate Thread

JeepColorado

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It'd be cool if it was something like this- ARB has a plastic bull bar

 

EricTyrrell

Expo God
There’s actual a metal bar behind the plastic. The plastic outer shell is to satisfy UK and Euro crash regulations that prohibit steel bull bars.

Looks very plastic, and useless either way. To be fair, LR and others have been up to these styling gimmicks for decades.

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Highlander

The Strong, Silent Type

EricTyrrell

Expo God
I am sure LR does not want anyone bolting ferrous metal items to their precious aluminum frame or they will end up with galvanic corrosion issues like the Wrangler door and hood hinges.

Wrangler doesn't hold a candle to the original's galvanic corrosion potential.
 

mpinco

Expedition Leader
There’s actual a metal bar behind the plastic. The plastic outer shell is to satisfy UK and Euro crash regulations that prohibit steel bull bars.

Argh. Really don't like metal encapsulated in plastic. At altitude (like Colorado) UV decimates plastic and allows moisture to finds its way to the inner structure, creating nice environments for rust.
 

mpinco

Expedition Leader
Per Ineos winter testing was completed before the covid-19 distruption so they lost little of the engineering/testing schedule.
 

Carson G

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Argh. Really don't like metal encapsulated in plastic. At altitude (like Colorado) UV decimates plastic and allows moisture to finds its way to the inner structure, creating nice environments for rust.
If it’s steel just galvanize it.
 

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