"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
11/03/2018 at 17:45 • Filed to: None
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"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
11/03/2018 at 17:45 • Filed to: None | 1
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Has anyone ever seen/heard of a brush guard such as this one being fitted to a current-gen Range Rover or Range Rover sport? I ask because I love the current Rovers, but I also like the look of these grill guards in some applications. Yet I can’t seem to find a single instance of someone making or installing one on a new Rover. All I can find is a few instances of these metal hoop bars being installed, which seem to be largely bought by people from New Jersey for their occasional drives into New York City.
I understand why such a product hasn’t been made for these vehicles. Nobody would really ever use it, and the styling trend of fitting these bars to SUVs sort of died off about 10 years ago. YOu can’t really find them for Escalades or non-G class Mercs eith er. S till, can anyone find a brush guard designed to fit this:
themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
11/03/2018 at 18:11 |
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IIRC part of the problem is they can be quite heavy and you no longer have some nice, beefy frame rails or easily accessed steel supports to bolt onto. So if you have to go underneath all that body work, a brush guard that's too tall or heavy might literally break itself over time. Maybe you can get something like that if it comes as multiple pieces? Like a lower guard, a headlight guard, and the like?
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The last stock SC 5speed
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
11/03/2018 at 18:17 |
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Could it be because real brush guards have been banned in European countries for pedestrian safety? I recall seeing an article about manufacturers experimenting with rubber look alikes to meet new regs. International Oppos please correct me if I’m wrong.
Longtime Lurker
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
11/03/2018 at 20:59 |
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Those brush guards can’t be installed
on trucks with Radar cruise, front park sensors or any other active safety stuff, else it all becomes disabled. Most people spending the money on a n
ew Land Rover actually want that stuff.
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sm70- why not Duesenberg?
> Longtime Lurker
11/04/2018 at 00:30 |
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Shit, I completely forgot about that. This is likely the correct answer, thank you.
SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
11/04/2018 at 02:20 |
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The D5 can have one...
...but I suspect that, since most current Range Rovers and Sports and Evoque are primarily city cars, there's not much call to invest the coin in building something similar to suit.