Urgent rear bumper

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Re: Urgent rear bumper

Post by Alex Roux »

Tinus lotz wrote:Sit n brief op wegry en Sa 4x4 sodat die mense weet wat aangaan !!! Ses weke en so swak job nee wat dit maak nie sin nie hello peter werk ook
Ek stel voor, dreig met die brief en kry hule om dit te fix. Hulle kan as hulle moet.
As dit nie werk nie, pos die brief vir Wegry en vat jou kar na Ben, laat hy hom fix.
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Re: Urgent rear bumper

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Alex dis elntlik wat ek bedoel het .
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Re: Urgent rear bumper

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Well, this saga seems to have come to an end and I really appreciate your support.

I have decided (against my warring nature) to just get this over with in the least amount of effort.

Took the vehicle to get the electrics looked at. between 10 and 20 fuses later... everything seems to work.
R600 to reroute the exhaust: working fine now.
Charles sent a man over to replace the burnt light: Working fine now...

I can finally drive around again in my favorite Patricia. :woo:

Attaching some pictures:
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Basically what you would want: looks sturdy, nice jerry can holder, very little vibration.
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Metal work and finishing looks good. Well rounded.
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Attachment to body could be better. This looks like someone's child did the work...

All in all, a decent bumper. But purely due to the service I received... I'm never going back there again.

Cheers! QQQ let's party.
May the road be long.. and dirty.
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Re: Urgent rear bumper

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Eisjjj -- THANX for this warning -- and here I was on the way to LYNX for a "quick" sullution rear bumper for the Prado ..
MNow I will live with the time span at Ben .. he does the better work any-way -
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Re: Urgent rear bumper

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If I've managed to save just one other person from that hellish place.. I've done my job. :salute:
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Re: Urgent rear bumper

Post by Alex Roux »

Well,

It is a neat looking bumper
Did it improve your departure angle?

You can still do with some mud flaps at the back
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Re: Urgent rear bumper

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Honestly... I'm not sure. It looks pretty much the same to me... But I'll have to find someone with an original bumper to compare.
May the road be long.. and dirty.
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Re: Urgent rear bumper

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Here are some pics of my final moments with my previous bumper just for kicks.
Over the Bump
Over the Bump
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Into the mud
Into the mud
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Through the Mud (turns out to be only water)
Through the Mud (turns out to be only water)
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Bye Bye Bumper
Bye Bye Bumper
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End Result
End Result
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:salute:
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