Hello Chaps -

A few pics below relating to DIY fitting of a tow bar armature to my FF ('06MY).
I had no access to specialist tools or a ramp, but found it relatively easy to do. I'm not going through the whole job, just some of the points I consider may be useful to others.

Like many people on here, I bought a used item off ebay. Fortunately it was only two years old, and although there were some signs of wear, it was minimal.
I prepared it by rubbing down the few areas of rust, giving them a couple of coats of spray Hammerite satin black, and Waxoyling within the open ends.

I used the Land Rover instructions ("LRI") available on the Forum, but found there were some tasks which were not adequately covered.
Firstly, whilst the job from start to end is pretty straightforward, there are some PITA parts.
The first one is if your car has rear mud flaps. The fittings used to attach them will more than likey be heavily corroded - mine needed to be cut off with a grinder.
Going against the LRI, I loosened the bolts attaching the bracketry originally fitted to the car using an extendable wheel brace - lots of torque available ! I removed the exhaust hanger brackets from those, letting the exhaust "hang".

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Good write up there  There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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KIA E-Niro 4+
2021 Discovery 5 D300 MHEV commercial

nice job Paul, wiki'fied..


instructions on topix as well,

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Last edited by stan on 20th Mar 2015 2:50pm. Edited 1 time in total

^ Roger that !

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Not the hardest of jobs but it's pigging heavy work!!!

No pictures in the Wiki as far as I can see  Geoff

you're correct geoff, it seems back in 2013 Paul used an external image provider and these images have been deleted?. ... - .- -.




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Mmmm ? . . . . Where did they go - I uploaded them from my pc as I always do ?

Geoff - drop me a PM if you'd like something specific ?

Cheers
Paul
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Well actually I finished the job this afternoon - my advice is if someone offers to professionally fit everything for £150 let them do it. It's a simple enough job and everything you need to do is obvious but some of the things that need doing are a real PITA. Still I am now basking in the warm glow of satisfaction of a job successfully completed and am a bit knackered good job the brother in law turned up when help with lifting was needed  Geoff

you did bolt it on properly geoff?



















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All bolts in place and torqued up, thanks for asking. I Try not to make the same mistake twice  Geoff

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I held back putting on the plastic bumper as it's much easier to give it a good clean and wax on the bench which I have done (all those annoying little tar spots). I still haven't put it back on as I am waiting for the electrics from PFJones, none in stock but half the price of JLR should be here today or Monday.

Before anyone says I know I could put it back on before doing the electrics  Geoff

Have you got new pictures then Geoff so they can be added to the wiki?

It took you so long I thought you were making a film of it 😜😜

Only kidding! It's a faff but doing it on your own is even harder  FFRR MY06 facelift With TDV8 Alloys Zeros/ATR's
Mantec Sump Guard, Rigid Load liner, MY10 BT upgrade.

Sorry no pictures, I didn't even mean to make a start so no camera. It's actually so simple there's none needed its a simple DIY job. I think my biggest worry was getting the sides of the plastic bumper out of the lugs without breaking anything, even that was simple after I figured it out. On a 2010 the rear metal bumper is pretty light however when added to the armature combined its a heavy . Geoff