bumper fitting
Hi all
I have a deon and have a set of the group harrington stainless bumpers. Now I've offered them up to the back of the dino and where the fit there is nothing to bolt them to!!! Looking at loads of photos on the net it appears they slide into locating pegs mounted directly to the dino's chassis. This means that the deon boot floor appears to be located lower than that of the original dino as the mounting point come approx 40 mm above the floor. Has anyone else come across this and how have you sorted it. I dont think just bolting them to the fibreglass will cut it really!! as per deon build manual.
I'm looking at welding up a frame from steel angle and bolting this directly to the chassis of the deon through the boot floor,then putting a removable floor onto this. Out riggers similar to the dino ones will protrude through the body on to which will slide the bumper mounts bolted to my bumpers.
Not looked at the front mounting yet as I plan to cut and shut the front end beneath the swage line using a cascu belly mould with the correct vents as per original.
ian
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