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Okay so the rear bumper was a little wobbly on the right hand side from the previous owner reversing up a client's bonnet, at de Wildt today entered the mud bath, (couldn't resist!) and the result.... :doh:
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Good excuse to replace with steel bumper :biggrin:
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Just wht I was thinking! Now it's just to decide which one...!
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Somehow i think most of us(Patrol drivers) has done that same trick! :doh:
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aaaahhhh, kak one boet, hard lines. Steel's the way to go. i've never understood why all wagon style 4x4's have two sets of lights , disco/patrol/prado/cruiser/bla bla bla, ...why? what is the explanation?
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Russ Kellermann wrote:i've never understood why all wagon style 4x4's have two sets of lights , disco/patrol/prado/cruiser/bla bla bla, ...why? what is the explanation?
I posted what I believe to be the explanation in an old thread. Have a look HERE.
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I feel your pain brother.... QQQ ... but I bet it was still fun though....
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Post by Kagiso II »

eisjjj - Oompie doth thinketh thou wented too fast thru da mudd ? That section of mud, with that Patrol and those tyres - yu can crawl it through [O K .. you should walk around or DRIVE through, but the Patrol can crawl through :lol:
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