leeds wrote:

Peter at Nakantanenga sell rear bumperettes, so I will assume he has checked out the type approval status in Germany.

Looking at the photos on his site, there does not appear to be as much as a 'scoop' which goes under the body work. That could be an artefact of the photo or a different design to what I am used to.

On our Puma we have aftermarket reversing sensors fitted. These are attached to the underside of the bumperettes step.

Brendan

Bobble wrote:

I'd be careful of using chequer plate as protection against anything more than slight impact.
It's only really any good as protection against weathering/footprints etc.
Those shown above might stop the lower part of the wing being damaged, but I suspect all that'd happen is the wing would crease higher up instead, along the top edge of the chequer plate,(in the case of the 110 pictured that'd be right by the filler cap aperture)
Genuine protection really needs to fend off objects before they make contact with the thin body panels, and that usually means bumperettes, attached to part of the chassis.

ZeDefender wrote:

It's a great suggestion but unfortunately I already have a rear bumper/step/towbar thingy on the back. Sorry - should have made that clear from the start.
IMO it's a bit of a stupid LR design because it doesn't come round the corners enough to protect them (why?) but it's also got my parking sensors in it so I don't really want to change it.
I figured the chequer plate was the best "soft solution" I could do against repeated side scrapes from all the witless 80+ year olds in their Mercs around where we live (especially in hospital car parks ). No kidding, I have been seriously scuffed about 5 times in the last 2 years. I hope it will also double as a mudflap strengthener so I can send Entreq's back (sorry Olaf).
Thanks for the good advice though - I would certainly follow it if not for the junk already on the back
Cheers
Matt

p.s. It's also entirely possible that bumperettes are not type-approved here in good old Deutschland - a lot of external accessories aren't

LandRoverAnorak wrote:

Just out of interest, which ones did you buy? I quite fancy some of the ones that are parallel to the bottom edge of the wing but whilst I've seen them on peoples trucks, I haven't found pictures of any for sale

The ones I got are here:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/370281047024?ssPage...1439.l2649
They go right under the wing, full-width, and have a cut-out for the mudflap bracket (exactly what I didn't want!). They also don't have a cutout for the wing support bracket bolt (a bit further forward) but drilling a hole in the chequer isn't so hard
They come pre-drilled for the rivets, with rivets and with pre-attached sealing foam. You can choose the 2- or 5-stripe pattern. Very smart and pretty tough.
I would ask the supplier about the above if there is a "next time".
I'm going to fit them with the Nak. mudflap supports and a bit of extra butyl underneath (have fitted the supports just now as the wing was tearing already - Defender is only 6 months old!!!)
The company Off Road Service seems pretty good - I have bought quite a few items from them before and been very pleased (their diff-protector is very nice). Not really useful for the UK though...
Cheers
Matt Tell someone you love them today because life is short.
But shout it at them in German because life is also terrifying and confusing...