Speeddmn
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I've searched till my fingers have bleed. Well not really, but seriously!
So when I deployed a few years back my wife was a kind soul and bought us "upgrades" to our jeep. She went max benefit per dollar, that was 3 years and some change ago. Off she went to the wonderful world of Ebay and cheap. Needless to say both bumpers are starting to show their made in Where_ever_a_crap_a_stan... So I want to get something new, made in America, by US citizens with their own hands! Or machines, either way...
I know everyone has their flavor, that is what is great, we all love/hate a lot of the same stuff. Here is what I want from a bumper:
Stubby to short midwidth (think: if it sticks out more then 1/4 way across the front tires, it's to wide)
Accepts a Warn Zeon (with out cutting and fixing it myself)
Accepts factory fogs (this isn't the biggest issue since I can splice in some and mount somewhere)
Minimal cutting of frame
Prefer one that allows mounting the winch between the frame, VS on top of the bumper would be a giant bonus.
Trail size stinger (one that isn't 3 foot tall or stick in front 3 feet either)
I really like the 1/4 Pounder, the lack of fog's hurts it for me. Also cant remember if we discussed the Zeon mounting for this one.
I also really like the Shrockworks ones, but the lack of a actual stinger sucks, same for fogs.
Crawler Conceptz and Poison Spyder are so similar in both cost and style, I only think one is more Jeep and other more Flat-billed, wish my jeep has stacks type....
LOD is also a good strong contender.
I've ruled out Hanson, JCR, Shitbuilt, ARB, Expedition one, Fab Fours, Metal Cloak, and Pure Jeep. If you can suggest something that might be worth looking at please let me know, and if you have a decent picture that would be great.
So here are a few pictures for viewing pleasure
So when I deployed a few years back my wife was a kind soul and bought us "upgrades" to our jeep. She went max benefit per dollar, that was 3 years and some change ago. Off she went to the wonderful world of Ebay and cheap. Needless to say both bumpers are starting to show their made in Where_ever_a_crap_a_stan... So I want to get something new, made in America, by US citizens with their own hands! Or machines, either way...
I know everyone has their flavor, that is what is great, we all love/hate a lot of the same stuff. Here is what I want from a bumper:
Stubby to short midwidth (think: if it sticks out more then 1/4 way across the front tires, it's to wide)
Accepts a Warn Zeon (with out cutting and fixing it myself)
Accepts factory fogs (this isn't the biggest issue since I can splice in some and mount somewhere)
Minimal cutting of frame
Prefer one that allows mounting the winch between the frame, VS on top of the bumper would be a giant bonus.
Trail size stinger (one that isn't 3 foot tall or stick in front 3 feet either)
I really like the 1/4 Pounder, the lack of fog's hurts it for me. Also cant remember if we discussed the Zeon mounting for this one.
I also really like the Shrockworks ones, but the lack of a actual stinger sucks, same for fogs.
Crawler Conceptz and Poison Spyder are so similar in both cost and style, I only think one is more Jeep and other more Flat-billed, wish my jeep has stacks type....
LOD is also a good strong contender.
I've ruled out Hanson, JCR, Shitbuilt, ARB, Expedition one, Fab Fours, Metal Cloak, and Pure Jeep. If you can suggest something that might be worth looking at please let me know, and if you have a decent picture that would be great.
So here are a few pictures for viewing pleasure