Pulled the trigger on a new bumper today

[panda24619]

that thing is beastly my friend! cant wait to see it on. so d-rings and not shackles. why you do that? i like d-rings personally but why did you ever choose shackles?

 

[tallsville]

cant til you get it so you use your new winch and tell us about it.

 

[panda24619]

maybe you can come down here so if i get stuck in anderson again you can get my ass out. haha

 

[nvycrmn]

Well, business at TAG must be pretty good. I placed my order a month ago and they won't actually start work on it for a few days. It did give me a chance to change my order, decided on D-rings instead of shackle mounts.

So in the meantime, imagine this exact bumper on a big white Expedition... (We call the process 'mental photoshop')

Oh but no roller fairlead, since I'm using synthetic winch rope.

thats the exact same bumper i am looking at getting, but for a ********* expy! hahah

 

[tonydiv]

that thing is beastly my friend! cant wait to see it on. so d-rings and not shackles. why you do that? i like d-rings personally but why did you ever choose shackles?

My initial thought was that I could take the shackles off in the winter to avoid rust issues. But the more I though about it, I don't really want those 2" mounts sticking out of the bumper all the time. I'm sure that the space behind the D-ring is going to be a rust magnet, since there's no way to get paint behind it.

For the weather up here, what I really need is to have the bumper made out of 7/16" aluminium plate. Two words though Cha Ching.

 

[panda24619]

yeah i dont blame you. $$$ is always the issue. what you can do though is use spray bed liner there. its TOUGH! i was towing out my buddys all day in the desert when i went. the bed liner is still there. not even chipped or scratched. i love that stuff.

 

[walnuts4x4]

that thing is cool... now need to find the cash to get one myself...

 

[2000eb]

how much is that bumper? i want one soooo bad its so sexy

 

[walnuts4x4]

Wincher bumper with the winch mount, grill guard, light guards, 5" lights and shackle mounts in gloss black. $1030 shipped.

 

[tonydiv]

I think that about $100 of that is shipping.

The basic bumper is only about $600, but once you start adding all the cool stuff to it the price jumps up.

 

[2000eb]

only 600? wow i can weld so...hmmm buy basic bumper add the rest myself

 

[2000eb]

whats their website?

 

[tonydiv]

http://www.tacticalarmorgroup.com/T...79/List/1/Level/a/productid/1721/Default.aspx

I think that if you get it unpainted it's even cheaper.

 

[2000eb]

you know i knew i had looked up their website before but when i searched tag i couldnt find it haha i forgot what it stood 4

 

[panda24619]

haha wow. thats funny. but yeah if you can weld it all like them then go a head. its heavy gauge stuff. but also. just get it primered and bed line it your self. might cost like $40 for the paint. if that.

 

[nvycrmn]

so....any updates on this thing yet?!

 

[tonydiv]

No, I have to call them today to see what is going on. I was originally supposed to have it around Memorial Day.

I've had a 12,000 lb winch sitting in the back of my truck for over a month now, sure would like to use it.

 

[panda24619]

No, I have to call them today to see what is going on. I was originally supposed to have it around Memorial Day.

I've had a 12,000 lb winch sitting in the back of my truck for over a month now, sure would like to use it.

things thats big enough? JEEEZ! im trying to find that 20000 winch i saw in a magazine. things was redonkulous.

 

[2000eb]

ya there is no question if i can weld stuff that thick. the bumper my buddy and i made for his yota was around 300 pounds mostly 1/4 inch stuff. everyone said over kill till he rearended someone backed up and his bumper still had the guys rear bumper and trunk attached. it looked like a redneck snowplow.

 

[tonydiv]

Well, apparently they painted it today and will ship it on Tuesday. Since I only have Wednesday's off, it will probably sit for nearly a week before I get to put it on.



Wow, I just looked at the date of my first post. I can't believe that I ordered that thing on 4/26!!!