Mopar Off-Road Bumper..Diapointment
10-03-2008, 08:56 AM
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Mopar Bumper Dissapointment
Here is the final out come to the bumpers I took the afternoon off yesterday and went to the dealer yesterday to pick up and return the bumpers, they cut me a sweet deal that I could not refuse on the front bumper and an awesome deal on the rear bumper cost plus tax on both. So I took them. Also I am not bothered about scratches I am talking about some serious missing chunks of coating on the bumpers which they (dealer) says has to do with 1 the improper packaging and shipping of the bumpers which I have first hand of. We checked over 10 bumpers at the dealership and the only thing that there is for shipping to protect the bumpers is the box and the front bumpers get a 18'x18' piece of thin foam sheet on the corners nothing else so when they get banged around dropped they break through the cardboard and well you know the rest. 2 was that supposedly steel is cheaper in China as I was told and the bumpers are made and coated over there which explains why the coating is falling off so easy. HERE COMES LINEX OR RHINO LINING !!!!!!!!!!
If some how I am able to figure out how to do pics I will send pics of the final install.
If some how I am able to figure out how to do pics I will send pics of the final install.
10-03-2008, 08:58 AM
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10-03-2008, 01:48 PM
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I bought my mopar offroad bumpers because they were my favorite looking ones, (and still are,) but two real big dissapointments. The first is that on the rear the eyes for the shackles are really narrow (read weak,) and standard sized shackles look goofy. The second is that on the front, they have these stupid plastic pieces to cover the crush cans. In all the pictures I have seen on this site and in the magazines, I had never noticed. In fact you wouldn't notice unless you saw one in person, but the problem is that if you break the plastic crush can, you can't just buythat part as a replacement and I am always a little protective of them, don't want to break em and have to buy a whole new bumper!
But overall I like them a whole lot, they are my favorite looking ones and this front one will look a whole lot better once the warn 9.5 ti is sitting in that big gaping hole...
But overall I like them a whole lot, they are my favorite looking ones and this front one will look a whole lot better once the warn 9.5 ti is sitting in that big gaping hole...
10-03-2008, 06:18 PM
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The second is that on the front, they have these stupid plastic pieces to cover the crush cans. In all the pictures I have seen on this site and in the magazines, I had never noticed. In fact you wouldn't notice unless you saw one in person, but the problem is that if you break the plastic crush can, you can't just buythat part as a replacement and I am always a little protective of them, don't want to break em and have to buy a whole new bumper!
But overall I like them a whole lot, they are my favorite looking ones and this front one will look a whole lot better once the warn 9.5 ti is sitting in that big gaping hole...
But overall I like them a whole lot, they are my favorite looking ones and this front one will look a whole lot better once the warn 9.5 ti is sitting in that big gaping hole...
