Front and Rear Bumpers: Poison Spyder or LOD
04-08-2012, 05:35 AM
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Originally Posted by finndogg
That's a nice looking bumper, I do like. I'll think about it and the weight is nice, nearly half the weight. Have you every worried about it bending or anything getting pulled or pulling someone.
04-08-2012, 06:07 AM
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I have a PSC Brawler Lite and love it. Actually considering a LOD rear as ones being sold locally.
Have you looked at Rugged Ridge's aluminum bumbers? They're same weight as the factory bumper. I'm thinking about getting the rear to save some weight.
Have you looked at Rugged Ridge's aluminum bumbers? They're same weight as the factory bumper. I'm thinking about getting the rear to save some weight.
04-08-2012, 03:10 PM
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So, I presume this means you have lod and don't like it? I just spent a week banging my lod front bumper on Moab slick rock and you can't even tell. No scratches, no dents, and it hasn't moved one millimeter. Oh, and two of my wheeling buddies who were there running the same trails with the same bumpers have the same experience. We must have gotten freak lod bumpers then, weird that our finishes aren't all rusty and flaking like yours. Please post photos, because now you've convinced me something must be wrong.
Please provide me with the link to your install write up on YOUR Poison Spider front and rear bumpers so I can read about your first hand experience with their fit finish and quality. Oh, wait, you had to powder coat your psc bumpers yourself so finish is up to your own abilities.
My reality for this comparison is like blonde or brunette. Both are great products, both look awesome, and both are built to take a pounding. Good luck!
Please provide me with the link to your install write up on YOUR Poison Spider front and rear bumpers so I can read about your first hand experience with their fit finish and quality. Oh, wait, you had to powder coat your psc bumpers yourself so finish is up to your own abilities.
My reality for this comparison is like blonde or brunette. Both are great products, both look awesome, and both are built to take a pounding. Good luck!
what are you talking about? I'm still running stockers. My reasoning that the PSC has a superior finish is based solely on the fact that 3 of the PSC bumpers that I've come across all looked great, even after a couple of years of having been on the Jeep and beaten by our snowy/salty winters.
04-08-2012, 04:15 PM
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Facing the same dilemma, but with PSC and Shrockworks. Settled on PSC up front, but for rear with carrier, the shrockworks looks pretty enticing. The HUGE wait times for shrock is the only thing holding me back...
05-01-2012, 05:22 AM
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05-01-2012, 05:41 AM
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I'm going to go with JCR stubby stinger in the front and their tire carrier in the back. I need them to match (brand), part of my OCD ritually and symmetry. 
I like the tire carrier over LoD because of the way the rotopax mounts inside the tire. LoDs mounts outside and looks bulky and really big. Its been hard trying to choose but ultimately, after seeing LoDs full rear set-up, it just seems to become the focal point. I'm ready to buy today, just waiting to see if they will be in Dallas on the 20th for the 4 wheel parts Jeep fest. If not, guess I'm ready to pull the trigger.
I like the tire carrier over LoD because of the way the rotopax mounts inside the tire. LoDs mounts outside and looks bulky and really big. Its been hard trying to choose but ultimately, after seeing LoDs full rear set-up, it just seems to become the focal point. I'm ready to buy today, just waiting to see if they will be in Dallas on the 20th for the 4 wheel parts Jeep fest. If not, guess I'm ready to pull the trigger.
05-01-2012, 05:46 AM
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I have the LoD front shorty and the rear linked tire carrier and love them. I had one small issue and had a response from LoD the same day and issue was resolved the next day. The finish is prefect so I do not know what the other guys problem with the finish is. The fit was perfect and the install was easy just make sure you have a friend to help for the rear it sure is heavy.
I would not hesitate going with LoD again. I do have PSC brawler rockers and the fit on thoses where perfect too finish was bare steel.
I would not hesitate going with LoD again. I do have PSC brawler rockers and the fit on thoses where perfect too finish was bare steel.
05-01-2012, 06:41 AM
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I have Lod front and rear and they have both served me well. No finish problems. I did wheel a week Moab, and have a noticeble dent in my front bumper from where my fairlead was rammed into a rock bouncing over an obstacle on Metal Masher.
It was a good whack and it's a solid bumper.
I went Lod in front as the Brawler Light was not out when I put it on. I went Lod in the rear to get better protection for the quarters, and on the PSC tire carrier, the tab that locks the tire in place when it swings open does not work with the PSC quarter armor. It seems that when they redesigned the bumper there was a fitment issue with the tab you grip to pull up. I have a buddy with one and and he has a nut in place of the tab to make it work until PSC gets him a new one.
That would have driven me buggy so I went with the Lod, but both are great products
It was a good whack and it's a solid bumper.
I went Lod in front as the Brawler Light was not out when I put it on. I went Lod in the rear to get better protection for the quarters, and on the PSC tire carrier, the tab that locks the tire in place when it swings open does not work with the PSC quarter armor. It seems that when they redesigned the bumper there was a fitment issue with the tab you grip to pull up. I have a buddy with one and and he has a nut in place of the tab to make it work until PSC gets him a new one.
That would have driven me buggy so I went with the Lod, but both are great products
