shrimpster

Anyone have or know of reviews for the rugged Ridge XHD aluminum bumpers?

glock35

Got mine built, turned out very nice and to my specs! Guessing it's about 40-45lbs

1slowjeep

i have the RC stubby bumper and it was shipped at 41lbs. quality seem good so far. (front only)

jeepmojo

alum . maybe light, but its no protection either nothing like steel !
plus I like the poison spyder mid I just orderd if you hit with that its not gona warpAttachment 409877

shrimpster

Will mostly hit trails. Not much rock. I most time will be on highway.

1slowjeep

aluminum can be strong if braced right, but how much lighter is it for having to pay more for it and know it will bend before a (cheaper) steel one will?

jeepmojo

We've pretty much decided against the idea of doing an aluminum copy of the existing Brawler Lite bumper. Mostly because it still requires a steel sub-structure to have enough strength for the winch mount and recovery points. And the Brawler Bar would still have to be made out of steel also, or it would just be a pretzel waiting to happen. The result would be a bumper that is not much lighter, because of the additional steel components, weaker in many areas, and much more expensive due to the higher cost of the aluminum and the extra fabrication of the additional steel components. A few of you might still want one even with those caveats, but we don't think there would be enough demand to justify the costs of tooling up for it and producing/inventorying them in production quantities.

Look at the aluminum bumpers that are currently on the market. They usually are just an aluminum shell, and still have a steel sub-structure to provide the strength they need for the winch mount and recovery points. The weight advantage ends up being almost negligible, while the cost is disproportionately high. If we decide in the future to offer an aluminum bumper, it will be an entirely new design, not just a copy of our current steel one.





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k0260

Pavement Ends steel front bumper. Basic, Affordable, stout, light weight. EDIT: I was able to retro fit a Warn skid plate up to the bumper, fits peeeerfect

shrimpster

Thanks for the input. Will take into account the winch support weight. Would be great if the manufacturers posted weights on their bumpers and any accessories for comparison.

Guess it also depends on the target audience you are reaching. Not planning to spend on a hemi and my previous experience with steel made my previous 2010 jeep a tford. Is there an alternative? Some steel alloy?

jeepmojo

I orderd the poison spyder mid bumper first I understood it was 75 lbs aprox and 20 for skid then I read later it was 98 and skid was 20 lbs. my ups delivery says ship weight is 138 lbs so I called up and told them these weights are all over the place im running a stock suspension on my rubicon they called poison spyder and now they claim it weighs 92lbs for the ps mid and 30 lbs for the skid !!!! this isn't what I call being up front with the weights they should be posted on the product page along with description . if we the purchaser don't lke it then some ones supposed to occure the return shipping cost !who? guess who ?
so now im lookin at a 120 lb bumper and if I choose a smaller winch say 60 lbs more were at 160 more than stock bumper its very nice to show a pic of a sweet bumper then find out you better be up on 37s with a bds lift kit to carry it prob not so nice