Shedding weight
03-13-2014, 06:05 AM
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I think if a person had a metal brake it would be fairly easy to make one. I thought about doing one out of diamond plate aluminum but ended up just ordering one. It is solid as it supported the weight of my jeep when I augered in at moab and came away unscathed.
03-13-2014, 06:10 AM
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Sounds like a good investment
03-13-2014, 06:25 AM
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JK Junkie
I took out my back seat on day 1
Every wrangler I've had, has been a two door with no back seat...
I know a couple of companies have started making aluminum bumpers...I certainly don't want one, but if you do Ace just came out with one and somebody else, maybe Jenrite (sp?) or Poison?
matthew
Every wrangler I've had, has been a two door with no back seat...
I know a couple of companies have started making aluminum bumpers...I certainly don't want one, but if you do Ace just came out with one and somebody else, maybe Jenrite (sp?) or Poison?
matthew
03-13-2014, 09:40 AM
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JK Jedi
I took out my back seat on day 1
Every wrangler I've had, has been a two door with no back seat...
I know a couple of companies have started making aluminum bumpers...I certainly don't want one, but if you do Ace just came out with one and somebody else, maybe Jenrite (sp?) or Poison?
matthew
Every wrangler I've had, has been a two door with no back seat...
I know a couple of companies have started making aluminum bumpers...I certainly don't want one, but if you do Ace just came out with one and somebody else, maybe Jenrite (sp?) or Poison?
matthew
03-13-2014, 09:56 AM
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JK Junkie
I guess so, but after having the chance to pickup the factory bumpers as the were being swapped for Ace ones, I was really unhappy with the incredible lack of mass/weight
I know they can do amazing things with aluminum with honeycomb like internal structures...I'm just happy with my heavy American made steel bumpers
Matthew
I know they can do amazing things with aluminum with honeycomb like internal structures...I'm just happy with my heavy American made steel bumpers
Matthew
03-13-2014, 10:06 AM
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Yea im not looking to pussify my my jeep with aluminum and stuff haha. I do like real steel. But it is nice to be light an nimble to better float through mud and snow as well as possibly better mpgs.
03-13-2014, 12:03 PM
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If you're not in the rocks, stay with the stock plastics as much as you can. I only have a shrock stubby and one skid. (engine/trans) all others are the factory OE.
They don't pay those engineers at Chrysler for nothing. They went with plastic for a reason. And they are virtually free to replace when you damage them due to bumper upgrade fever.
One thing I notice with a lot of Jeepers is they do not evaluate the cost to repair vs the cost to upgrade and potentially not need a repair.
By all means some things are critical to protect, but not all parts are worth the cost to protect.
They don't pay those engineers at Chrysler for nothing. They went with plastic for a reason. And they are virtually free to replace when you damage them due to bumper upgrade fever.
One thing I notice with a lot of Jeepers is they do not evaluate the cost to repair vs the cost to upgrade and potentially not need a repair.
By all means some things are critical to protect, but not all parts are worth the cost to protect.
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