JL Rockies wrote:
If you can't buy a bumper because the extra bulk will make you hit stuff, you shouldn't be driving... please do us the favor.
ARB, because it's mass produced will probably be among the least expensive options. The ARB is the only KJ bumper (besides stock) that is airbag compliant and it does allow the winch to be mounted inside the bumper which is nice on many levels. The mounting system is pretty trick and allows for easy removal if the winch needs to be serviced.
If you were going to go the custom route, I'd only trust Marty at Rock Lizard. Marty has probably looked at that front-end of the KJ as much as ARB has. His design will give you superior approach angle and a winch mount as well (hard to pull off). Marty actually knows how to weld unlike most who claim mastery the skill set. I've had top people in the field examine my RL rear bumper and no one believed it was assembled by someone they had not heard of.
I have both an ARB and a Rock Lizzard bumper (as well as everything else RL offers) so I can't say one is better than another. But here is .50 worth of free advice: buy one of these two, don't get involved it whats going down in GA.... there have been too many horror stories and the past is about to repeat itself. Custom shops have no idea how to mass produce new designs but they are very good as holding onto your $. Listen to me now or cry about it later.... and I will say "I told you so".
Good luck.
So basically what you're saying is that DIY bumpers are unsafe and that the only way to go is ARB or RL because no one can weld well enough to make their own?
