REAR BUMPER... 56k dont even bother

NJ KJ · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 8:53 am

Well i really want a new rear bumper and i saw the rock lizards and liked it... but i sent a email to trail redy and they sent me pics of there new bumper and i saw the tail lite guard option and like it alot.... i also like the square boxyness... it matches my arb in th front...

the first 2 are with out the tail light guard option and the last is with it...

what do u guys think??

Mutt · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 9:06 am

Dead sexy, what kind of coin are we talking?

NJ KJ · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 9:34 am

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Dead sexy, what kind of coin are we talking?

it is isnt it.... the model with the tail light guard is $850 shipped and they told me they would match the arb color powdercoat for free... i thought that was a pretty good deal...

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 9:56 am

I do not like those big tail light guards, they are HUGE! It looks like it has built in back-up lights though. Where do you put the spare? A-top the roof?

That red libby has been beat to death! Looks at all the scratches and dents in it. :shock:

NJ KJ · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:17 am

Jeepjeepster wrote:

I do not like those big tail light guards, they are HUGE! It looks like it has built in back-up lights though. Where do you put the spare? A-top the roof?

That red libby has been beat to death! Looks at all the scratches and dents in it. :shock:

i dont know... i like the tail light guards.. i guss it is a love or hate thing :wink:

.... and i was worried about the spare tire too... after thinking about that im not sure anymore... ahhhh :!:

Jeep Dawg · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:18 am

I really do not know.
on one hand I like it, but on the other hand I do not like it.
It looks kool from the back of it. But looking at it from the side looks kinda cheezy.
I absolutly do not like the tail light guards. it looks retarded.

desertkj · **Joined:** Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:24 pm **Posts:** 677

Jeepjeepster wrote:

I do not like those big tail light guards, they are HUGE! It looks like it has built in back-up lights though. Where do you put the spare? A-top the roof?

That red libby has been beat to death! Looks at all the scratches and dents in it. :shock:

Im pretty sure that libby is the SFA converted one that got taken on Peterson's Ultimate Adventure. I actually saw that one in person a few years ago. I didnt like the taillight guards either. WAY too big.

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:37 am

They need to make a steel bumper that looks just like the european bumper on the libbys. That would be cheap and look good!

eggwhite93 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 1:00 pm

I think it looks sweet without the guards. I dont like the guards at all.

iceman7311 · **Joined:** Sun Sep 03, 2006 11:05 am **Posts:** 22

i agree guards are way too much

FreedomKJ · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 3:23 pm

Trailready's bumper is certainly not new. The first two pics are of Wally's (DarbyWalters) old KJ. He had the bumper on it back in '03, if not earlier.

The spare tire will still fit on the gate with the TR rear bumper. Those slotted holes aren't backup lights, they're vents so air from the side vents on the KJ can get out (they let air out when you slam the doors.)

I've soured on Trailready personally, as they stopped building the bumper and have been saying for years they were redesigning it and it would be back soon, and cheaper. They've yet to actually build another one, but everytime they update their page the price goes up.

DarbyWalters · **Posted:** Tue Sep 05, 2006 7:53 am

Yep...that is my old KJ...

That bumper was so strong and gave such a great departure angle...A Chevy 3500 Landscape truck plowed into the back of me and the bumper pushed the front of the Chevy all the way into the front tire...didn't even dent the bumper...destroyed the Checy

Was a very good fit and the spare could be mounted like a normal spare...I rigged up a tire carrier inside

The "vent slots" also had a "tab" in the back to mount lights...great for extra backup or offroad lighting

One other feature is that the ends were removeable...If you even did destroy them ( I don't know how ), you could buy a replacement or just take one end off and repair

Funny to look at now...that KJ has been traded in on a new 2006 CRD and my Condo burned down on Haloween last year and I have moved...so many things change but i am still in a KJ

REAR BUMPER... 56k dont even bother

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