ANYONE SEEN THIS BUMPER

o4liberty · **Posted:** Fri May 12, 2006 9:07 pm

I SAW THIS PICTURE ON ROCKY ROADS WEB SITE AND I CALLED THEM TO SEE IF THEY SELL THIS WINCH BUMPER / BRUSH GUARD THEY SAID NO AND HAD NO IDEA WERE I COULD FIND IT. THIS WOULD BE PERFECT FOR ME SINCE I DON'T LIKE THE ARB, DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE I CAN BUY THIS?

0311_DoC · **Posted:** Fri May 12, 2006 9:14 pm

not to hijak the thread but he has a snorkel too......I want one...

PitViper · **Posted:** Fri May 12, 2006 9:38 pm

I think it's a one off
As is the snorkel

lilmatty · **Posted:** Fri May 12, 2006 9:40 pm

With a 'roo bar like that and the snorkels I bet it's from Oz.

Fouros, whaddaya think mate?

white04kj · **Posted:** Fri May 12, 2006 10:21 pm

It's some guy from Mexico I believe. I saw his cardomain sometime quite a while back, if you can find it you might be able to ask him about the brush guard.

If he was from Austrailia the driver would be on the other side.

jpzkj · **Posted:** Fri May 12, 2006 10:59 pm

0311_DoC wrote:

not to hijak the thread but he has a snorkel too......I want one...

hahaha....man that hook was 'set" in Moab !! it's all over now !!! :-)r

the1jferg · **Posted:** Fri May 12, 2006 11:03 pm

http://www.thefergusons.us/kj/kj.htm

It probably the factory gaurd with the plasic still on the sides thats why it looks thick. Then he moved the top bar down and put a plate across for the winch.

Mine has all the plastic stripped down. I'll probably move my top bar down and put a plate across too.

0311_DoC · **Posted:** Fri May 12, 2006 11:04 pm

jpzkj wrote:

0311_DoC wrote:

not to hijak the thread but he has a snorkel too......I want one...

hahaha....man that hook was 'set" in Moab !! it's all over now !!! :-)r

yea well, you had a lil to do with it too... :wink:

krazz1e · **Posted:** Fri May 12, 2006 11:29 pm

it;s a poser bumper... just a "brush gaurd". arb and rock lizards are the real deal.

RespectMyLibertay · **Posted:** Sat May 13, 2006 12:17 am

I agree with krazz1e, the brush guard is just that...a brush guard. The winch is probably mounted to the frame under the stock bumper plastic with some steel plating directly under the winch itself. Mounting it to a brush guard would be a serious mistake that would make itself obvious on the first attempt to use the winch.

That could even be PhotoShopped...

the1jferg · **Posted:** Sat May 13, 2006 4:46 pm

I agree that "it;s a poser bumper... just a "brush gaurd". arb and rock lizards are the real deal." BUT...

As far as the strength with the winch goes? Well The brushgaurd is mounted to the same place the tow hooks are so who knows if it will hold :?:

It will only have the strength the tow hook mounts have. I guess the tow hooks are poser too, unless mounted to an ARB or lizard, Be careful yall, your tow hooks might yank right out :lol:

You can make a plate that will bolt in place between the gaurd frame sitting on the bar where my Tag is zipped tied to. No doubt it will be strong enough for a winch on a foward pull. Side to side is where you will run into a possible problem.

A plate would still make a useful place to put something even if its an stupid

RespectMyLibertay · **Posted:** Sun May 14, 2006 9:40 pm

The brush guard's structure itself doesn't lend well to being pulled or pushed, so while it is mounted to the same spot as the tow hooks, it serves no recovery purposes at all. If forced upon, the guard will bend from it's original position while still mounted securely to the tow hook mounts. I've seen a guard get yanked clear off a vehicle, leaving broken tubing still mounted to the body (to be honest it was hilarious). I've also seen one take a hit and it just falls back into the body with no hesitation. Tow hooks are definitely more useful. Only get a brushguard if you like the looks, or want to mount lights on it, ‘cause that’s they’re only purposes.
The only way that winch is mounted is by a plate mounted directly to the frame, as I did to my diamond plate up front.

Fouros · **Posted:** Mon May 15, 2006 12:32 am

lilmatty wrote:

With a 'roo bar like that and the snorkels I bet it's from Oz.

Fouros, whaddaya think mate?

nahh mate not one of ours , but hold on the gibson snork is not too far off now , and crd stu has a friend fabbing up all alloy front bumpers with spots for decent recovery point on the boil as well

we will keep you posted

swtwomyn · **Posted:** Tue May 16, 2006 3:55 pm

Hi! I have the same brush guard, but not modified like that one. Looks good! I want the front hitch AND the brush guard on mine. Anyone done that? I bet I will have to do some welding..hummm. Also, I am looking for mounting instructions for the mopar chrom brush guard. I need to reverse it to get it off...had it installed at the dealer. I really don't want to pay that money for them to uninstall it. Also they won't want to try to install both the hitch and brush guard. So...any thoughts?

Thanks!

the1jferg · **Posted:** Tue May 16, 2006 5:16 pm

You can put the front hitch on there with the brush gaurd, You just have to toss the "M" bolts and put longer grade 8's in there. Same way I installed the tow hooks. Bend a coat hanger to grip the longer bolts, slide them in the cracks and into the holes, bolt up baby :lol:

If you are putting the reciever hitch in for a winch, thats a good idea because you can swap from front to rear. You can still modify that gaurd to strengthen it for side to side movement. Actually if you added a plate for the winch to mount on it would probably do the job.

Don't let some of these folks discourage you and tell you a modified factory gaurd ainit strong enough for a winch...Its bolted to the same holes as the tow hooks and reciever hitch.

The steel ain't going nowhere, the bars are a diff story.

Edwin · **Posted:** Wed May 17, 2006 12:55 am

lilmatty wrote:

With a 'roo bar like that and the snorkels I bet it's from Oz.

Fouros, whaddaya think mate?

The steering wheel is on the wrong side fer Down Under. :wink:

swtwomyn · **Posted:** Wed May 17, 2006 5:59 am

Yeah, that is what I thought to do also. I am headed to Fastenal today to get the longer bolts. I am going to attempt it this weekend. I am going to get a winch soon as well. Thanks for your comments!

Tracy

the1jferg · **Posted:** Wed May 17, 2006 8:58 am

I still would be concerned about side pulls with the winch mounted higher than reciever level

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