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Your Dream Front Bumper
Okay here is the question... If you could design the new front bumper, what features would you want?
I am currently playing with a full steel bumper similar to the GetLost4x4 bumper with a few improvements and a new mounting system, I am also looking at a component system so you can build it one piece at a time as funding allows and all the parts will bolt together. But what features would YOU like to see?
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Front receiver, shackle mounts, stinger, light mounts and fog light mounts. High clearance design nothing to bulky.
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What Matt posted.
I'd like to see a winch bumper that doesn't look funny without a winch. So some kind of bolt on/removable cover to make it look normal with or without a winch in place.
Shackle mounts, and modular grill/light guards and lots of light mounting locations/options.
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I like the maniac Bumper too and am struggling with the interior winch design.
Do most of you prefer the interior winch or exposed like on my XK?
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Something that can stand up to a deer strike and not cripple the vehicle. Haven't hit one yet but its been mighty close a few times.
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I think it would help keep it smaller if it were interior.
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I like the hidden one for lots of reasons but looks is more important over all.
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Originally Posted by
Matt
*mouth water*
What Sal said and what Matt showed. What would be important to me... is utility and practicality. It's great if it has accessory lighting, front hitch receiver, winch location, shashackles and great improved approach angles... to me, this is like trying to win the lottery.
If I were CONTINUING to mod my WK... I'd care MORE about (in order of importance to me)
Craftsmanship ( and appearance) - Is it built well? Is the structural integrity flawless? You can put as much as you want to in the bumper but if it looks like a lot of the bumpers I see out here, I'll just move on. It needs to be strong, it needs to lock good. Both are pretty self explanatory.
Recovery: I think if the above is met, we can move on to recovery (this includes winch and/or front tow hitch) What is more feasible to incorporate without jeopardizing the overall goal of this bumper.
Weight and Approach angle: I think if the above two are answered well we can move on to this one. It's got sound recovery and excellent craftsmanship. How much does it weigh. Does it make my front sag? Are the advantages of the above two worth this Sag? Or can we find ways to conserve craftsmanship and utility and still reduce weight?
price: I imagine if the above 3 are met with flying colors this category will fly out of the roof.. which leads me to my FINAL point.
customization: How easily can I customize my bumper. I care about craftsmanship but I have other mechanisms for Recovery, which reduces weight and also improves my approach angle. Can You work with this type of request. Despite a narrow market, how flexible can this product be across the board.
Those are my opinions.
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Easy install
Ground clearance
Fog lights
Offroad light mounts
Shakles
winch
good approach angle
Machine gun mounts ( for those who wont get ouy of my way)