4x4 / Off-Road TechThis section contains all discussion related to taking the FJ Cruiser in Off-Road situations, 4x4 applications and any armor modifications.
I hate to start another cross posted thread, but I didn't see anyone else taking the lead.
Anyway, the Demello gang is looking for comments on their bumper here on TTORA so if you are in the market and have some opinion on how you'd want it to look, hop on over there and let them know.
I agree with you, Bostonian. It looks pretty good, except for the DC. IMHO, clean lines look better than a busy pattern, even one that is a trademark, etc.
Yeah, I can see the front cross member getting smashed by every rock. You want the skid plate to allow you to ramp up and over an obsticle.
I also don't like the winch position. Is it me or is the winch mounted at an angle so that if you are winching straight or up that the line is going have to make a 45-90ş bend? I think they should remove the DO and make that the winch line opening and if they want to put the DO some place, put it where the current winch line hole is.
Yeah, I can see the front cross member getting smashed by every rock. You want the skid plate to allow you to ramp up and over an obsticle.
I mentioned this in the TTORA thread and this was his reply:
"Were not sure what we will do there we have two plates one like shown and anther one that covers that whole area but looks kinda funny. Were not sure what we will do down there?"
So go in and participate, give some ideas. I can see how a skid that stretched all the way down there would look funny. His bumper sits up nice and high/tight, so a skid that continued that far would look monstrous.
So no one likes the DO? We wanted some way to let more air into the bumper. Leaving that off is not a problem.
The winch mount is up high so you get the good ground clearence. The winch opening is low so it lines up with the winch better. We could do the same hole both places to allow for winching up or down?
The bottom part we made a plate that went way down to the bottom and it looked really bulky and funny so we went with the plate mounted inside. We figured a plate hanging low hitting every rock was worse than making the plate higher so it would clear most rocks. As it is it's pretty tucked up. I don't know if it would be an issue?
Keep coming with the feed back. Anything positive?
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Hello chewey46 it appears that you have not posted on our forums in several weeks, why not take a few moments to ask a question, help provide a solution or just engage in a conversation with another member in any one of our forums?
How does your bumper react with the air bag?? Would there be any insurance issues???
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With any aftermarket bumper you stand a chance of air bags going off prematurely. Ours is no accepting. I can tell you from experience that I have hit things off road with my bumper on my truck and never had an issue.
If you’re concerned about air bags, I know ARB bumpers is set up for it with there crumble zone brackets. On the other hand I know someone who had one of those and was in a couple light impact hits and the bumper eventually broke those mounts?
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