for the winch bumper owners

[magimerlin]

Which one do you have and do you like it and please post a pic. I am thinking bout making one but would like to see what has worked for y'all. I know last Barnwell trip we had 4 or 5 of ya but I wasn't looking for ideas then....
Thanks

[x2elite]

Mine is from Nate's4x4 price was right, and it is tough as nails. I have bounced it off of tons of things without so much as a ding in it. However, it does reduce approach angle quite a bit. His newer ones are much better though, they don't stick out as far.

[Kendrik]

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_J6T8ZCNK6v0/SL_YdUcujTI/AAAAAAAABk0/9OnQDSBUd6g/s400/HotSprings2008%20058.jpg (http://www.quadratec.com/products/72025_800X_PG.htm)

I run an OR-FAB Winch Bumper. I LOVE it. It's taken some serious beating without issue. It used to be one of the cheapest bumpers available, too, but the price has gone up on it.

[ExTankerGuy]

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a318/extankerguy/Hot%20Springs%20July%202009/DSC_0423.jpg

[GhostDakota]

My fav winch bumper was the OR-Fab bumper. I ran it on BOTH of my XJ's:

http://www.quadratec.com/products/72025_800X_PG.htm

http://pafirefighter11.smugmug.com/photos/122150342_5abs7-XL.jpg

http://pafirefighter11.smugmug.com/photos/346687133_YXrv6-XL.jpg

[SpartyKrunk]

http://pafirefighter11.smugmug.com/photos/346687133_YXrv6-XL.jpg
That's a Krunk ahss picture. Reminds me of Twister. lol

[SpartyKrunk]

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_J6T8ZCNK6v0/SL_YdUcujTI/AAAAAAAABk0/9OnQDSBUd6g/s400/HotSprings2008%20058.jpg (http://www.quadratec.com/products/72025_800X_PG.htm)

I run an OR-FAB Winch Bumper. I LOVE it. It's taken some serious beating without issue. It used to be one of the cheapest bumpers available, too, but the price has gone up on it.
How's the clearence on your bumper?

[old_man]

Take a look at the DIY Kit from Iron Scorpion. It is about as nice as it gets and you save a ton by welding it up yourself.

[Dustin_XJ]

This is the one that AJ made me and i love it:http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww38/dustin_xj/thebumper1.jpg

[BIgDaddyChia]

what you dont like the one i sold ya.

[zr2toxj]

Take a look at the DIY Kit from Iron Scorpion. It is about as nice as it gets and you save a ton by welding it up yourself.


X2 Trying to save up some coin for one.

[Kendrik]

How's the clearence on your bumper?

It's pretty good. I lost a bit of approach-angle (mostly from the roller fairlead) but not enough to cause me major issues. I imagine I could get a bit of it back going to synthetic line and Hawse fairlead if I cared enough.

[magimerlin]

what you dont like the one i sold ya.

Yup i do like it but.... But once the DD is up and running I will put it on that and get/make a winch bumper for my rig

[crazydave]

I run the JCR. very heavy though. http://www.dfw-tx4wd.org/forums/photo.aspx?photoid=18121&asortType=6&apage=28

[SpartyKrunk]

Can anybody identify any of these two bumpers?

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o92/Aguilar_51/ethanmometc2009001.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o92/Aguilar_51/delt.jpg

[Kendrik]

Can anybody identify any of these two bumpers?


http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o92/Aguilar_51/delt.jpg

This one looks like an AJ's bumper.

[Mosephus]

The first is most likley homemade. I wanted very high clearance and better approach angle. The only one out there that met the criteria was this one (http://www.moab4x4outpost.com/XJBumpers.html) but it is very expensive so I made my own.

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/M715/Katemcy%20feb09/IMG_4688-1.jpg

[ExTankerGuy]

This one looks like an AJ's bumper.

x2. That's my AJ's bumper.

[SpartyKrunk]

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o92/Aguilar_51/ethanmometc2009001.jpg


Yall think AJ's can make me one like this one? Or do they stick closely to their origninal designs?

[Only In A Jeep XJ]

I run a Warn Rock Crawler. For the most part I like it put as with any winch bumper on an XJ you loose some approach angle.


http://inlinethumb01.webshots.com/18176/2867932670068135031S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2867932670068135031yqRMYs)

[ExTankerGuy]

AJ will make whatever you want!

[bmpweXJ]

Check out Ridgid bumpers. http://www.rigidco.com/

I've got their rock rails and they're tougher than rocks ;)

[bmpweXJ]

http://pafirefighter11.smugmug.com/photos/346687133_YXrv6-XL.jpg

That's gotta be a HDR, right?

[SpartyKrunk]

No, it's ORFab

[Sillyfast]

No, it's ORFab


I dont know if you being funny or dont know what HDR is....:looney:

[SpartyKrunk]

:lecture:

:spin1:

:roll:

[magimerlin]

HDR = High Dynamic Range
I am not that smart on the subject so I cheated. I looked it up...

› What is Dynamic Range? The dynamic range is the ratio between the maximum and minimum values of a physical measurement. Its definition depends on what the dynamic range refers to.

For a scene: ratio between the brightest and darkest parts of the scene.

For a camera: ratio of saturation to noise. More specifically, ratio of the intensity that just saturates the camera to the intensity that just lifts the camera response one standard deviation above camera noise.

For a display: ratio between the maximum and minimum intensities emitted from the screen.

[SpartyKrunk]

...I knew that...lol

[xxmidianxx]

...I knew that...lol


Sure.... :dunce:

[magimerlin]

I did too.


















right after I looked it up:D:geek:party1:

[SpartyKrunk]

lol

[x2elite]

I'm thinking about selling my Nate's 4x4 winch bumper, if anyone is interested. Will probably let it go fairly cheap.

[magimerlin]

got any good pics of it. fronts and sides and top, bottom. could you pm them to me

[x2elite]

Hmmmmmm..... let me see......
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b258/Jhamilton_/xj2-1.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b258/Jhamilton_/xj3-1.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b258/Jhamilton_/LP3.jpg

[x2elite]

Best photo's I have of it right now.

[GhostDakota]

Yes, that is an HDR.