any reviews on this?
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brush gaurd reviews
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looking to get one of these in all black powder coat for my 08. was wondering if anyone had any input good bad or indifferent
looking to get one of these in all black powder coat for my 08. was wondering if anyone had any input good bad or indifferent
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This looks like a dead ringer for the one sold by Aries and a couple of other companys. I think they all get them from the same factory in China. That said, I have seen the Aries ones up close. They are pretty sturdy and well made. The two vertical parts are made of 1/4 inch flat stock and the tubing is decent gauge. The welds are clean and the powder coat looks good. The unit mounts to the frame top and bottom with 1/4 inch thick brackets. It is obviously cosmetic and not functional like an offroad bumper, but I thinkit it would have a good solid feel when mounted.
I haven't put one on a vehicle, so I don't know how much of a PITA getting to all the bolts and nuts would be - but I'm willing to bet it can't be any worse than trying to work under the hood of my son's Mitsu eclipse.
I haven't put one on a vehicle, so I don't know how much of a PITA getting to all the bolts and nuts would be - but I'm willing to bet it can't be any worse than trying to work under the hood of my son's Mitsu eclipse.
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From: Lacey, WA
It's a good guard. I had it on my '07 and 08. The lower part was a pain to bolt on, the upper brackets were pretty easy. It saved my grille and hood a couple times from some branches.
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I put this on my jeep for the very reason of deer. I live in a part of nebraska with a pretty high number of deer. Its fairly sturdy. Not heavy at all. PITA to install tho. my only complaints are-
1: the top brackets push back into the grill, i have to little divets where the paint is worn away. the whole assemble has about a 1/4inch of play.
2: when taking my jeep on trails, i lose my approach angle. the bottom brackets stick about 2-3 inches below the frame and tend to hit rocks. hangs me up quite a bit.
If your looking for a cheap way to protect your jeep from deer, this would work fairly decent. If you plan to do any rock crawling though, try looking for something else.
1: the top brackets push back into the grill, i have to little divets where the paint is worn away. the whole assemble has about a 1/4inch of play.
2: when taking my jeep on trails, i lose my approach angle. the bottom brackets stick about 2-3 inches below the frame and tend to hit rocks. hangs me up quite a bit.
If your looking for a cheap way to protect your jeep from deer, this would work fairly decent. If you plan to do any rock crawling though, try looking for something else.