Any one have the BOA Olympic bumper? If so what do you think?

 

This one?




If so we love it. Would have severely dented up the stock bumper on the last trail ride. The extra clearance is nice. The bumper took a direct rock hit and didn't care one bit. Only downside is the bumper lets you see the muffler and heat shield very clearly from the back (visible between the body and the bumper) other than that we like it.

 

Should have been more clear. Front bumper. However, I do like the look. the back bumper is next up on my todo list. Glad to hear they make a durable product. Easy to install?

 

Absolutely! In fact the hardest part was breaking the bolts lose on the factory rear tow hook. Removing the stocker was very easy, couldn't believe how light it was.

 

To my knowledge that bumper doesn't have any rescue points....nowhere to mount shackles.

 

I have an Olympic bumper on the front, I want to get a matching Boa for the rear. I am very pleased with my front bumper. Been 2 years. I just have to touch it up in the spring cause the salt eats it up a little but other then that it's heavy duty.

 

I've had this bumper for a couple of years. It is very solid definitely worth the price.

Concerns are that you cannot run a winch and fog lights at the same time!
It is one or the other they will not fit together!
So you need to be aware that if you have a winch you will end up with holes in the bumper like me or will have empty lens covers that get dingy over time.

Winch plate and d-ring brackets are sold separately at around a hundred bucks a piece they are worth it, but you should be aware that they are an additional cost and plan on installing them with the bumper or be ready to take the bumper off to install them later.

The customer service is not the best in my opinion because of the way they addressed the light hole issue when I contacted them.

The bolts I initially received rusted very quickly, but Quadratec quickly replaced them at no charge and I haven't had a problem since.

Let me know if you have any specific questions and look in my albums for an array of pics of the bumper with various setups like no winch, winch, winch and d rings etc....

 

I've got the 3 hoop Boa, and love it! Great price, lightweight. Just understand that to mount a winch you will need to by the olympic winch plate, and will lose the factory foglights with a winch.



I also have the Defender Rear (in the earlier post) and again, love the look---and especially the price!

-Adam

 

What about recovery points? The bumper has no d-rings points... Cab you use the bumper itself to loop a recovery strap? Or do you just don't gave recovery points in the rear? (other than the hitch of coursr, where you can add a recovery point)

Thnx

 

You can loop a strap over the bumper or frame, too easy