Opinions of Tube bumpers?
JK Junkie
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From: Long Island, NY
I was always under the impression that tube bumpers were weak and not built for offroading...
I had a set of Steel Horse bumpers back on my YJ and they were bent up pretty bad.. it seemed like every time i wheeled the Jeep there was a newly crushed spot.
My RR Modular bumper now has been dragged on a few rocks and no bending.. just some scratches.
I had a set of Steel Horse bumpers back on my YJ and they were bent up pretty bad.. it seemed like every time i wheeled the Jeep there was a newly crushed spot.
My RR Modular bumper now has been dragged on a few rocks and no bending.. just some scratches.
JK Super Freak
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Mcalester, OK
i just saw the smittybuilt bumper in person like 10 minutes ago for the first time and even though i like it in pictures i didn't care for it in person.. not meaning i don't like it just that i wouldn't pick it of lod.
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JK Enthusiast
Joined: Apr 2008
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From: Champaign, Illinois
hmmm
hmm.. i would like to think that the manufacturing of tubular bumpers now would be improved from 15+ years ago.. I just think most of the other bumpers out ther enow look like a huge steel block someone cut out of a larger chunk. I just cant bring myself to buy one. I will keep looking. Wheels and tires are coming first.
JK Enthusiast
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From: Smithton IL
hmm.. i would like to think that the manufacturing of tubular bumpers now would be improved from 15+ years ago.. I just think most of the other bumpers out ther enow look like a huge steel block someone cut out of a larger chunk. I just cant bring myself to buy one. I will keep looking. Wheels and tires are coming first.
That being said I did have a tube bumper on a 88 Isuzu Trooper II...cause the stock one was rusting away, and the aftermarket only had one offering.....a tube bumper
...ahhh good times
chuck
JK Freak
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From: Everywhere, Maryland!
tubes are not the strongest just because the shape. triangles are the strongest shape the rectangles and so on. the mre sides the more weak point i believs. and yes i know that a circle has no sides. but it actually has an infinate amount of sides.
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JK Enthusiast
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From: Champaign, Illinois
understandable
I figrued they werent as strong as other bumpers. To me that seems like a given. My jeep is only going to be used for light/medium wheeling for the time being. I just got out of college and have intentions of buying a house within the next couple of years. And my gf said no we cant just live in the jeep or buy a trailor for it, so I guess I am stuck.