Brawler Lite Bumper and Skid next purchase will be evap skid, bombshell diff cover when they get them for the dana 44's and the rear swing away bumper. Love the quality and look of their products and they are great to deal with and follow through with any issues quickly.

 

Poison Spyder when will the new D44 diff be released? Im like tweaking real bad in anticipation

 

Let me know if you do decide to sell your ACE sliders, I'll buy them off you if the price is reasonable

 

I just bought one from a Forum member, bedlined it, and installed it over the holidays. I'm super pleased with how it turned out. Here are some pictures...

 

I have a couple questions for you. How did you mount your license plate? Is that a homemade bracket? And how did you go about putting the color behind the spider on the front bumper? Any info would be appreciated

 

What did you put behind your spyder that is orange??

 

I've heard some people take a piece of thin sheet metal and have it powder coated or paint it. Then they put JB weld on the corners and push it in place. Just curious how Hook Em did it.

 

This is a picture of my PSC Flares and Brawler Lite just after the install. The body armor and rocker knockers are getting powder coated as we speak and the JKRockBrawler Rear Bumper is sitting in the garage.

 

Which brand Bedliner did you use? Did you use a self etching primer first? How many coats of each?
Also did you mount a plate behind the spider?
Thanks
Hoping to add this bumper to my ride in a few weeks. I like the Bedlined look better than powder coating.

 

Thanks for all the feedback and questions fellas. Here are all the answers to your questions...I hope.

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Originally Posted by SergeantChuck

I have a couple questions for you. How did you mount your license plate? Is that a homemade bracket?

I got the PSC winch/fairlead mounting bracket and used that after I bedlined it.

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Originally Posted by SergeantChuck

And how did you go about putting the color behind the spider on the front bumper? Any info would be appreciated

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Originally Posted by hsacks820

What did you put behind your spyder that is orange??

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Originally Posted by Xman4602

Also did you mount a plate behind the spider?

I cut, primed, bedlined, and painted an aluminum panel with sunburst orange, aerosol touch-up paint, and Duplicolor clear-coat. I secured the panel using 3M Scotch-mount Molding Tape. here is a picture of the plate in its various stages of completion.

Rough Cut



Primed


Bedlined (Back-side)


Painted (Less clear-coat)

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Originally Posted by Xman4602

Which brand Bedliner did you use? Did you use a self etching primer first? How many coats of each?

I used the Duplicolor 16.5 oz aerosol truck bed liner. I also used self-etching primer after roughing up the existing powder-coating with a combination of cup/crimp brushes and scotch-brite pads. I did not use any adhesion promoter, but it in hind-sight it would probably be beneficial to use that, just in case. I used 2 coats of primer on every surface of the bumper, winch plate, and the "Spyder Plate" behind the spyder. I used 4 coats of touch-up paint and clear coat on the spyder plate. I used 4 coats of bedliner on the winch plate. I used 4 coats of bedliner on the inside of the bumper. I used 8-12 coats of bedliner on the exterior faces. The top has less while the front, bottom, and sides have more since they will experience impacts. I measure the thickness on the front face at the spyder and it was 1/8" thick. That's roughly between .010-.015" thick per coat of bedliner.

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Hoping to add this bumper to my ride in a few weeks. I like the Bedlined look better than powder coating.

I highly recommend this bumper. It is well constructed and strong, especially considering how light is it (<100 lbs). I don't mind powder coating, but the only finish that is available through Northridge 4X4 is a smooth, semi-gloss finish. I was looking for something more along the lines of the exterior plastic pieces like the mirrors, door handles, etc. Plus, I figured that if I scratch it up, it will be a whole lot easier to touch up and blend in the bedliner than the powder-coating.

Don't hesitate to post up more questions, or PM me if you want to regarding this. Eventually I will do a detailed write up on what I did. I'll post that when I'm done.

Cheers.