Croatan_Kid
How's your hammer hangin'?
- Joined
- Nov 4, 2007
- Location
- New Bern
I couldn't think of anywhere better to put this, so here we are.
As some of you may have seen, this was a thing that happened:
I'm don't want to spend anyone's money to put a other factory bumper on it. I want a winch bumper and I'll take what's allotted to replace that, throw some more in with it, and get....something. I'm tired of the plastic pieces fading so bad. They're all cheap, aftermarket ones now.
Now then, the dilemma is as follows. There are only a few companies that make a bumper for the 01/02 HD trucks that look half way decent. So far all I've found is BuckStop and ARB. Everything else is far too multifaceted/jagged for a round front end or sticks way out like a fat bottom lip. There may be a few Ranch Hand style ones that look alright, at best, but don't have provisions for a winch mount.
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There's links for the two I've mentioned thus far.
Ideally, I'd have this guy build me one, but he kinda disappeared off of Facebook for some reason. It sucks, because this one is basically perfect and he said he'd do it for 1200 bucks...
The other issue being I know a lot of guys on here that do KILLER work building buggies and such absolutely and unequivocally HATE building bumper with a red-hot, firey passion.
So...I guess my questions are these:
1- Which of the two I listed looks better? Personally, I like the BuckStop. They're both a little bulkier than I'd prefer, to be honest.
2- Anybody know of something available for an 01/02 HD that looks anywhere near as good as either of those?
3- Anybody know somebody that would willingly build me something like I actually want? The radius where the top and face meet is a must.
4- Should I just say F It and figure out how to hang something behind a factory bumper and deal with it? I don't necessarily care about the money so much as I hate plastic and thin metal.
5- Other ideas or suggestions?
As some of you may have seen, this was a thing that happened:
I'm don't want to spend anyone's money to put a other factory bumper on it. I want a winch bumper and I'll take what's allotted to replace that, throw some more in with it, and get....something. I'm tired of the plastic pieces fading so bad. They're all cheap, aftermarket ones now.
Now then, the dilemma is as follows. There are only a few companies that make a bumper for the 01/02 HD trucks that look half way decent. So far all I've found is BuckStop and ARB. Everything else is far too multifaceted/jagged for a round front end or sticks way out like a fat bottom lip. There may be a few Ranch Hand style ones that look alright, at best, but don't have provisions for a winch mount.
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There's links for the two I've mentioned thus far.
Ideally, I'd have this guy build me one, but he kinda disappeared off of Facebook for some reason. It sucks, because this one is basically perfect and he said he'd do it for 1200 bucks...
The other issue being I know a lot of guys on here that do KILLER work building buggies and such absolutely and unequivocally HATE building bumper with a red-hot, firey passion.
So...I guess my questions are these:
1- Which of the two I listed looks better? Personally, I like the BuckStop. They're both a little bulkier than I'd prefer, to be honest.
2- Anybody know of something available for an 01/02 HD that looks anywhere near as good as either of those?
3- Anybody know somebody that would willingly build me something like I actually want? The radius where the top and face meet is a must.
4- Should I just say F It and figure out how to hang something behind a factory bumper and deal with it? I don't necessarily care about the money so much as I hate plastic and thin metal.
5- Other ideas or suggestions?
) pictures from him saved on my phone. I'd borderline perform sexual favors to have him build me something... His bumper actually makes a cateye Chevy front end look good. The whole truck is being studied as a permanent treatment for E.D.
