Well I'm glad to see many of you like it. I had two people already today come ask me where I got, so I think it is going to go over pretty well.
Yes it easy to be a critic.
Not everyone is gonna like anything. I did my best to revise it to what most people seemed to want. Keep in mind also that the products we build are designed with serious offroad performance first and foremost, so they will generally appeal most to people who wheel their X a lot, tear off the flimsy POS plastic bumper on rocks and would like to add a winch someday. A lot of people have a very differnt vision for their X.
The bumper IS also available w/o tube and custom tube work is always an option. Also available with a center hoop only, like this but thicker tube:
http://www.shrockworks.com/Forum_Images/Tube2-099s.jpg Todrick , if you go back and read the other post you will see everyone asking for a beefier main hoop with less angle. That's what they got, so if you think that is ignoring people's input, I don't know what to tell you other than grab some steel, a plasma, a MIG , and bender and have at it.
ONE person liked the design that mirrored the lines of the X.
What you are seeing is actually the original prototype with some changes made manually after the laser cutting. The only other change that will be in the final version just so happens to be that it will be a little narrower (the outside corners are coming in a little). It was too big of a change to do manually.
RE: Winches, I've had a Warn HS 9500 and a Warn 9000i (integrated solenoid) in there. It should work with just about any 9000lb or less winch other than an 8274. The socket for connecting the winch is in a handy location on the bumper. You can see it in the pics just to the right of the driver side light. One nice thing about the design, is it still looks good while you are saving up money for a winch. Here are some more pics. Some are w/o a winch.
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