Bumper thread

[cbc24]

Hey so can everyone post the different brands of front + rear bumpers on here? Im sure Its a priority for pro rmk owners since the stock bumpers are useless ! CHeers!

 

[Scott]

www.SkinzProtectiveGear.com

 

[mmsports]

Front Bumper comming soon.

We are working on a new pro bumper hope to have something to look at soon. I am looking at tying it to the belly pan like we did on the cat bumper. Working on a couple of designs.Promise to be light will not hold snow and be strong. This one weights in at 2.7 LB

 

[Scott]

I'm having trouble with the VanAmburg website right now...when I do get it to work, I'll update this post.

 

[skibreeze]

Polaris Extreme- I call it a 1 hit wonder, it is extreme only in it's thin wall tubing.

Skins, my personal favorite, although I prefer a powdercoated one.

 

[apex jeff]

M series rear #5606-477. About $48 order four rivets at same time.

 

[Murph]

We are working on a new pro bumper hope to have something to look at soon. I am looking at tying it to the belly pan like we did on the cat bumper. Working on a couple of designs.Promise to be light will not hold snow and be strong. This one weights in at 2.7 LB

I like the look of that. Connecting to the belly pan or bulkhead(VEI) is what I'm after.

I'm also a big fan of how the TCP bumper comes back and doesn't leave "hooks" like almost everybody else's--Skinz, VEI, Polaris extreme, etc,-- to catch on trees when the sled slides past. It's always aggravating when the sled slides past and then the tree wedges itself between the bumper wing and the plastic. With saplings not such a problem to cut down, but I've seen it happen on trees too big to cut with a hand saw.

 

[B&M Fabrications]

Here is a couple pictures of our bumper.

B&M Fabrications
612-202-9245

 

[Ski-Dont89]

since the stock bumpers are useless !

less is more. stockers for me

 

[wjl]

TCP on the front.
Rear http://www.snowestonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=306116&highlight=rear+bumper

 

[polaris girl]

bumper

cat m series rear

 

[goridedoo]

Another M series rear! I will do a try Tri-City Performance(TCP) when I smash my front stocker.

M-series-

 

[meathooker]

We are distributing the Edge Works bumper now. Ill post installed pics soon as well as some close ups.

The construction is amazing, mil-spec finish on the tube so your hands aren't as prone to slipping off, stout enough to use a snobungie on.

Check of www.feethookers.com for info shortly.

 

[NDFARMER95]

Another M series rear! I will do a try Tri-City Performance(TCP) when I smash my front stocker.

M-series-
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Hate to hijack but wow. What's your secret to polish your tunnel??

 

[High Velocity]

Polaris Extreme- I call it a 1 hit wonder, it is extreme only in it's thin wall tubing.]

I've seen how well the Polaris Extreme bumper works. In a bad impact, it crumples as it should and absorbs the impact forces vs doing damage to more expensive components like the bulkhead. At around $100, it's cheap insurance. Remember, for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. If the bumper you choose does not absorb the original "action", there will be an expensive reaction.




Done fishing. Let's go sledding !!

 

[polarisIQmn]

I too am running an M-series rear bumper, takes some cutting/bending to get it to fit right but i'm pretty pumped on how it looks when done plus it doubles as a tunnel brace.

Chad

 

[goridedoo]

Hate to hijack but wow. What's your secret to polish your tunnel??

Buffing wheel on drill, start out with Tripoli cutting compound.... do a whole lot of that, wipe clean, then use white rouge on the buffer to give it a shine, and finish it by hand with microfiber and mothers aluminum or mag polish. Took about 8 hours. Got every thing I needed to do it from Lowes. Here is where I based what I did off of- http://www.snowestonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=186290&highlight=Polishing

 

[skibreeze]

I've seen how well the Polaris Extreme bumper works. In a bad impact, it crumples as it should and absorbs the impact forces vs doing damage to more expensive components like the bulkhead. At around $100, it's cheap insurance. Remember, for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. If the bumper you choose does not absorb the original "action", there will be an expensive reaction.




Done fishing. Let's go sledding !!

Trust me, I've seen how lots of bumper perform and the Extreme is a piece of crap. If you want it to crumple so easily, you should just leave the stock one on. Why spend a single dollar on the extreme? It's the same thin metal and worse, once you hit something good, the front bar breaks completely off, leaving you NO bumper and NO protection. Ask me how I know this. The extreme is a waste of money, keep your stock one if that's how you feel.

Either the Skins or the B&M bumpers will provide what I consider the proper amount of protection w/o going too far. I even had a TCP on an 08 and it was built like a brick **** house, I bent it w/o damage to the bulkhead, so I don't think the bulkhead needs to be worried about. The reason I don't recommend it, it that it was very expensive and had to cut plastics. Skins is the one that I use and recommend to everybody, based on price, fit, function, and durability.

 

[Rev Kev]

Im Running a Skinz Front, and a CoBe Rear, Powder coated red to match my 11' Pro

 

[Scott]

My thoughts exactly Skibreeze.

My Skinz just showed up yesterday.
Can't wait to put it on.