Upgrade your bumper or else....

[Milton900]

Hit a tree last week going about 8mph and thought nothing of it, bent some plastics and mangle the bumper pretty good. Backed here out of the tree and continued riding the rest of the week, NO problems. During install of front bumper found this hidden behind the front nose plastics. Was able to do a repair to get me by for now since there isn't much for pipes out there yet, anyone got ideas of what i should upgrade too???

http://www.flickr.com/photos/58947426@N08/5395592829/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58947426@N08/5396190332/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58947426@N08/5395593057/

 

[Tec]

Hit a tree last week going about 8mph and thought nothing of it, bent some plastics and mangle the bumper pretty good. Backed here out of the tree and continued riding the rest of the week, NO problems. During install of front bumper found this hidden behind the front nose plastics. Was able to do a repair to get me by for now since there isn't much for pipes out there yet, anyone got ideas of what i should upgrade too???

http://www.flickr.com/photos/58947426@N08/5395592829/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58947426@N08/5396190332/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58947426@N08/5395593057/

I'll tell you from experience, that Skins bumper is not much stronger then stock! I smoked a skins bumper hitting a tree about 5 mph. So don't think it's the end all to front end protection.

 

[mountainhorse]

That is typical of front end hits... I'd check the motor mounts as well.

The SPG bumper Does protect the plastic a bit more with the side wings and is made of stronger materials with better bolt ends

Though any bumper for the PRO Chassis will be only as strong as the cast-aluminum ears that the bumper mounts to on the chassis overstructure.

I'd like to see SPG or TCP come out with a "bombproof" bumper for the Pro that ties into the chassis mounts at the a-arms or some other location... kind of a subframe that distributes the load across the entire frontal bulkhead.

As the chassis continues in production/use... I feel confident that you will see more offerings in this department.

 

[Murph]

^^^^ x2

I'd love to see a Timbersled bumper like the one they built for the Nytro.

The Fire and Ice bumper add on looks interesting. Anyone install one or know where it ties into?

 

[Milton900]

I know what you are saying about the those alluminum tabs the bumper installs to, if they could bolt up to the upper shock mounts or something that would be sweet!! I will check my motor mounts tonight

 

[Tec]

I broke a bumper tab, you have to replace the whole A frame of the chassis! Thankfully it's not that expensive, $179.00 MSRP

 

[towngrunt]

I installed a Fire-n-Ice bumper on mine. It rivets to the stock front bumper then bolts into the plastic part of the belly pan in front of the shock tower. They have a backing plate that goes on the inside of the belly pan to bolt into. Looked at bumper today and had a small impact point on the bumper and dent on the stock bumper and could not even remember hitting a tree. Of course maybe I hit so many trees it was hard to remember. No really I am impressed with the bumper.

 

[AndrettiDog]

I was thinking the same about the Fire n Ice bumper. I don't like that it fastens to plastic, uses the stock bumper and seems like it was a total patch job. I like that it wraps around the front pushing debris around the sled. I was curious about what owners would think of it. Doesn't it also ruin the front bumper for lifting (getting your hand in)?

 

[Snodawg]

I was thinking the same about the Fire n Ice bumper. I don't like that it fastens to plastic, uses the stock bumper and seems like it was a total patch job. I like that it wraps around the front pushing debris around the sled. I was curious about what owners would think of it. Doesn't it also ruin the front bumper for lifting (getting your hand in)?

X2 I want to see how the TCP bumper installs.

 

[towngrunt]

With the Fire-n-Ice it does restrict your ability to grip the front bumper a little bit but still plenty of room to get you hands in there. The primary reason I purchased the bumper was to push the tree's etc. out around the plastic rather than break the plastic.

 

[mtnpull]

Personally I wouldn't want a overly strong front bumper. The bumpers are doing what they are meant to do....take an impact so that it does not damage the frame/bulkhead. Most bumpers are meant to collapse and absorb the smaller impacts. Put an overly stiff and strong bumper in there and expect bigger and more expensive damages. JMO.

 

[mtproride]

I think that the tabs on the bulk head holding the bumper will break first no matter what bumper is on it, flimzy design,

 

[mtproride]

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff459/mtdragon/DSCF1766.jpg

 

[towngrunt]

I have to agree with mtnpull, these are built to collapse and absorb so as not to damage other parts of sled.

 

[Snodawg]

I would like to see the tabs on the bulkhead stronger with a weak point on the bumper where it mounts up. Then your just replacing the bumper, not the bulkhead.

 

[MX86]

Anyone break the rear bumper yet?

I was climbing and crested the top of the hill on the gas, front end came up and when i landed looked back to find that the brackets that hold my bumper on had snapped right before the last bolt on the tunnel... OOPS!

Took it to a guy that does prop work and he fabbed 2 new brackets with the hole before the last bolt filled in and man did it increase the strength in that rear bumper. absolutely no flex in it now when i lift up on the rear of the sled

 

[4Z]

No guarantee for bullet proofing, but like the FTX chromoly with aluminum heim break-aways to save the ears on shock tower.

http://www.snowestonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=230759&highlight=bumper

 

[Luvinit]

Back to the poor guys problem, I,ve welded on rods and heated the pipe to pull a dent like that out, an autobody or welder could help possibly.