"New" Front Bumper

[H3_VX]

Ended up costing me right at $300. I haven't talked to the shop yet about what they would charge to bend more up and ship them. When I talked to them about this a year ago they said that they would be happy to bend just the pipe up and send it out for others to weld to their stock brackets. Don't know what shipping would be either. I can find all of that out after Moab if anyone is interested.

On a similar note, and something that might make me feel like a boob, but I just got an email from RockAuto that the bumper I ordered from them is expected to ship on May 18th. This might be a SUPER cheap alternative for some.

$300 eh? What does the stock part cost. Gonna go research that now. I bet the bumper you had made is 10,000 times stronger and rust proof than the Isuzu bumper.

[MSHardeman]

I think the Isuzu stock bumper is +/-$350, so I really didn't save that much money, but the shop did make it out of the same tubing that they make their roll cages out of, then capped both ends so that it won't rust from the inside out. After welding and cleaning they shot a coat of self etching primer on it so it will probably last longer than the VX will.

Now that you brought this back up, I need to call the shop to see if they would still be interested, and what it would cost, to make more of these for other VX owner.

[H3_VX]

I think the Isuzu stock bumper is +/-$350, so I really didn't save that much money, but the shop did make it out of the same tubing that they make their roll cages out of, then capped both ends so that it won't rust from the inside out. After welding and cleaning they shot a coat of self etching primer on it so it will probably last longer than the VX will.

Now that you brought this back up, I need to call the shop to see if they would still be interested, and what it would cost, to make more of these for other VX owner.

Please PM me with what you find out from the shop. Thanks.