Poison Spyder BFH Front Bumper

[DHewes]

Wait a sec...can we talk about your helicopter and plane? My Velocity XL-5 project is in it's 5th year of being a few months away from an airworthiness certificate. :-)

That said, I am in the same boat. With a 14 Rubi-X I do have a fairly unique front/rear bumper already but I want a stubby stinger, recessed winch, light mounts, D-Rings and I want to avoid the numerous "design it yourself" systems as I hate the look of all the bolts and still do not trust them as much as some quality welds. This definitely is a good looking bumper but as you point out - you better be 100% committed to it before you break out the saw.

[JeepLab]

Wait a sec...can we talk about your helicopter and plane? My Velocity XL-5 project is in it's 5th year of being a few months away from an airworthiness certificate. :-)

That said, I am in the same boat. With a 14 Rubi-X I do have a fairly unique front/rear bumper already but I want a stubby stinger, recessed winch, light mounts, D-Rings and I want to avoid the numerous "design it yourself" systems as I hate the look of all the bolts and still do not trust them as much as some quality welds. This definitely is a good looking bumper but as you point out - you better be 100% committed to it before you break out the saw.

Im going to have to require a pic of the velocity XL 5. Those things are super cool.

I too hate the design it yourself stuff. It looks homemade to me. I like clean welds also. And i dont find the design it yourself stuff to be cheaper overall.

The BFH had me very close to chopping my frame rails also.... Pete and Derek (sweet pea and tonka) will tell you, they had to stop me when I threw the idea out of modding the frame.

[WhiteRavenRR]

Sorry, no other pics on the prop job or whirlybird. That's my dad's shop. He does avionic work and has been in business for almost 35 years. A little background on the chopper though: it was donated to the highway patrol and is being refitted for their use. My dad was putting a new radio system in. If he has the room, it allows me to bring the rig in and I have full 360 degree access. It's nice in the winter.

I have another Jeeper who has a shop as well that I have access to. I'm trying to get him to do a write up on his bumper and lift. My garage is barely big enough to fit my Jeep into, let alone work on it. My driveway also slopes so it's not the best to work on suspension or work on mounting things up as it may not be straight once you hit the flat pavement...

I'm glad you have seen a difference in the LED patterns regarding the diffused lenses. Wouldn't a flood light be too much for use as a fog replacement? I'm definitely sure that a spot beam would be.

[Snarf77]

I'm glad you have seen a difference in the LED patterns regarding the diffused lenses. Wouldn't a flood light be too much for use as a fog replacement? I'm definitely sure that a spot beam would be.

I'd think that once you put a flood light in place of a fog light, that it is no longer a fog light. Fog lights tend to be a bit more directional with a specific light output for the purpose. Too much light in a flood and you're going to defeat the purpose right?