aftermarket bumper identification

[Xeek]

anyone know who made this? it bolts to the stock mounts. he told me he got it from the junkyard and that he has another one, that im trying to get from him.

only pic i have of it:

 

[Brian1]

Looks like an old Smittybuilt to me

 

[Bruces expo]

Nice , Looks Similar To the Front I'm getting soon

 

[Xeek]

Looks like an old Smittybuilt to me

googled it. found a pic that matched perfectly. and even the jeeps have the same thing, just a different size haha.

any idea how strong they are?

 

[OffTrac]

I have no experience with Smittybuilt stuff but they have a reputation that rhymes with their name. Steel bumpers seem like they'd be hard to screw up, though. It definitely looks good.

 

[Xeek]

haha yea. depends on the thickness i would say tho. i didnt think to take the end caps off to see how thick it was. but i do know its about 3" tube.

just waiting for the guy to answer me about it. claims his buddy has it at his house and hes waiting to go get it. basically free, or whatever i wanted to give is what he told me.

 

[Palmer7]

I see smittybuilt bumpers like that all the time, everyone around here has them on their yota's they seem to work fine. The bumper I built is almost exactly the same.

 

[JDwornik]

I will buy it if you do not want it!

 

[Anime]

S#ittybilts are usually not that strong, they mostly use thin-wall tubing, but with a 3" diameter so it LOOKS beefy. Some applications are decent though, and some people have used and abused their stronger products with thicker steel and swear by them.

You can pop off the end caps and see what you're dealing with, but even if it's not zombie-ramming strong, it's still a decent alternative to stock.

Worst thing about the S#ittybilts was they used cheap mild steel, and so they rust through pretty badly. It wasn't uncommon to see one falling apart with rust having eaten through it from the inside out just from a few years in a climate with rain/snow. Take a hammer to it and bang on it hard to be sure its sound before use.