Who are these guys?
http://bluelakeoffroad.com/pinnacle/index.php?p=product&id=104&parent=33
Cheers,
Kennith
http://bluelakeoffroad.com/pinnacle/index.php?p=product&id=104&parent=33
Cheers,
Kennith
Blue Lake Off Road
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I've been looking into them. i have a local shop that can get me one of their bumpers but its by a different company. literally the same exact pics, options, plans and prices. they have a slimline looking bumper that looks nice and i like the idea of the price (affordable), its on the yellow truck on that page.
http://www.tacticalarmorgroup.com/TAG-Bumper-Store/Wincher-Land-Rover-Discovery-Series-II
tactical armor group is the other one i was talking about, cheaper too!
tactical armor group is the other one i was talking about, cheaper too!
Built in the traditional Bubba Gump style
http://www.underbitesurgery.org/wp-content/gallery/underbite-braces/underbite2-1.jpg
Wonder if they bought their designs from Nate at botterf or however you spell it. Those look a lot like his POS bumpers.
If you pirate a bumper design, at least pick a good one. Take the SG, add some solid recovery points. Done.
I see two different varieties. One of them hangs out there like a fishing pier, but the other (with the bent piece at the top of the winch tray) appears to be a bit tighter.
Cheers,
Kennith
Cheers,
Kennith
It's amazing that ONLY RTE pirates the $G design. It's so much better looking/ better designed than most of the stuff out there.
I believe the Tactical 4x4 bumper is a closer design to the Safari Guard than the RTE.
DO NOT BUY FROM THESE GUYS!!!!!!! My buddy ordered their front and great bumpers for his Jeep Commander and it took them almost 4 months longer than they said. It would take. They have had three or four different company names in the Jeep world.
to me this is kind of the chicken and the egg thing. Who actually came first? I know RTE has been making it's bumpers for a long time. When did SG start to make theirs? I know RTE has sold a hell of a lot more at least on the east coast.
I don't think it's unreasonable to think that two companies working independently towards the same goal of building a slim bumper with clean lines could have come to similar end results.
I don't either but since the topic of piracy was raised I thought I would put up that question. Personally I don't think the two designs are that similar. Maybe at 50' away but if you've ever looked at the actual build of the two they are totally different.
I've never seen a TR bumper in person. My old HiCountry had good lines and was solid but they're long gone.
That is hard to say, I wouldn't have a clue. SG was making making parts for dealers back in the day of D1s, I'm not sure how long RTE has been around, but it's been a while.
Before the prices of Discos dropped and made them available to everyone, there were two bumpers available for discos: the Safari Gard and ARB. Back when Rovertym got going they were mainly dealing with suspension components. There was even a picture on their site of John Bradley Smith's D1 with a Safari Gard bumper. Then a little while later they starting making bumpers. Their bumpers were definitely a step forwards in terms of strength, but a step backwards in aesthetics.
Safari Gard was making bumpers for at least a few years longer than RTE.