By Steve (Steve2) on Monday, October 15, 2001 - 12:17 pm: Edit

having tweaked my rear bumper at truckhaven - i am thinking of alternatives - are they any reasonably priced ones? or is stock or $$G the only ones?

thanks
steve

By MA on Monday, October 15, 2001 - 12:36 pm: Edit

TJM rear bumper-$620. go to: http://www.4x4connection.com.

By p m on Monday, October 15, 2001 - 12:42 pm: Edit

hehehe Steve, BTDT.

Did you bend the right or left corner? Looked like it was the right one. Mine's crooked at the right, too.

peter

P.S. see if you can find your disco at http://www.t-r-j.com/Anza-Borrego/ICS

By Steve (Steve2) on Monday, October 15, 2001 - 01:00 pm: Edit

peter-

yup - r/r corner.... thought i made it thru clean but got a present! thanks for the great pics - i can see parts of my rig in some of the shots....

it was good wheeling with you guys.

ma - thanks for the heads up with the tjm - anyone use this bumbper - any better than stock?

steve

By Al Hang (Alhang) on Monday, October 15, 2001 - 01:15 pm: Edit

I have the TJM. you can see it at www.people.vcu.edu/~ahang I don't like the way it mounts. but at around 500 something it was the cheapest way to go. If you tow anything it makes the rear tow hitch unusable. I kept mine and trimmed a bit, i'll box it around the trimmed area so i can use a high lift on the rear bumper in the future.

Also the instructions sucked, mounting holes and fasteners were missing. But that could have been because I bought from Roveraccessories. 4x4 connection has a really good reputation, so I'd call them first before ordering.

By alyssa on Monday, October 15, 2001 - 05:37 pm: Edit

Why can't you use the rear trailer hitch with the TJM bumper? I was considering that bumper, and in the photos on 4x4 connection, it shows the rear trailer hitch intact.

By Eugene on Monday, October 15, 2001 - 06:24 pm: Edit

So, if you get high-centered on either side of TJM, will it actually hold?

And from the pictures... it doesn't look like it protects your rear... what's it called?.. fenders / quarter-panels (that piece of sheet metal behind your rear wheel).

... I just happend to adjust the geometry of my stock rear bumper this weekend too...

By carl on Monday, October 15, 2001 - 06:50 pm: Edit

Have you checked out the Trek Outfitters bumpers. I have the front and rear, the rear is great, landed on rocks, jack from it, looks great! Talk with Matt and tell him Carl sent you.

good luck.

By tired of spam on Monday, October 15, 2001 - 07:34 pm: Edit

that last one reads like a spam commercial straight from Trek Outfitters....

By Slider on Monday, October 15, 2001 - 09:47 pm: Edit

The TJM pics @4x4 connection looks like the rear hitch can be used...
do you have an older version or something different from that pic...AlHang??

By Al Hang (Alhang) on Monday, October 15, 2001 - 11:46 pm: Edit

Like I said, call 4x4connection. I had a really bad experience with my rear bumper and won't buy another TJM product. The bumper did require a little trimming, I trimmed more so i could box it and have a strong point to use a high lift later on. Also half the bolts were missing, holes for the brackets were not drilled, the instructions had pics for mounts in the frame that did not exist. I still have 2 brackets which I cannot use. For that amount of money you may want to call Rockware or Rovertym. I know John has been working on a rear bumper with an improved mounting system. The TJM uses a cheezy mount system which seems weak to me.

By Robert Mann (Oldscout) on Monday, October 15, 2001 - 08:34 pm: Edit

Buy a mig welder for 500.00 and 100 worth of steel and build your own.

By lcubed on Saturday, October 20, 2001 - 08:52 pm: Edit

fwiw, i've been very happy with my tjm rear bumper.
there's been no loss in functionality of the rear hitch that
i've experienced. it's been very strong and and resisted a lot
of damage. previous to this bumper, i've customized three
stock bumpers. and the bumper sticks out far enough that i
no longer worry about backing the spare tire into tree trunks
while off-road. (i managed to back into the only utility pole
in the forest a few years back. serious, total surprise!!)

of course, this bumper was designed for ROW disco's where the tail
end of the frame isn't closed, so i wasn't able to mount the last two
bolts, but the other six bolts holding this thing on seem plenty strong.

i have used the recovery points on this bumper for regular slow pulls.
i would hestitate to do a full KERR off those points (hey, that's want the
pintle hook in the rear tow hitch is for)

lcubed