Anyone live near CBI Off road in Idaho Falls, ID?

chmura

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I reached out to CBI off road that I wanted a custom built rear bumper that is similar to the 5th gen rear bumper. I do not like how the sides of the 4th gen go all the way up to the rear tail lights. Seems unnecessary and probably added weight.

Nathan said he can make it happen but would need a 4th in house to make sure he gets the fitting done correctly.

Since I am all the way in Southern California it would be hard for them to use my 4runner for fitting.

So that leads me to this post. Anyone near Idaho Falls can drop off their 2006-2009 4th gen to CBI for fitment? I'm willing to compensate some $$ for this.

I have a question.

Recently I have seen a 4th gen driving down the freeway that had a CBI bumper. I was driving along side it 65-70 mph on the smooth freeway and I noticed the rear bumper vibrating and moving some. The rear swing out was moving (like shaking back and forth) a lot. What alarmed me was the side of the bumper was moving back and forth like the bumper was loose or something.

I thought these things were solid?? I no way want my rear bumper to vibrate like that.
 
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I've got a CBI and while the bumper itself doesn't shake, the tire carrier does, and it squeaks like a sombich. I think I may have found the source of the squeak though, I'll have to take a look at it later this weekend. The bumper is pretty damn solid, my only beef is that there's not a lot of added clearance (if any).
 
svana said:
I've got a CBI and while the bumper itself doesn't shake, the tire carrier does, and it squeaks like a sombich. I think I may have found the source of the squeak though, I'll have to take a look at it later this weekend. The bumper is pretty damn solid, my only beef is that there's not a lot of added clearance (if any).
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Thank you for the feedback. I thought these bumpers added some departure angle benefits.
 
chmura said:
Thank you for the feedback. I thought these bumpers added some departure angle benefits.
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I mean a benefit is that when you land on your rear it's not going to tear off your bumper. Ask me how I know... As for a departure angle not much in my experience.
 
The CBI rear bumpers are solid and might offer a little bit of improvement in clearance/departure angle, but not a ton. There's a lot to cover up on the 4th Gen if you don't want to see much of the "inner body" or cut the rear crossmember off the frame. As others have mentioned, the biggest benefit is durability/toughness when you do hit. My spare tire flexes a little bit over bumps, but doesn't equate to any noise that I've heard and noises bug me... a lot! The swing-out itself doesn't move, but the weight of the spare is probably flexing the mount a little... that tire is a lot of weight to hang. I do use a large, rubber washer between the face of the bumper and where the opening side of the swing-out lands. This does two things... prevents hard contact that could scratch/squeak and it puts the handle of the large, closure "screw" at a better angle. I've since started liking the hybrid-look bumpers with a mixture of tube and plate that show a lot more of that "inner body", but I still love both my CBI bumpers as they are! If you saw the sides of the regular CBI rear bumper moving, I would say that there was definitely something wrong with that particular installation.
 
Doozi said:
The CBI rear bumpers are solid and might offer a little bit of improvement in clearance/departure angle, but not a ton. There's a lot to cover up on the 4th Gen if you don't want to see much of the "inner body" or cut the rear crossmember off the frame. As others have mentioned, the biggest benefit is durability/toughness when you do hit. My spare tire flexes a little bit over bumps, but doesn't equate to any noise that I've heard and noises bug me... a lot! The swing-out itself doesn't move, but the weight of the spare is probably flexing the mount a little... that tire is a lot of weight to hang. I do use a large, rubber washer between the face of the bumper and where the opening side of the swing-out lands. This does two things... prevents hard contact that could scratch/squeak and it puts the handle of the large, closure "screw" at a better angle. I've since started liking the hybrid-look bumpers with a mixture of tube and plate that show a lot more of that "inner body", but I still love both my CBI bumpers as they are! If you saw the sides of the regular CBI rear bumper moving, I would say that there was definitely something wrong with that particular installation.
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Thanks for the info!

Bump! I'm willing to paypal someone $100. This should cover a 5-7 day rental car for you!
 
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