Hey gang!
Yes, it's true... We are weeks away from having our finalized V2 hybrid bumper for the 10-13's.
We're 10-13 nuts, and this has been something we have been wanting to do for a VERY LONG TIME...
We designed this from the ground up with strength, weight, and looks in mind...... In that order.
If you're reading this, you are most likely into the 10-13 "pre facelift" front end much like us. We like the way the lines flow and we wanted to design a bumper that integrated with and also complimented the factory lines as much as possible.
What you see here (I'll be posting up some more pictures shortly) is our V1. This was built to test fitment for the winch tray / lights / skin / etc.
The changes we made for V2;
- Beveled the leading edges (1") to roughly match the factory trim beveling and give it a more sleek look.
- Lowered the overall height of the bumper by 2"
- Went with a single row, rather than double row 20" light bar
- Enlarged the skid plate "stringers"
Major points to the bumper;
- The winch tray is almost dead center of the frame rails so it's pulling STRAIGHT off of them, rather than pulling up or down.
- The winch tray has three different mounting locations to accomodate all different size winches.
- The area for the winch is LARGE, so you can stuff a big one in there if you want to.
- Incorporated skid plate...
As you can see from the pictures, the skid plate runs all the way back to the front main skid. Doesn't matter if you're running factory, RCI, etc.
- Cut out for 20" single row light bar.
- Front cutouts to allow for airflow and easy access to the winch controls.
- We positioned the fairlead mounting location as vertical as possible so that it will not rub on the rope during winching causing excessive wear to the line.
- Supports to tie in the factory lower bumper skin so the bumper stays secure as if it were factory (and almost slightly more so than factory).
Stay tuned on our instagram page [MENTION=147044]AdventureMotors[/MENTION]kc for updates as they become available. V2 design is complete and it's already off the plasma table. We re-checking a few things over this next week and should have finalized pictures by end of this month.
We will be pricing the bumper at $725. That's bare steel, incorporated skid plate, 20" light bar cut out, and with the hoop.
Here's the kicker... We've designed it so that it SHOULD fit all 10-13's. We will be verifying this on an SR5 and Limited bumper around the beginning on June. Rather than build the bumper around the secondary trail trim pieces, it was built around the main bumper skin. The ONLY hangup is the top trim piece just below the grill. We ran the tolerance of the bumper as close as possible so that it should sit perfectly for SR5's and Limiteds that don't have that upper Trail piece.
We aren't making any guarantees, yet..... ;-)
We WILL be doing a GROUP BUY for the initial run of the bumpers that will be cutoff at 25 folks. We will be closing off the group buy end of June or just before (roughly one full month run).
From closing of group buy the lead time to shipping will be 3-4 weeks. If powder coating is desired it will add 1-2 weeks.
We will most likely start a separate thread to start the group buy off within the next week or so.
We will post all updates to Instagram [MENTION=147044]AdventureMotors[/MENTION]kc
We will NOT be taking any orders or starting the group buy until we release all the detailed pictures of the V2 bumper.
Thanks!!!!
Michael
