Shrockworks 5th Gen Rear - Round 2
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Engineer
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This is getting really picky and may not add anything but there was a guy from South America that had a metal bumper made and at least on the front they had done a fantastic job of adding metal to make it look like the fender flares extend onto the bumper and didn't just stop. As along as the side height is not to tall this wouldn't really matter but just a thought........
Jeremy556
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Your #1 and #2 are incompatible. The rear cross member is right under the plastic skin on the stock bumper, and the spare tire fits snugly against it. To improve departure, you have to give up the under mounted spare and move the rear cross member. 4x4 labs bumper does this, not sure if any others do.
fattire
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I like option "B" as well. Here's what I'd like to see. Some of this is already mentioned/covered, but for whatever it's worth...
1. Increased departure angle.
2. Retain the hitch, but with the ability to unbolt it to achieve #1.
3. Ability to remove swing out and utilize stock spare location.
4. Hi-Lift mount.
5. Ability to add rear floods.
6. Ability to utilize the Gobi ladder with the can mount in place.
I don't use my hitch for much except carting bicycles around. The ability to keep it functional, but remove for off-road use and improved angles would be awesome. [MENTION=106176]wfo9[/MENTION] and I have talked about this and he has a slightly different use case (motorcycle instead of bicycle), but the premise is the same. Keep the hitch, keep it strong, but make it removable for those times when max clearance is wanted.
A removable swing-out and stock spare location is more for day-to-day functionality. I don't have a rear bumper yet (definitely in the market). However, I could imagine the swing out getting old in town between off-road trips, or on longer family road trips with no off-roading. Depending on the design, including a cap/cover to protect the bumper mount point of the swing out when it's not in place would be a nice little bonus.
[MENTION=78273]Jeremy556[/MENTION] is right in that they are mutually exclusive, but I think the use-cases are as well. A good design, should be able to make these work pretty easily. CBI already hits most of these, and the design posted here seems to nearly incorporate the rest (and probably could with minor tweaks).
I've got a front bumper on order with [MENTION=63082]TxBxSx[/MENTION] right now. I'd love to have a rear bumper to match it and this one, especially if it hits all the items above, will be a no brainer! Looking forward to it!
1. Increased departure angle.
2. Retain the hitch, but with the ability to unbolt it to achieve #1.
3. Ability to remove swing out and utilize stock spare location.
4. Hi-Lift mount.
5. Ability to add rear floods.
6. Ability to utilize the Gobi ladder with the can mount in place.
I don't use my hitch for much except carting bicycles around. The ability to keep it functional, but remove for off-road use and improved angles would be awesome. [MENTION=106176]wfo9[/MENTION] and I have talked about this and he has a slightly different use case (motorcycle instead of bicycle), but the premise is the same. Keep the hitch, keep it strong, but make it removable for those times when max clearance is wanted.
A removable swing-out and stock spare location is more for day-to-day functionality. I don't have a rear bumper yet (definitely in the market). However, I could imagine the swing out getting old in town between off-road trips, or on longer family road trips with no off-roading. Depending on the design, including a cap/cover to protect the bumper mount point of the swing out when it's not in place would be a nice little bonus.
[MENTION=78273]Jeremy556[/MENTION] is right in that they are mutually exclusive, but I think the use-cases are as well. A good design, should be able to make these work pretty easily. CBI already hits most of these, and the design posted here seems to nearly incorporate the rest (and probably could with minor tweaks).
I've got a front bumper on order with [MENTION=63082]TxBxSx[/MENTION] right now. I'd love to have a rear bumper to match it and this one, especially if it hits all the items above, will be a no brainer! Looking forward to it!
Chris2011GT
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+1 for B with hoops
TxBxSx
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Well. It looks like option B will take the win for the rack selection.
I have contacted rotopax to get some dimensional drawings from them so that I can see what we can do about making them an accessory.
Back-up lights can be an options, but space in this bumper is extremely limited and you would likely have to choose between back up lights and back up sensors.
Its looking like the only way we will be able to maintain back up sensors is on a rear bumper only version, with no back up lights. Opting for a tire carrier will likely void the ability to utilize the OEM backup camera as well as proximity sensors.
As for side hoops on the wings, no promises but I'll see what I can come up with to make something like that an option.
I have contacted rotopax to get some dimensional drawings from them so that I can see what we can do about making them an accessory.
Back-up lights can be an options, but space in this bumper is extremely limited and you would likely have to choose between back up lights and back up sensors.
Its looking like the only way we will be able to maintain back up sensors is on a rear bumper only version, with no back up lights. Opting for a tire carrier will likely void the ability to utilize the OEM backup camera as well as proximity sensors.
As for side hoops on the wings, no promises but I'll see what I can come up with to make something like that an option.
TxBxSx
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Our intention is to nail one design that fits all trim packages.
balistikboy
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This is all AWESOME news! The rotopax news is great! I think it would also be great to be able to choose between backup sensors and backup lights since not all T4Rs have the sensors (I think only limited has them). And as for the camera, that would be a fairly easy mod to add an additional camera and a switch in the cab to choose which camera to use...or just not use your backup cam when you have the tire swing mounted up.
And lastly, the hoops would be great if you can get them to work. Looking forward to seeing the design if you can pull it off. Great work and thanks again for taking the community input into consideration!!!
TxBxSx
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Wrapping up the prototype here....
I expect the production bumper will be nearly identical to this one. We just need to make a few revisions for jigging.
As for the swing out, like shown earlier you will have the option to mount 2 cans like shown here. Or, you can mount a single laid flat against the swing out for a more low profile set-up.
Also, the Gobi ladder is able to be run in combination with our tire carrier with about a half inch of clearance between the two.
I expect the production bumper will be nearly identical to this one. We just need to make a few revisions for jigging.
As for the swing out, like shown earlier you will have the option to mount 2 cans like shown here. Or, you can mount a single laid flat against the swing out for a more low profile set-up.
Also, the Gobi ladder is able to be run in combination with our tire carrier with about a half inch of clearance between the two.
TxBxSx
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Yes. You will be able to run this as a rear bumper without a swing-out. Your spare tire size will still be limited to the same about of space as the stock bumper.
Titanpat57
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The Rigid SR-M really don't take up much room, and put out great light.
Looks good!
Looks good!
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Engineer
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Wrapping up the prototype here....
I expect the production bumper will be nearly identical to this one. We just need to make a few revisions for jigging.
As for the swing out, like shown earlier you will have the option to mount 2 cans like shown here. Or, you can mount a single laid flat against the swing out for a more low profile set-up.
Also, the Gobi ladder is able to be run in combination with our tire carrier with about a half inch of clearance between the two.
Looks great! Any chance you have a photo of the distance between the spare and the rear gate (more of a side profile shot?)
TxBxSx
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The light buckets we are using will accept either our standard 2" x 5" 55w Halogens, or Rigid SR-Q series LED's.
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