96Cherokee113

I have a decent brush guard and I CLOBBERED a packed Walmart cart at 30 mph and no harm was done to my Jeep. The shopping cart...that's a different story. It flew into the Walmart's brick wall and proceeded to break into a billion pieces and everything went everywhere leading to the laughter of my friends and I. Also, to prevent the deer from coming through the windshield when you hit them, weld skewers on the front and then you don't need to even scoop it up off the side of the road to take it home.

JeepCoMJ

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there are two 100 watt bosh driving lights underneath, and I have two pointing slightly outward as well that are on top of the bumper.

JeepCoMJ

96cherokee, you should edit your post and remove most of what you said. this is a public forum and those types of things are ammo for people to remove our 4 wheeling rights.

gmsween

JeepCoMJ you obviously dont know what you are talking about because my arb bullbar with my mounting brackets weighed in at 112 pounds.. so you ARE wrong. and i didnt just hit a little deer.. i SMASHED a buick. and oh yea... that weighs more than my jeep.. so....... before you belittle my comments maybe you should think before you post something that is wrong...

JeepCoMJ

dude, you got rid of it for a reason...it was smashed and destroyed.


I do know what I'm talking about. ARB's are more look than function. I know this PERSONALLY because I've not only installed one on an xj, but I have also had to straighten one out off of a TJ that hit a measly little class 3 hitch that had a 2" ball on it at 3mph, and it competely bent the crap out of the center of the bumper.


JakeWI is the one who's xj I helped installed an arb on...and I tell you now, that that bumper is NOT over 100lbs. maybe with custom mounts, but the bumper itself is rinky dink thin steel that does nothing but look good.

he sold it for that very reason...it's good looking, but not strong enough for a damned thing.

gmsween

i decided to take it out.. this thread is not about what an arb is or isnt or how someone thinks about it.. its about the person asking what is good for a deer.. sorry about getting off topic. i was just trying to show you an arb was a good bumper.

itsanxjthing

It was a bot, trying to sell us stuff.

84wagoneer

sorry that was kind of mean, but im not impressed with that crap that is happening to this country in the last few years. but thats all my opinion.

wheeler

i dont have a big expensize winch bumper...yet but i will. but until then i have this
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/member...front-bumper2/

theres alot of deer that think there invinablse and alot of the bmw's around here end up proving them wrong, but the deervdont seem to go out with out puting up a damn good fight! ive had people tell me they love it and to make me them one and ve had people telll me its really ugly. i dont care its better then nothing!!! andc just my opinion, i dont like big prerunner hoops, there i said it!

gmsween

yea where i am from i have to stopp ALL the time for deer.. its a big problem exsp... around rut season.
i find the best bumpers are the built bumpers.. my rear one is 100% custom built and my front one might as well be custom built from all the hours i have into making it

$300XJ

we made this for less than $90.00 this past weekend 1/4 " steel with welded 1/2" brackets it should do nicely

JeepCoMJ

*snort*

yeah, GREAT bumper. not like you totalled out that cherokee or anything..

tisz

i cant wait to make one

zjrog

I see all sorts of things hit deer around here, most grill guards just fold under the weight of a deer impact. But how much a custom bumper helps is up for debate too... And I have seen ARB bumpers destroyed by deer.

96Cherokee113

Relax JeepCoMJ, it's only a joke. But the shopping cart really did happen. Now if anybody does happen to weld some skewers on their brush guards, they're stupid because they can't tell a joke from reality, but I'd like to see pics.