BlvdKreeper

Bought myself an XJ a few months ago for a super sweet deal. Previous owner didn't know the brand either. The rear swingout bumper has an FST design in the rear. The front has no sign at all. Anyone got any ideas? I couldn't find anything on Google. Maybe DIY bumpers?

KaMoore

A head on view of the front bumper would be better.

CurrySoSpicy

Maybe a custom jobbie. FST maybe was their way of signing their work?

KaMoore

There is a company in Phoenix, AZ called Fabrication Suspension Technology that MIGHT have made the rear bumper. Their website is fstmotorsports.com but when I go there I don't get anything I can open.

CurrySoSpicy

That FST logo is oddly close to comic sans font. It's triggering me.

But yea the FST Motorsports is a possibility. All kinds of odd parts you can find on these vehicles.

Rogue4x4

Froehlich Suspension Technologies.

You should be happy. Most people never got their stuff from him, LOL

A link to an old thread...last pic shows the logo.

https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f46/le...77/#post905793

His username was LeadFoot, and he was a vendor here. Hasn't been active here since 2014, and his website is now defunct.

CurrySoSpicy

/http://www.bbb.org/eastern-washington/business-reviews/auto-repair-suspension/froehlich-suspension-technology-in-yakima-wa-1000008998/
LMAO, seems like the lad may have bitten off more than he could chew.

Rogue4x4

You have no idea, LOL....plenty of threads here, and other forums, about how he took payment and never delivered. That BBB rating almost makes him sound pleasant, HAHAHAHA!!!!

BTW this is typical of small fab shops. Many factors at work...a lot of startups are doing it on top of their regular job...and dedicated shops get overwhelmed with orders and can't keep up. Try running a business, but having to make product like rabbits having sex...very few can handle it.

XJwonders

correct. That's his bumper. Can't say anything about front since there's no clear pictures

andrewmp6

Yeah he did have good looking parts and stuff most of us wanted,But making and shipping the stuff out he came up short on fast.He was selling 5x7 headlights he did a hid conversion on with projects at a good price.He sold a lot of them on here and maybe 1/4 of the people that bought them ever got them.The rest he took the money and ran with it.We all was nice about it let him take his time to make them but some members was waiting 4 months for headlights and never got any info out of him.The forum admins had a list of people he owed headlights to and tired their best to give him time to fill the orders but he fell off the face of the earth one day.

CurrySoSpicy

Seemed like he was still active on Facebook until February this year. Sounds like he handed out quite a few raw deals.

BlvdKreeper

Front bumper pics

BlvdKreeper

You're right. The bumpers & design look very familiar. I got the previous dealership paperwork from the previous owner. It was purchased in Wisconsin back in 2003 with around 50k on the dash

BlvdKreeper

Just went thru the whole thread. The bumpers do come from Froehlich Suspension Technologies.
The rear bumpers are identical to this one. Besides the mud flaps.

andrewmp6

The front bumper might be one of those ebay bumper companies or a diy kit.