Dissent offroad aluminum front bumper! (1 Viewer)

[sorich]

Is there a final price on this yet?

 

[Layonnn]

Awesome bumper. I feel like you should maybe hire an employee to get more of your great designs out faster haha.

 

[benc]

Is there a final price on this yet?

It will be no more than $1400 without bull bar and with winch plate.
Still working on getting those numbers down but the aluminum is slow and expensive to cut!

 

[benc]

Awesome bumper. I feel like you should maybe hire an employee to get more of your great designs out faster haha.

Haha,
Trying but no luck yet. Hard finding anyone that takes pride in their work anymore!
My cad guy just moved into the apartment above my shop so that is going to help out tremendously! With him living there he was able to get the Tacoma rack and LC rack files done and and prototyped in a week. Once he gets the front bumper in 3D we will be able to do some load simulations and get the aluminum version fine tuned.
Also just hired a part time welder that seems promising so hopefully that works out.

 

[Sam Lin]

Seeing this late, I bought one of your steel bumpers and would gladly pay up for aluminum and save some weight. Please add me to the list.

Sam

 

[Kurt Hendricks]

I would certainly be interested in a hybrid steel center with aluminum wings for my 2006 LX470

 

[benc]

I would certainly be interested in a hybrid steel center with aluminum wings for my 2006 LX470

The full aluminum is still a little ways out but just ordered 6 sets of aluminum wings.
Looks like the price is only $100 more for aluminum wings.

 

[HDJdreams]

@benc I just saw an LX470 with your bumpers front and rear, great work! It's great you are offering an aluminum option!

I have a semi custom aluminum bull bar on my Ram 2500 (I didn't want to add any more weight than I had to on a already ridiculously heavy front end). I have been quite happy with it, sturdy but way lighter than the steel ones.

I love your bumpers, sleek, high clearance and minimal weight, but I need them for an 80.

 

[Bruneti]

@benc - Any update on the full-aluminum option?

 

[r2m]

Definitely serious about a Dissent full aluminum front! Would also be serious about a hybrid aluminum rear with a steel hitch if that is even remotely possible.

Agreed! I'm all about trying to keep my LC on a diet! I'll probably be looking at armor for my rig next year. A little strapped for $$ right now.
Also, can you adjust the bracketing for a 1.75" body lift?? I have the 2.5" suspension lift AND 1.75" body lift (which I made myself) with diff drop, control arms and I'm running 35"s. I hated having to do a body lift but it's the only way to run 35's in real-world off-roading.

 

[benc]

@benc - Any update on the full-aluminum option?

I have the aluminum steel hybrid bumpers done but not the full aluminum. I am currently in the process of building a new shop and moving all manufacturing in house, once that is done I will have the cutting and forming capabilities needed for full aluminum fronts.
The hold up now is the laser cutter I'm using can only cut 1/8" aluminum and I'm wanting to use 3/16 for the center sections.

 

[benc]

Agreed! I'm all about trying to keep my LC on a diet! I'll probably be looking at armor for my rig next year. A little strapped for $$ right now.
Also, can you adjust the bracketing for a 1.75" body lift?? I have the 2.5" suspension lift AND 1.75" body lift (which I made myself) with diff drop, control arms and I'm running 35"s. I hated having to do a body lift but it's the only way to run 35's in real-world off-roading.

I do offer 1" body lift brackets but once im manufacturing in house it shouldn't be a problem cutting some for a 1.75

 

[Bruneti]

I have the aluminum steel hybrid bumpers done but not the full aluminum. I am currently in the process of building a new shop and moving all manufacturing in house, once that is done I will have the cutting and forming capabilities needed for full aluminum fronts.
The hold up now is the laser cutter I'm using can only cut 1/8" aluminum and I'm wanting to use 3/16 for the center sections.

@benc - Am I interpreting correctly that you will also have the necessary laser cutter in-house? If so, that's amazing progress in capabilities for your business.

 

[benc]

@benc - Am I interpreting correctly that you will also have the necessary laser cutter in-house? If so, that's amazing progress in capabilities for your business.

No laser yet but a good plasma table and hopfully cnc press brake. The plasma does a pretty good job on the aluminum and is much faster than the laser.
This will make the prototype process much faster!
Also have plans for a 3D scanner.
I have an extremly knowledgable cad guy that is very good with building manufacturing equipment, he has already built a small laser and now is building a hi def plasma table that will hopfully get a better cut at a fraction of the run time and cost as a laser, he is confident it will work as planned so I'm interested to see how it works.

 

[RedHeadedStepChild]

Wow! Sexy stuff. Not sure about the timing for my LX, but this just moved right to the top of the list.

 

[Latos]

Hi Mr Ben. I'm interested. How can i contact and order ? I have 2002 lx470. Is it fit? You can send to me this email: tsakasak@yahoo.com i need one. This bumper what I looking for.

 

[Ayune]

@benc, please add me to the 'interested' list. The simple design, light weight, and integrated recovery points are exactly what I'm looking for.

Questions:

- Are the wing front accessory holes optional? Not sure I want to be locked in to a specific fog light or running lights, and drilling the aluminum would be pretty easy after the fact.

- I would ideally like to Type III hard coat anodize it locally, what are your thoughts? What's the alloy of the plate? 5052, 6061?

Thanks!

 

[benc]

Hi Mr Ben. I'm interested. How can i contact and order ? I have 2002 lx470. Is it fit? You can send to me this email: tsakasak@yahoo.com i need one. This bumper what I looking for.

Yes, it will fit the lx470.
Feel free to contact me via my website.
Thanks.

 

[benc]

@benc, please add me to the 'interested' list. The simple design, light weight, and integrated recovery points are exactly what I'm looking for.

Questions:

- Are the wing front accessory holes optional? Not sure I want to be locked in to a specific fog light or running lights, and drilling the aluminum would be pretty easy after the fact.

- I would ideally like to Type III hard coat anodize it locally, what are your thoughts? What's the alloy of the plate? 5052, 6061?

Thanks!

Will do.

The light cutouts are optional.

As long as the coating is uv stable it should work.
I have had really good results with powder coating the aluminum though.
It seams to bond better that on the steel.

I am using 5052 for the form ability, may do a combo of 5052 and 6061 for the production bumper.

 

[saleach]

Very interested! How is the R&D coming along? Any projected ship dates?