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Haha,
I don't think aluminum would be a good idea on the rear, it takes a lot of abuse. I will be doing a lot of the accessories in aluminum though.
Dissent offroad modular front bumper
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I don't think aluminum would be a good idea on the rear, it takes a lot of abuse. I will be doing a lot of the accessories in aluminum though.
Aluminum would be great with the LX.. especially the 570.
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I do have a local lx570 that want a bumper and so maybe if I ever get caught up I can work on those. 
My thoughts right now for the front are to keep the center section with winch mount, frame brackets and recovery caps steel and do the wings in aluminum.
This will likley drop the bumper weight down to around 60-70 lbs.
being that the bumper is modular previous customers could upgrade the wings without buying a complete bumper.
I will be building aluminum accessories for the rear, aluminum roof rack, aluminum skids and possibly doing an aluminum slider option,
I know aluminum is not the best option for sliders but I have some ideas that I think will change that.
My thoughts right now for the front are to keep the center section with winch mount, frame brackets and recovery caps steel and do the wings in aluminum.
This will likley drop the bumper weight down to around 60-70 lbs.
being that the bumper is modular previous customers could upgrade the wings without buying a complete bumper.
I will be building aluminum accessories for the rear, aluminum roof rack, aluminum skids and possibly doing an aluminum slider option,
I know aluminum is not the best option for sliders but I have some ideas that I think will change that.
I just got finished installing my bumper. I can easily say, this is the end-all be-all most awesome bumper ever designed in the history of man. It fits together like Legos. It seemed to me that the person that designed this should be designing Rockets or fusing Atoms. Props to you been! Super Duper awesome! I have to for the round fog lights, and couldn't be happier.
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Thanks for the pics and kind words!
Looks great.
My pleasure, Ben. It was all true.
Jerryb, it's pearlescent grey. I was attempting to match the grey accent color in my rig. It looks pretty close. You can see when I post pics of the rear bumper.
Jerryb, it's pearlescent grey. I was attempting to match the grey accent color in my rig. It looks pretty close. You can see when I post pics of the rear bumper.
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Unfortunately I'm still 8-12 weeks out. let me know if you can wait and would like to place an order.
Thanks!
Can confirm that they are strong enough, but I would have preferred not to need to test that as a jacking point. In other news, now I need a new spare...
Subd. These look amazing. Read through a lot of pages. Great work @benc
I'll have my LX in a couple months.
@wildman326 yours turned out great. I'll have the same color LX and will keep your bumper color scheme in mind.
I'll have my LX in a couple months.
@wildman326 yours turned out great. I'll have the same color LX and will keep your bumper color scheme in mind.
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Yes, I'm going to build a set and see how it works out. Will have some more info soon.
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Working on getting pricing on the front bumper made 5052 aluminum. As of now I'm thinking I will try and do the wings and center with aluminum and keep the brackets and caps steel.
I will likely need some kind of steel winch reinforcement if I decide to do an aluminum option for the center.
I'm still working on getting a better price but it's looking like it's going to cost me about $300 more to go aluminum, on the main bumper. Not sure weather or not I will offer the bull bar in aluminum.
Just ordered a Miller 350p with push pull gun which has pulsed welding capabilities so it should be a huge upgrade from my current spool gun set up!
@signs1000 It is well worth the wait. My wait was about the same time frame and at times I wasn't sure if it was worth but as soon as that bumper showed up and seeing the quality of the work, and how easily it went on I knew the 10 weeks was worth it.
Sub'd for future purchase.... 
Hey Ben, will the Comeup SEAL gen2 9.5rs work with your front bumper? I assume it does, but just want to confirm before I pull the trigger.