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Beast of Berlin

Beast of Berlin

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Good Morning,
I was checking for front and rear bumpers as well as rock sliders for my LX450. What I found was a diy weld kit by North West Trail Innovations which appeared quite long lasting. But does might create issue concerning build, mounting or powder coating? No offer for sliders.
NW Trail Inno
Other option is Slee Off-Road. They sell all, front and rear bumpers and sliders. Ready to mount.
Slee
Please let me know about your expierences...
 
Slee is in my opinion very similar to snap-on tools. The only thing you will have an issue with is price.
 
Beast of Berlin said:
Good Morning,
I was checking for front and rear bumpers as well as rock sliders for my LX450. What I found was a diy weld kit by North West Trail Innovations which appeared quite long lasting. But does might create issue concerning build, mounting or powder coating? No offer for sliders.
NW Trail Inno
Other option is Slee Off-Road. They sell all, front and rear bumpers and sliders. Ready to mount.
Slee
Please let me know about your expierences...
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I have both NWTI front&rear bumpers for my 4th gen 4runners and think highly of them. Cody's instructions leave much to be desired but you can work with what he provides. Mechanical Engineers don't often make for good instruction providers ;) He uses 3/16" steel for the rear bumper, which is quite substantial. His rear swing outs are single sheer which gives me pause if you have heavy wheels but I'm using them for a bike rack on one side and jerry cans on the other side, so not too much of a constant weight. I'll build them this upcoming holiday.

Shipping these heavy items to Germany sounds awfully expensive!!

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If you're staying in Germany, I would look at ARB or something that's available in Europe, or have one locally fabricated as it will cost probably a thousand bucks to ship an American bumper overseas.

If you're coming back to North America, I like my BIOR front bumper a lot. Tube bumpers aren't everyone's style, but it's very well built and cheap too! Mike will work with you on minor modifications if you wish, which is cool too.
 
Heckraiser said:
it will cost probably a thousand bucks to ship an American bumper overseas.
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Front, rear, and sliders will definitely cost over 1k to ship (just quoted someone). Sliders can likely be put in crate with one of the bumpers, but that is still 2 crates.
 
REKCUT said:
Slee is in my opinion very similar to snap-on tools. The only thing you will have an issue with is price.
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Great analogy haha
 
You really can't go wrong with Slee. I've got their rear bumper and as far as daily use goes, it's fantastic. Easy to open and close and it's solid. I dropped all my weight of my truck on a big rock last month and all I got was a small scratch. I highly recommend it.

I've got the ARB front bumper and I wish it was thicker and had beefier recovery points. I think dobinsons makes a front bumper that looks very similar to the ARB but is much more Stout and it has fog lights (which I'd fill with some Bajadesigns)
 
Heckraiser said:
If you're staying in Germany, I would look at ARB or something that's available in Europe, or have one locally fabricated as it will cost probably a thousand bucks to ship an American bumper overseas.
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I used to have a Metaltech front bumper on my LX450 and really couldn't warm up to the tube look - I waited until Slee produced the "shortbus" bumper again, and I am happy now

as far as sliders, we have MetalTech on the LX450 and WhiteKnuckle on the 80, couldn't tell which ones I like better :meh:
 
alia176 said:
I have both NWTI front&rear bumpers for my 4th gen 4runners and think highly of them. Cody's instructions leave much to be desired but you can work with what he provides. Mechanical Engineers don't often make for good instruction providers ;) He uses 3/16" steel for the rear bumper, which is quite substantial. His rear swing outs are single sheer which gives me pause if you have heavy wheels but I'm using them for a bike rack on one side and jerry cans on the other side, so not too much of a constant weight. I'll build them this upcoming holiday.

Shipping these heavy items to Germany sounds awfully expensive!!

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Thanks for the response. I assume that have all weld it by yourself and added the powder coating?! What I like about these is the front bumper low profile and the recesses for fog lights. Low profile is mandatory for registration overhere if mounting was not stock but later-on --> high-level front bumper bars are not allowed anymore.
Do you have a build manual (Cody)?
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I will most likely get the NWTI bumper if they have a black friday discount. You can also look up TJM bumper. But if you are in europe, i would get something that’s locally available. Check ur local websites and aftermarket distributors for more options.
 
I think a big part of it is what to will do with the truck. I have a Trail gear front bumper and sliders that I got super cheap and a 4x4 labs rear that I got here in a group buy. All three of these items are bent in one way or another and have been repainted dozens of times. I don't want to spend more money on something I'm going to beat up. With that said though, if it is for mild protection and lots of visual appeal, all the bumpers you listed are really nice and the fabrication time and effort alone (if you've ever built a bumper from scratch, you know it takes a lot of work) are worth the cost.
 
So you've got lots of opinions on bumpers but I'll give you one on the powder coating. If you plan to wheel where you will hit and drag the bumpers and sliders don't waste your money on powder coating. It will scratch off just as easy as paint and cannot be repaired easily. You'll end up painting over it if you want to keep your stuff from rusting. Since you're going to end up with paint at some point anyway save yourself a lot of money and just start there. Put a good coat of primer down and paint with ready available rattle can in any color you like. When it gets damaged you can just paint them again. I paint mine every year before winter, don't even take them off the truck, just mask off around the bumpers and sliders and respray with primer and paint. Keeps the rust away and my truck looking good.
 
wheeling in Berlin - :rotfl:
 
These Costal Off-Road look nice - how did you get along with the welding and mounting?

Possible local purchase:
Taubenreuther will give my an offer on ARB components
 
I am not a welding specialist...
Is it oxy-fuel gas or MIG welding?
 
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