Plate bumper options? (1 Viewer)

[Adam Scherm]

I know this is essentially sacrilegious, but has anyone ever checked out armor/bumper products for other similar square bodied rigs like the XJ and tried to modify it for their 60 series? I was looking for bumper design ideas, and came across this kit

I stumbled across jcroffroad.com and their DIY XJ bumper kits. The frame width is fairly similar to the 60 series, and to be able to get into a plate bumper kit for a little over $300 is pretty impressive, especially if you don’t have much for fab skills/tools. You would just have to adapt the frame mounts.

The kit comes as a flat CNC cut 3/16” steel that you bend and weld yourself.

Have any Cruiser companies come out with something similar that I haven’t come across?

 

[GeologistFelix]

Boy, have I got good news for you:
FJ60/62 Rear Bumper Kits

More expensive than the truly mass-produced (and lighter-built) versions for an XJ, but that's the same dynamic you see with every aftermarket cruiser part.

 

[Adam Scherm]

Boy, have I got good news for you:
FJ60/62 Rear Bumper Kits

More expensive than the truly mass-produced (and lighter-built) versions for an XJ, but that's the same dynamic you see with every aftermarket cruiser part.

Only thing, that XJ one is for a front winch bumper..... but no one makes a “kit” for the front 60’s, and the couple tube bumper options look terrible.

Trying to find new avenues for something that isn’t ARB.....

 

[GeologistFelix]

Fair enough. I did a little more digging and found this one that I had some vague memory of:
1981-1987 Land Cruiser FJ60 / FJ62 Weld Together Winch Bumper Kit

I lucked out and got a newish ARB for a bit less than $700 for the bumper plus the missing hardware kit I got ARB to send me. Definitely not a useful strategy, but if something used comes up for a good price, that can be a good way to 'cheap out' if your budget isn't huge but you want good parts. It just takes a lot of patience and luck.

 

[GeologistFelix]

On the original topic: I think the odds of an XJ bumper looking 'right' on the front of a 60 are pretty low. The XJ is very superficially similar to the 60, but the space under and around the grille and fenders in front is fairly different in shape. A simple 'bar' style XJ/TJ/YJ bumper that isn't trying to hug the bodywork could work, though.

 

[eagleFJ60]

I'm really happy with my weld together front winch bumper kit from Northwest Trail Innovations. Google search and they'll come up. I got the bumper with winch for around $800, I think. Went together really nicely.