The G4 ones are not 'hardened plastic' by any means. They are squeezable.

 

I have an 04. Would an earlier model wrap around fit by chance?

 

So what the hell is the point of them then? Plastic bumpers will barely hold up to branches, they certainly won't hold up to a oncoming snowbank, person or approaching vehicle, and they dint look right on the disco. In fact plastic bars insult the Disco in my opinion!

 

Don't ask me, I didn't build it. All I know is I moved one from the trailer to the table to be raffled off at SCARR and when I grab it I was shocked to find that it is squeezey foam.

I'll stick with what I've got.

 

I really like the brush bar on the second picture down - the head on shot.

Any idea who made it - or where to find one?

Thanks,
Jackson

 

The one is post #14 is the coolest looking one and it has FUNCTION!

 

I don't have anything on mine (yet.) But in defense of rubber or squeezable material, they absorb and deflect energy better than materials that don't give. I grew up in the headstone business, and for sandblasting lettering and designs into hard granite, we used rubber stencils. The high-pressure "sand" would cut into the granite, but - in contrast - bounce off the rubber.

So, from a physics standpoint, anything that hits the rubber (say things like gravel, brush, etc... within reason) will transfer energy to the rubber/nerf bar. In turn the rubber/nerf bar will return or deflect that energy. In effect, bouncing anything that hits it back away from your grill. Not such a bad thing.

-Anthony

 

I have the second down on my D2, and I really like it, but I will be replacing it soon for an ARB winch bumper.

 

all of them are for shopping cart protection and as a sacrificial barrier to the paint or headlights. if that's the layer of protection you need than great. headlights need to be protected too and you may need to do the rear as well. Ive heard these brush bars can be dangerous like the guys said and that things like deer present problems.

next level is real offroad and i guess that's the arbs, terrafirmas and others.

Once you crush the D2 plastic bumper you really have no choice but to replace it with steel bumper. it would be $ foolish to fix it and then put brush bars on it.

i like those cruiser bars. i remember them from Fast & Furious in Brasil. i thought about those too for the D1.

 

mike and mountain goat and others did custom fab bumpers.