I just ordered mine this morning at like 6am (eastern time) im really eager to get my tracking number and confirmation back. I hope its in stock i hate waiting for cool parts coming to my house haha. I don't know what to do wtih my spare tire now though....anyone know how much CBI's tire carrier is that comes out of the hitch???

 

Check in the classifieds. Someone was selling a new cbi tire carrier for $220 delivered in the U.S. I was looking at buying it but I think the tire may sit up higher than I would like it to with the marlin bumper. I will probably have one custom made for me.

Or you could always throw it on your surco.

 

doesn't putting your spare on your roof make that much more top heavy?? or is that little amount of weight not even matter on the top

 

as i said earlier i ordered mine at 6am and i still haven't heard back from them even sent them an email to see if it was in stock but nothing...is this normal for them??? I mean they haven't even taken the money out of bank account yet i wish i knew the dang status of this thing im getting too anxious.

 

For those of you that have these already, did you go with the HREW or DOM tubing?

 

HREW. It's about $130 cheaper. Heavy enough unless you're really banging it.

You can still put the tire under the back end. Mine was fine there for Steel Bender, Hell's Revenge & Moab Rim. (see my pictures earlier in the thread)

32x11.50x15" tires will run about 45-50# w/o the wheel. The wheel is another 15-20#. So that's 60-70 lbs total. Now put that on top of your roof rack, which is about 5 ft from the center of rotation of the suspension. If you have a 30 degree static tip or a 0.5G turn, that's about 150-175 ft-lbs of additional torque trying to roll you over. If you have it under the rear, it is at or below the center of rotation, so it either has no effect or a stabilizing effect on the vehicle.

FWIW...

Edit: I think wheels are a little heavier than my assumptions above, but you get the idea.

 

well my bumper WAS supposed to be here tuesday the 22nd now there is an "exception" showing on UPS saying that its being held by the origin location why in gods name would it be being held it makes no sense it was hard enough to get those guys to ship it now this...

 

Check again (now and again on Monday). I had that show up as well at one point, but the bumper was delivered on time as originally scheduled. You could very well still get it on Tuesday.

 

Get my bumper tomorrow and ill be painting it and putting in my Bilstein 10" travel 5125's on friday ill post pics of the entire thing man im excited

 

Somebody asked for a picture of the mounting a LONG time ago. I took a phone pic but I guess it got stuck in Verizon's systems or something. Anyway, quite randomly the pic showed up today! So here it is. Sorry about the quality. POS RAZR.

 

the second bolt on the bumper to the frame is welded on how the hell did you guys get the bumper on. they welded the nut to the bolt where hte hanger on the bumper goes to how did yall get it on

 

The bracket goes inside the frame rail as shown in the picture above by GV27. The bolt farthest inside the frame rail goes through the front/side bow, then the frame and into that welded nut. The trick for me was to:

1. first take the two plates off (3 bolts) and put them in the frame rails,
2. raise the front bows and get a bolt started into the captured nut,
3. then start the rear bolt/washer/nut,
4. then swing the back of the bumper up to align the three bolt holes on each side with the brackets and start one on each side,
5. start the rest of the bolts and
6. then tighten it all down.

 

yeah sorry i was stressin i was too excited about the bumper to realize hey it just unbolts ahhaha my bad ill get pics up of it tonight its on and i LOVE IT

 

#2 was the hardest part for me. The ends of the bows were just slightly narrower than the frame rails. Fortunately, there's a nice little ramp to slide it over to get it there so I greased it up, then got one of the bows into position and had my wife hold it there while I forced the other side to slide up into position while pulling to the side with it to flex it a bit. Bashed my arm when it finally (abruptly) slid into place. A bit of a PITA but results in a nice tight fit.

 

here it is this is how it looks on the truck!!!







tell me what yall think the bilstein 5125's aren't in yet im waiting for the shock mounts from rubicon express ill show more pics when i install them on friday.

 

looks good.. now you need more tube work to compliment the bumper.

 

I have to jump on the wagon too! I've had mine on for a couple of weeks now, and love it. I'm STILL waiting on a front from Dave'z Offroad (4mo now), but it should be sorted out soon, and I'm REALLY itching to get some sliders.

Here's how she looks as of Monday.





Andy

 

Awsume!
I want one for my pickup so bad!
But Im installing a 3" bl so I wonder if they can be modded to fit..

 

of course they can! make custom brakets.

jay, i would go with a 2inch body lift, with 3 you will be able to see between the body of the truck and the frame..it really is ugly

 

Well its not happening soon. my bank account has still not recovered from my massive spending..

But I have seen many yotas with 3" bl, they look great IMO