No aluminum Savvy bumpers in near future
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ranger101
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Al is certainly preferable in as many places as you can and it will work. Savvy seizes the day when trying to save weight by using an Al backer for their slider. Not everyone makes Al bends within the constraints of 6061-T6 as has been mentioned in the Genright thread, and they just lie.
I emailed Gerald directly for it, not sure if I jumped a line or not
Still no winch plate yet though!
Here's the savvy front bumper, no hardware:
I bought mine with an aluminum bumper already installed and I think it is made by UCF. They claim to use 6061-T6.
https://undercoverfab.com/15-bumpers-tire-carriers
None of the 5-6 new bumpers I purchased for my TJs in the past came with hardware either, they reuse the factory bolts.
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I emailed Gerald directly for it, not sure if I jumped a line or not
That an email address you'd be wiling to share? I'll be waiting by my inbox lol
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I saw these come up a few times. Just looked at website again... it does say 6016!
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I measured it without hardware - however I do have it
I think Josh is joking about the shit show delivery that the midarm was though!
The tightest bend radius for 6061-t6 is 2x the material thickness, perpendicular to the grain to avoid cracking. Anything tighter than that isn't 6061-t6. And none of that addresses the other design details that very very few other bumpers have compared to Savvy.
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Confused about the bend radius comment. This is off their website claiming 6061-T6. You calling bullshit? Real question. I know the winch tray doesn't slide back as far. Are there other quality issues? I looked in other threads and it's always been blanket "Savvy is better" but haven't heard specifics