Savvy "Krawler Lite" new rear bumper
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Assuming this is 6061t6 and knowing what we know about the material and it's characteristics, does anyone care to pick apart Savvy's new low profile bumper?
Or are we going to be blindly optimistic fanboys?
I think minimum bend radius for 6061t6 is 2-2.5 x material thickness.
We could start picking at that
I think minimum bend radius for 6061t6 is 2-2.5 x material thickness.
We could start picking at that
3 times the thickness for 3/16". Or are you building this out of 1/8" and thinner?
https://www.cumberlandmetals.com/aluminum/minimum-bend-radii/
Anyone notice the missing gas tank? Should we speculate on what they did about accessing the gas tank skid bolts?
deadbeat son
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Tough to tell what's going on here, but the material looks like it's pretty thin, and the face appears to have a radiused edge that is being welded to the bottom plate? My eyeball isn't very calibrated, does that appear to be 3/16"?
Now we know what that pic is. This is even better and dumber. The entire bumper is welded! Which means every corner that is welded has lost the heat treat. Which means there is no reason to build this thing out of aluminum.
Looks like they attached it with carriage bolts so the thickness must be about the depth of the square section of the bolt.
Quit being so negative!
What you see is what we have to look forward to if the TJ line is getting a refresh as Gerald has been promising recently.
Though maybe this Heritage TJ line he has mentioned will retain Blaine's original designs.
I'm trying to be a supportive forum member by keeping up with the status quo.This is more what I'm trying to stay optimistic about, retaining the original designs. So far that optimism has been met with, one more month for going on 3 plus years now. That is hard to stay positive about. Then we are meet with teaser picks like these.
I have what I wanted at minimum from Savvy.
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Perhaps. But then you have to noodle your way through the minimum bend radii and how to make that work on a bumper like this. The result is a very different bumper than what is being shown here.
deadbeat son
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It doesn't appear to be that thick based on the hole for the shackle mount / recovery point. But again, uncalibrated eyeball.
Dave Stover said it was an improvement, and he’s a design engineer, so you guys need to cool it.
Maybe the person in the photo is named Blainez. Then they can say it's an original Blainez design.