You can say hi to it in Moab.Yep, so I'm not sure what the fuss is about
In hindsight, I should have just kept that Savvy bumper, but oh well
Aluminum vs Steel Bumpers
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Blaine, honest question here. Why does something like the safety thimble fairlead exist when the JK/JL bumpers with the tucked winches have the fairlead and thimble sticking right out the front in harm's way? Not trying to crap on the design, just curious!
And it’s purpose is to what? Carry a winch and act as a bumper? Although not everyone is using their bumper as a ramp it doesn’t mean it isn’t being used for its intended purpose.
6061 aint too easy to weld. Gotta know your chit. I would have loved an aluminum, Price was my prob. Id highly recommend aluminum if the pocket can hang.
I’m not pissy but it definitely seems some of you are on the Savvy band wagon and as you designed it you have the right to be. However are you telling me that that same situation that happened to the GR bumper would not have damaged or destroyed the Savvy?
You are answering your own question as to why any bumper will work for your purposes.
According to Savvy’s claimed weight from Gerald himself the GR is 3 pounds lighter. And because you spoke to Blaine about his design and he justified it does that mean you also spoke with the GR engineer to hear what his claimed benefits were for his design? I get it, you support those who support you and Blaine is on here helping, designing and developing great products. Hell I’ve bought some. It when it comes down to Savvy dragging a customer along for over six weeks and keep adding more and more time to the ETA...that’s shitty customer service and GR treated me well and delivered when they said they would.
Exactly and for my purposes the GR works perfectly. So what was the point of your statement if everyone has a different purpose for what they may be using the product for?
Have you ever called up GenRight and tried to speak to a "engineer"? The only people I've ever been able to speak to there are sales people, one of whom very adamantly tried to sell me a coilover package and then insisted they would work with my factory Dana 44 axles. While he's not 100% wrong, getting those coilovers to work successfully with my factory axles and 35s would be very, very tedious and cumbersome from everything I've read.
My point being that GenRight is very heavily marketing oriented. While there is nothing wrong with that, I will say that I trust Blaine more because he's a no-bullshit kind of guy. If something sucks, he'll tell you why. He won't try to sell you anything you don't need, and he doesn't even try to push his own products.
While it may sound like I'm kissing his ass, I'm just trying to say that I like transparency.
On that note, I will also say that I run several GenRight products including their front fenders. I have no issue with GenRight whatsoever, and I believe that they do build some very good stuff. Their insanely quick to ship and have exceptional customer service, something that Savvy doesn't have.
However, if you knew the story of Savvy and all the details, I don't think you'd be singing the same tune that you are.
If the GenRight bumper works for you, that's good and you should stick with it.
I still believe that as far as aluminum bumpers go Savvy is sort of the gold standard. However, like @jjvw pointed out, if you aren't going to use it the way it was intended to be used, it's probably a moot point.
Sometimes I say things that come across wrong and it is not my intention, it's probably just the way it sounds via the internet.
My response to this post was that aluminum is lighter that steel, agreeing with most who have responded and I explained my benefits. My benefits didn’t need a bunch of responses as to why my purchase of GR was inferior to the Savvy.
In case you missed it I had the Savvy bumper in order for six weeks, then they said it would be another two and I’d had enough waiting. Customer service has value and if Savvy was smart they would get in the gas and hire more production guys and be realistic with their ETAs. Customer service is the sole reason I went with GR...although I TRIED to buy the Savvy first.
Not every answer was centered around you. Not every aluminum bumper is the same and the differences have been described. That is what this thread is about. The differences between bumpers.
I share your frustration with Savvy in terms of the way they run their business. However, from what I gather, they are taking X amount of orders, then once they receive X amount of orders they send them all off to the machine shop for the order to be fulfilled. By doing this I think it allows them to purchase X amount of bumpers at once and not have to sit on a large amount of inventory (thus not having cash tied up in anything).
I've just come to terms with the fact that Savvy always will deliver, it just might take up to 8 weeks for that to happen. At this point I don't mind waiting if I have to, but yes, it is still somewhat frustrating.
At the same time, I'm just happy they are still around and still supporting TJs.
Nor was it centered around yours yet you gave your opinion and nobody criticized it. I gave my feedback and because it wasn’t Savvy it was criticized.
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