Hey all!
Looking for some help with a recent purchase from Extreme Terrain. My wife and I wanted support US manufacturing and decided to purchase US made bumpers for our LJ project. I originally purchased a Poison Spyder Rockbrawler from Extreme Terrain because after two phone calls with them they swore they had them in inventory (website had conflicting info). Well, turns out they didn't have them in inventory and it would be November before it was shipped. Not being a naturally patient person I cancelled the order and looked for another option. I came across the OR Fab winch bumper with stinger which was billed as hand-crafted in the USA and had great reviews. This is what I received today:
As indicated clearly on the box, this bumper was manufactured by DV8 in China, but has the correct ORF-83662 part number that matches the OR Fab bumper. This is clearly a knock-off and every bit of this bumpers screams it. The welds are ugly, the winch plate is not 1/4" as advertised, and there is no 1/2" thick mounting plates. Has anyone heard that OR Fab is outsourcing their manufacturing? OR Fab's own website say these bumpers are hand-crafted in the USA. I'm hoping that Extreme Terrain will make this right. I will not accept a product advertised as made in the USA when this clearly comes from China.
Looking for some help with a recent purchase from Extreme Terrain. My wife and I wanted support US manufacturing and decided to purchase US made bumpers for our LJ project. I originally purchased a Poison Spyder Rockbrawler from Extreme Terrain because after two phone calls with them they swore they had them in inventory (website had conflicting info). Well, turns out they didn't have them in inventory and it would be November before it was shipped. Not being a naturally patient person I cancelled the order and looked for another option. I came across the OR Fab winch bumper with stinger which was billed as hand-crafted in the USA and had great reviews. This is what I received today:
As indicated clearly on the box, this bumper was manufactured by DV8 in China, but has the correct ORF-83662 part number that matches the OR Fab bumper. This is clearly a knock-off and every bit of this bumpers screams it. The welds are ugly, the winch plate is not 1/4" as advertised, and there is no 1/2" thick mounting plates. Has anyone heard that OR Fab is outsourcing their manufacturing? OR Fab's own website say these bumpers are hand-crafted in the USA. I'm hoping that Extreme Terrain will make this right. I will not accept a product advertised as made in the USA when this clearly comes from China.