I hope that bumper never hits a corner on a rock.
Should have named it the "Mall Crawling Series"
Utah Soft Shackle Recovery Points
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I hope that bumper never hits a corner on a rock.
Should have named it the "Mall Crawling Series"
There are a lot of good lessons to be taught from that picture. Sunny's recovery points are a great example of a thoughtful design resulting from a pathway of refinement to create something special. That bumper took a very thoughtful design and successfully eliminated everything that made it special.
If you understand what you are looking at, the contrast is unsettling.
What do you see wrong with it, beyond the welded fairlead mount and lack of corner guards?
Look in the big Savvy complaining thread. We picked apart both new front and rear bumpers in there.
Sad. I don't understand all the changes, not all seem to be for cost savings sake. Look forward to seeing pics of the underside.
They have been a fun project. Started as an idea as I wanted something other than the standard hooks. Went from a 3D printed part, to a one off set. We made some changes to make them easier to manufacture, but lost some of the key aspects. Blaine helped identify the areas that could improve and a better suited hardware. It has all come together to what they are now.
Thanks for the orders! I have a stack ready to go out in the morning.
Can I just say “Fuck yea!” Capitalism at its finest. I hope these never stop selling
Recieved my recovery points yesterday. Quality pieces.
I can attest to the overall quality of these parts, I doubt anyone purchasing will be disappointed.
That said, if you buy these to install on a factory front bumper with rubber overriders, they will not fit unless you grind away some of the rubber or mount the recovery points backwards (not sure how kosher that would be for recovery). Also, interesting to note that the design of these appears to have changed (for the better) since I purchased mine back in March of this year. Mine have a sizable chamfer finishing off the top edge, now changed to a smaller fillet...I suspect possibly because the sharpness of the chamfer had the potential to cut into whatever was laced through the eye? I recall seeing another WTF member posting pictures where he rounded the chamfer over, likely what I'll be doing on mine.
Still solid parts.
That said, if you buy these to install on a factory front bumper with rubber overriders, they will not fit unless you grind away some of the rubber or mount the recovery points backwards (not sure how kosher that would be for recovery). Also, interesting to note that the design of these appears to have changed (for the better) since I purchased mine back in March of this year. Mine have a sizable chamfer finishing off the top edge, now changed to a smaller fillet...I suspect possibly because the sharpness of the chamfer had the potential to cut into whatever was laced through the eye? I recall seeing another WTF member posting pictures where he rounded the chamfer over, likely what I'll be doing on mine.
Still solid parts.
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I can attest to the overall quality of these parts, I doubt anyone purchasing will be disappointed.
That said, if you buy these to install on a factory front bumper with rubber overriders, they will not fit unless you grind away some of the rubber or mount the recovery points backwards (not sure how kosher that would be for recovery). Also, interesting to note that the design of these appears to have changed (for the better) since I purchased mine back in March of this year. Mine have a sizable chamfer finishing off the top edge, now changed to a smaller fillet...I suspect possibly because the sharpness of the chamfer had the potential to cut into whatever was laced through the eye? I recall seeing another WTF member posting pictures where he rounded the chamfer over, likely what I'll be doing on mine.
Still solid parts.
It is common when bolting on the old style tow hooks to just stick them over the rubber bumper and tighten the bolts. The rubber squishes out of the way quite easily.
Agreed!I can attest to the overall quality of these parts, I doubt anyone purchasing will be disappointed.
Still solid parts.
Guilty. I also had them hard anodized:
I radiused the chamfered outside edge and got my @Sunny Side Up billet recovery rings back from the anodizer:
Agreed!
Guilty. I also had them hard anodized:
I radiused the chamfered outside edge and got my @Sunny Side Up billet recovery rings back from the anodizer:
They have been updated a bit. They now have a larger I.D. radius, and the outside edge has a radius all the way around vs. the chamfer.
UV Resistance black Hard Anodized option is now available. Thanks to Blaine for making this happen. Order them now on his site. Link below. https://blackmagicbrakes.com/ols/products/recovery-points---soft-shackle-friendly
awesome, adding this to my christmas list haha
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Just letting you know, when I click that link, I get this (using Firefox), but I can access it via just navigating through Blaines site.
I just tested it again (Firefox, safari, and chrome) all working on my end.
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