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Wish I got a Stealth Bumper for X-Mas

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That way when someone's old tree wanted to commit suicide and jump out of the back of their truck it won't have hurt so much.

Friday night I was driving the back roads by my parents, when I just barely see tail lights ahead of me. As I get closer, I catch a twinkle of something in the air and before I can think a tree lands about 10 feet in front of my truck. I already knew I couldn't swerve and risk rolling or running into something worse in the ditch. So I attempted to straddle it....It would have been fine if the TREE STAND WASN'T STILL ATTACHED!!!!! :eek: :eek:

Anyhow one of the eye-hooks attached to the stand sliced though my cladding just below the drivers side tow hook and got lodged there. I stopped quick enough to check the underside and pull the tree out. At first glance I thought I saw fluid leaking out by the way I saw tinkling in the light. I quickly ran around the truck got in and backed up to light the area as I shut her down. When I got on my hands and knees the figure out what was leaking the ground was dry. I looked under my truck again and here the whole underside, from the bump the end of the skidplate was covered with silver garland.
Once I got back to my parents I had to find a pair of bolt cutters to remove the eye-hook from my cladding.

 
Sorry to hear about the damage, and glad to see your wise decision (to keep going forward) kept you safe.

This would be a good story to include on a thread initiated by Ghost, titled Road Debris.

Good karma your way to help your repairs :B:
 
Well I had an unfortunate experience with my av causing a tear in my front bumper clading as well. Im thinking about an upgraded bumper with a winch but am unsure if it will look ok especially since the front cladding wraps around the sides too. Did you replace yours yet? if so how much to replace the sock cladding
 
My wife slid on some ice and tore the front bumper cladding and broke the DRL and fog. Here are the insurance figures:

Bumper cover....$451.88
fog lights............$97.65

I ordered my Stealth bumper the day I got the quote. ;D
 
tator said:
Anyhow one of the eye-hooks attached to the stand sliced though my cladding just below the drivers side tow hook and got lodged there. I stopped quick enough to check the underside and pull the tree out. At first glance I thought I saw fluid leaking out by the way I saw tinkling in the light. I quickly ran around the truck got in and backed up to light the area as I shut her down. When I got on my hands and knees the figure out what was leaking the ground was dry. I looked under my truck again and here the whole underside, from the bump the end of the skidplate was covered with silver garland.
Once I got back to my parents I had to find a pair of bolt cutters to remove the eye-hook from my cladding.
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Would you have any pics to help us visualize this?
 
Tator, did you ever find out who it was that decided not to tie down their tree and therefore it ended up in your front bumper? They could help ease the payments for a SOR bumper >:D.
You can click on my link to see my pics of my SOR. I love mine, I have not winched anything yet, but the lights on it are great, 105watts make oncoming traffic think twice. I'm actually surprised that I have not gotten pulled over for the lights yet, because they are bright.
The SOR bumper is the way to go for the long term. Because you know that somewhere down the road, you are going to end up hitting something else, whether it is your fault or not, so you can either spend some big $$ right now and get the big, buff, bumper or continue spending around $550 each time you get a little crack in your stock bumper, and eventually you will have paid the exact same amount in stock bumper fees, that you could've paid once for the SOR bumper.
This is just my opinion, but I think you should at least give Ben Fisher @ Stealth Offroad a call at 877.429.4624
Ben is a friend of mine, just tell him I sent you.

Lanchman11, the SOR bumper wraps around the side just like the stock bumper, so it will completely cover up all the places that the other bumper was except that it will ride about 3"-5" higher than stock. So you get more ground clearance up front. You too should give ben a call. ;D

-James. :cool:
 
My wife slid on some ice and tore the front bumper cladding and broke the DRL and fog. Here are the insurance figures:

Bumper cover....$451.88
fog lights............$97.65

I ordered my Stealth bumper the day I got the quote.

What was your total price of the stealth delivered to you? what options did u go with? IM really get close to ordering one.

Lanchman
 
LanchMan, When I ordered mine back in November, I got the grille guard, and the new light package(i.e. 4" fogs & 6" 105W HID/LED combos). I also got a Milemarker electric 12000lbs winch which was $650 then, but has since gotten a bit more pricey. Total shipped was $2350. The shipping was $200, which I was not surprised about, because they ship it in a big 4'x6' crate and it says AVALANCHE on the side with the chevy emblem, I kinda wish I had kept mine. You should check to see if they have any specials, like if you buy a certain winch with the bumper, or the bumper with all options and a winch, something like that. However, the prices are a bit more $$$ now, so it probably will be an xtra $100-200, but the bumper is definitely worth it, and it will pay for itself in the long run.

Just one thing to watch for, When I started driving my AV after the bumper was installed, I noticed the added 250lbs on the front, it took me a little longer to get up to speed, and to slow to a stop. So jus tbe careful. (y)

-James. :cool:
 
It was expensive, but worth it. (close to $2,000 with shipping) We got the brush bars, full light package with DRL's and no winch openings. We have not received it because the fan to the oven at SOR is broken and has not been replaced yet. The oven is needed for the Avtex cladding application. You can check out current pricing at www.stealthoffroad.com. Ben is a pleasure to work with and will design a bumper to fit your needs.

Here's our damage:
 

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Thanks for the info guys. I like the bumper but not the price. :E: I am debating building my own with the help of my good friend who is pretty handy with the welder. I just don't know if we can get it to look as good as the stealth. I am especially concerned about the sides of the bumper where it replaces the cladding on both sides near the front wheel wells. It looks a little complicated as far as getting it all to line up plus I like the coating that stealth puts on it.
 
The AVatex cladding color coating is nice, it matches the cladding perfectly, even with texture. Roch287, its too bad that you haven't gotten your SOR bumper yet, but its worth waiting, I know that ben has been taking bumpers to other paint shops, but the Avatex needs to b e done at his shop.

-James. :cool:
 
James21-

Thanks for the encouragement. I have been waiting since December of last year...patiently :C:

It was the matched cladding that sold us on the SOR. We will definitely wait until it is done right.
 
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