JK Front bumper roundup

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Originally Posted by max73

I went with the Rugged Ridge Spartacus front bumper, which give you european/Aus style removable end caps to comply with the ADR's on the road and the flexibility to take them off when wheeling (back bumper replacement next on the list)

Im going through engineering atm have been told it has to be full width and adr compliant. Spoke with sbroffroad as I wanted to get the Rugged ridge XHD full width from them and they said no import bumper is adr compliant. So it leave me from what I can find 3 options the ARB and the Uneek which the engineer mentioned or the Iron man front bumper. Have spent weeks looking at bumpers and when I could have just been looking at those 3.

[st_za]

I was initially going for a J8-style bare-bones bumper look but this project grew legs and ran: That is the metal bar that sits under the stock plastic park bench bumper, Tixo D-ring mounts, Class 10.9 M12x60mm 1.25p bolts with class 10 nuts, homemade end-caps bolted on because I don't have a welder with 4" LED lights in place of fog lights that are also work as DRLs thanks to my Procal, a winch mount meant to clear a stock plastic bumper and since the winch now covers so much of the grille, a Defender-style mesh grille. Since my round driving lights would block the indicators, I replaced them with a 20" light bar that fits nicely between the bumper and winch plate.

[Banshee]

Nice!

[JayOh]

I'm looking to ditch the plastic park bench and replace it with either the AEV or Offroad Animal but having a bit of a hard time deciding - the AEV looks to be a premium / better quality product compared to the ORA but with the skid plate and winch mount it ends up about $1000 more expensive. Plus the bar looks to be more than 10kg heavier than the ORA.

I tend to prefer the looks of the AEV but the reduced weight and cost of the ORA are also attractive.

Are there any particular reasons that one is better or worse than the other?

[Banshee]

I think the AEV has ADR certification, I do not know about the ORA. (Could matter for insurance, or if you get pulled over by someone looking for excuses)

[JayOh]

The ORA website mentions ADR compliance but I haven't seen anything similar for the AEV. I'm assuming that if it's full width and the recovery points are mounted underneath it's less likely to be pinged and this is important for me, I don't need the hassle with plod or insurance.

[PaulGC]

Aev has better build quality imo and is a bit more solid hence the extra weight. But I like the styling of the ORA bar. I went with the round hoop over the sharper lines of the other & happy with the outcome.
ORA will hopefully have better local support if you have issues.

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