!NEW! Savage Offroad Rear Bumper

[ObEy4Runner]

So ive been wanting to get a rear bumper for a while now. Kept bashing my stock one up on rocks and it was a little too much tweaked to fix again with a rubber mallet. lol Every bumper that i have seen for the 2nd 4runners(which isnt much) look like . none of them cover the uglyness that was left when the stock bumper was removed and they were all way too open and spacey. So i decided one either a trail gear or a marlin. after deciding that the next thing i didnt like was the price. they're both kinda pricey. So i was looking on craigslist and found doug from savage offroad and wat i saw was him pretty much making trail gear copies but a lot cheaper. so i sent him an email and asked if he could change up the design a little to suit my needs, and he gladly agreed unlike marlin or trailgear. so we arranged to meet at his shop and have him fab me one up. long story we changed my whole original design and came up with this.

Doug did an awesome job on this and i couldnt be happier. Its wat i wanted but could never find and the workmanship is superb. He's willing to work with you to get you wat u want and he's cheaper than most. Check him out

savageoffoad.biz (http://savageoffroad.biz)

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[slosurfer]

Looks nice! :thumbup: How much, if you don't mind me asking?

Also, can you still access and lower the rear tire normally?

[Crinale]

Looks nice! :thumbup: How much, if you don't mind me asking?

Also, can you still access and lower the rear tire normally?


x2 :thumbup:

i still cant decide when i go for a rear bumper if i want to do a tube based like this one, or a plate based like Bruce's 3rd gen... i guess i still have yet to find one i really like...

*edit* after looking through his website, i think im gonna bookmark it and save it for later... i like some of his stuff a lot. also i like supporting smaller vendors like that. and i do really like some of the modifications you made to the original design, i think it looks much cleaner...

[strykersd]

Also, can you still access and lower the rear tire normally?


That's a very good point, it's next to impossible for me to access my spare tire with my Marlin Crawler bumper.

[Scuba]

Original link is wayy broken

http://www.savageoffroad.biz/

Bumper looks good though

[ObEy4Runner]

thanks scuba i fixed it now. yeah and i can still lower my spare tire with it on.

[toyNG]

Thanks for posting this. I've never heard of this guy, but am really interested now. Did he charge you extra for changing the design?

[ObEy4Runner]

nope no extra charge. i do believe i got it a little bit cheaper because we did use my as a guinea pig vehicle for this bumper so u would have to email him and ask him how much he wants for the bumper he made for this grey 95 4runner.

[troyboy162]

i was looking into this guy for some bumpers for my 3rd gen. something squirrely happened and the guy doing all the PR that i was in contact with is no longer working there. that was enough to keep my away, but the bumpers look good.

[ObEy4Runner]

yeah i went to his shop. and only met one guy, doug. he's says it all his and seem to me he was the only one involved in the business. ive emailed him numerous times and he's gotten right back to me within a day. ive had no problems with him at all. i really like his 3rd gen rear bumper though. wish it would fit mine. lol

[Crinale]

while you were customizing the 2nd gen one, you couldnt just make a one-off of the 3rd gen bumper? i like the looks of that one too...

[Obi..]

So I've yet to see how much you paid? I would like to know since we're about to build up the neighbors Runner.

[ObEy4Runner]

crinale- didnt quite understand wat your trying to say but ill give it a shot. the 3rd gen bumper compared to the 2nd gen bumper is completely different. it would have been way too much work to modify a 3rd gen bumper. completely different mounting system and plus doug was saying that the 3rd gen body, from the tail light to the fender bows out more than a second gen. so the bumper for a 3rd would fit loosely and look funky for being way wider than the body or needed.

norcalborn- id ont know if doug wants me to name the price i paid but ill say it anyways. lol i paid only $200 but i highly doubt he is going to offer that price for future people.

[Obi..]

That's a very good point, it's next to impossible for me to access my spare tire with my Marlin Crawler bumper.


There's an easy enough fix for that by using the larger tire option winch assembly, explained here (http://forum.ih8mud.com/79-95-toyota-truck-tech/288016-rotm-submission-1995-4runner-project-wimpy.html#post4928054). You shouldn't have to adjust your tailpipe if it's factory still, I only had to do that b/c mine's a 2.25" deal.


norcalborn- id ont know if doug wants me to name the price i paid but ill say it anyways. lol i paid only $200 but i highly doubt he is going to offer that price for future people.


Well, it always comes down to the quality of the work and the quality of the materials used. I paid very little for my sliders, bt that, like your bumper was a special deal.

I'm interested in seeing some of the stuff Doug does now, as I may have seen some work he's done on another Runner recently.

The thing about smaller fab shops is if they do solid, proven work, they'll only grow as big as the owner can handle things. I paid a little less than most for my Marlin bumpers, but that said, I am not happy with a couple of things I had to deal with when it came down to fitment. If you use a jig, make sure it is correct and true after repeated cycles, things get hot and warp, and sometimes little things eventually move out of proper spec.

[4x4mike]

$200 is a good deal. If the bumper is good enough he'll find himself busy building them because people will be buying them up. Could be a good enough way to get his name and work out there.

[ObEy4Runner]

yeah very true. im very happy with mine. the only thing i could see different between the two were the welds. tg had their nice and pretty TIG welds and doug just uses a MIG welder. that doesnt bother me. they're still nice strong welds just not as pretty as TG or marlins. i hope he gets his name out there and starts circulating his products. i like small fab shops

[sschaefer3]

Trail Gear Bumpers are MIG welded. Then covered with oil so they can ship them over from China. You can make a nice bumper out of a TG bumper, just clean up all the welds, re-do the bad ones, add some light tabs, add some turn signal tabs and other things, they come out real nice. But they are MIG welded.

[ObEy4Runner]

oh i didnt know that. they looked different. very nice welds. never seen any that are that thin smooth and nice looking come from a MIG.