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I still haven't decided which bumpers to put on the Rubi. I now know what it is like to decide which shoes to wear with a dress. Hmmm do I get the ARB, or the Durango, or maybe something else. I just don't know. Well until I do finally figure out what I want, I had these Tomken "Protec" bumpers sitting on a shelf in the garage. I originally bought these a few years ago, 5 if I recall. They came wrapped in newspaper in a flimsy cardboard box, with minimal instructions that looked like a 3 year old drew the pictures. All that aside they looked good and solid. The other thing I noticed was that the powder coating was only on the outside, and the inside of the bumper was bare steel. So I shot it with some spray paint and hoped that it would work out. I originally installed these on my '98. It only took about a month before the powder coat started flaking off. The other thing I noticed was that they loved to hold water inside the bumper, it would leak in along the edge of the pegs. So I would have to constantly unbolt a peg and drain the rusty water out.
With everything that I have run these into, I figured I would have destroyed them already. I also thought that they would rot away, but they haven't. Would I buy them again, NO. They are stronger than the factory bumpers so on they went.
Additional
Parts: Anti-seize |
Tools
Needed: T-30 Torx T-55 Torx 13mm socket 15mm socket 17mm socket 18mm socket 18mm box end wrench |
N-m | Ft. Lbs. | In. Lbs. | |
FRONT BUMPER SCREW |
104 | 77 | - |
FRONT TOW HOOK SCREW | 108 | 80 | - |
REAR BUMPER BOLT | 67 | 50 | - |
REAR TOW HOOK BOLT | 67 | 50 | - |
This page last updated: 16-Apr-2008
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