Bumpers - ridiculous lead times - why

im in the market for a rear steel bumper and love the works of

Mobtown Offroad
RelentlessFab
RPMFAB

The lead times however for these things are insane. In 16 weeks I could have designed and built one myself.

Does anyone have a standard rear bumper for sale?

Is there any company that has a reasonable 3-4 week lead time?

With overland expo coming up I am really hoping these companies bring one or 2 they want to sell.

Help me understand the madness

 

I’m still waiting on my pelfreybilt

 

Gotta keep up the illusion that they are so busy they cant keep up.

But really I have no clue why lead times are so long for something like that. Seems a bumper company should have bumpers on hand to sell. Even if they offer custom options, they should be able to make a "base" that custom options can be built from to bring times down.

 

It’s probably at the powder coater.

 

A work of art take time.

 

They take a lot of work and time to build. There is a demand for them. We have limited resources. That’s basically the reason.

Well made, handcrafted products take a long time. We aren’t a powerhouse production facility stamping out generic products.

Thanks for checking out our stuff though. I’m glad you like it.

 

I really like the idea of costal off-road. The bumper does not look the best but if all there doing is putting together a kit that comes off a laser and or cnc plasma then I thinks that’s the ticket

I wonder if any other companies would consider This option

 

The lead times are so long because there are a thousand guys like you wanting a bumper and the companies that build these custom bumpers are usually only run by a few individuals. If they tried to pump them out faster, quality control would go down and I'm sure people would start to have issues with bumpers and start demanding refunds.

 

Then build one yourself.

 

RCI is usually fast, they have in house powder coating as well. I got my rear bumper in 2 weeks local pick up though. I waited 4 months for CBI before canceling.

 

Dude the longer you contemplate this situation the longer you’ll have to wait!
JS

 

Do they make one for the 2nd gen?

 

All above reasons are valid. We all been through that long wait period, but it's always worth the wait IMO. I suggest you call everyone and ask for an honest timeline.

 

Update.

I went with an all pro. I know and before everyone starts....

I talked to them at the overland expo and with the show deal they were offering and them being there to answer all my questions. They looked me in the eye and answered every tiny little question I had.

Oh and I’m getting it Tuesday. It’s in route.

Talking to other companies at expo I got bull shit answers on super high lead times. Honesty no one would give me a straight answer. Looking them right in the eye they couldn’t explain the steps of why a rear bumper would take anymore then 2-3 weeks.

One company in particular I didn’t talk to but knew they were a local company here in az with a pretty big shop was at expo and just yesterday said they were closing up shop.

I won’t name the company but they completely blew me off even when I offered to pay almost double for a bumper if they could get it to me in 4 weeks. I didn’t talk to them at expo simply because they were not going to get my business after completely blowing me off on messenger while still posting about how great there products were on Facebook.

Sorry for the rant. Back to all pro,

All pro has them in stock raw and powder coated.

They also just developed a dual swingout that they had at the show. Very nice option.


On a side note. Victory 4x4 I also talked with and they said 2-3 weeks. It was close but I honestly liked all pros design better.

A couple of other companies I talked with said they didn’t make bumpers yet but they would have one done if I could leave my truck with them. Obviously I couldn’t but they did say it would only be 6 weeks for a ground up design....

Hopefully my experience helps someone for the future.

 

@SOS CONCEPTS always has the shortest lead times I see. He just got me this HC rear bumper right at targeted 6 weeks lead time. And I believe I only waited 4 weeks for my sliders from him and also for my skid trio from him as well. Check SOS out

 

We have a regular rear bumper Instock. Along with 27 other big items.

 

My Brute Force Fab bumper was worth the wait.