Torn between two bumpers, help!!

I've destroyed my stock front bumper and am in the market for an upgrade. I've narrowed it down to either a Relentless Offroad Summit or a Brute Force plate bumper with the center hoop. They both look excellent, but before i choose i wanted to get some input from yall.

Are there any clearance differences? which is more low profile? These bumpers seem very similar imo, but wanted to see if anyone here could point out any differences between the two. Thanks! (Left/top is Relentless and right/bottom is Brute Force)

 

No pictures? Seriously??

 

If your asking for opinions on looks, I think the bumper that's on the taco with the snorkel has a bit more of an appealing design the way the cutouts are made. Just my 2cents. Carry on

 

It's worth noting that Brute Force Fab may or may not be accepting orders at the moment. The owner is a good dude and does good work, but it seems others on TW have had a hard time getting a response out of him. It's quite likely he's just buried in work at the moment. Just worth mentioning.

 

I just got one from Relentless I like that one at the moment. I like the Brute Force also, considered ATH and BAMF. Along with aluminum from SOS concepts and Demello.

Hard decisions to make.

 

heres a better shot of the Brute Force bumper just without the hoops and dual cutouts. This one shows some good angles

 

yes hard decisions indeed lol. Would you mind sharing pictures of your relentless bumper? i don't think i could go wrong with either one, but with such a big purchase i want to make sure it's THE one lol

 

Thanks for letting me know, i did send an email a few days ago and have not gotten a reply. Relentless replied to my email within a day, maybe it's a sign lol.

 

I agree!

 

The top one in the pictures.

 

There is a reason he is busy,and the other maker not so much.

 

I have a front and rear from Billy at Bruteforce. He has been great. My advice is use your phone to call him, forgot the emails, etc. I have never had a problem with communication from him.

He also adjusted the design of the front bumper for me, specifically he put in the larger round fogs in my bumper and used thinner steel in some areas to lighten up my steel bumper.

Good luck

 

nice rig, lovin the bumper. I'll give him a call tomorrow, thanks!

 

I have a Relentless front bumper and sliders/skids and a brute force rear bumper. All of the Relentless products are holding up well but I need to have the swingout pin rewelded on the BFF bumper because the weld is cracking (I bought the BFF bumper used and it was carrying a 35 so I'm sure that extra weight played into it).

I think Eric's designs are neater for lack of a better description and flow with the 2nd gen front better. The welds are super clean as well.

Not sure what you mean because Relentless is busy as well and generally have a pretty stacked pipeline but Eric still finds time to communicate with customers and prospective customers.

 

I have a Relentless front and rear. The welds and workmanship are top of the line. Beat on both of them and they are still straight. I've worked with Eric and Billy and they are both always busy but if you want quality that's part of the deal. You can't go wrong either way.

 

Demello makes a great bumper . They have a new Baja hoop with LED light bar cut out 30"

 

It's in my garage sitting on the pallet it came on. I'll get some pictures of it, waiting for it to cool off before I take it to get powder coated.

 

lol. Straight out of your asshole.

 

I wanted a Demello with a lightbar cut out for a 2nd gen.

I contacted @state48overland Eric, answered all my questions about the bumper. Unfortunately I couldn't get the exact configuration I wanted. I'd recommend State48 to anyone in the market for Demello products.

 

Eric is awesome i did get my bumper with Eric and State48 and several other goodies!