Cheap Bumpers on eBay!!

^ lol thats where your bumper is 14tacoma

 

glad it turned out good for those that got a solid deal on a bumper, sucks that All-Pro has to deal with this tho. That being said, with a torch, welder, and a grinder a person could take one of these and use it as a base for a badass one-of-a-kind bumper build, since all the "fitment" is already done

 

**I haven't read this thread in its entirety, so if this has been said already, please forgive the redundancy.

I did some research and found the following:

• Cole McMath has a customer history with us
• The manufacturer of these All-Pro knock offs on Ebay is KO Offroad
• Robert McMath owns the KO Offroad website
  
• The admin of the site is listed as steve@DV8offroad
• "A" Cole is the contact person at DV8 Offroad

We called a couple of our friends that manufacture Jeep bumpers and their designs have also been knocked off by DV8 and KO Offroad (probably stands for knockoff offroad). We are told they are primarily made in China.
I believe the OP is Cole McMath, related to Robert McMath, that they reverse engineered our bumpers and are having them made in China. Once we get our hands on a bumper, we will know for sure.

It makes me sad that American ingenuity is gone and people cannot just design and market their own products. We have worked for over 20 years through thick and thin in this business, and for better or worse, we work hard to be the best company we can be. People and companies like this just seek to destroy our hard work.

 

Get 'em!

 

Annnnnnddddd^^^^^^^^Thread can close now.... Tracy killed with that last post. AP wins

 

Knock Off Offroad.

 

Well said^^^

 

I fixed post #2 for ya!! Now anyone who's bored enough can experience this thread in all its glory.

 

So the moral of this whole shit show story is that Cole McMeth is a complete fucking douchebag!

 

guarantee someone will try selling one of the knockoffs on here within 6 months as a legit All-Pro "custom ordered w/o logo"

 

I have no idea.

As previously thought this was a ploy to advertise and sell a stolen idea. Sucks.

 

Thank you!!!!

 

Agree with Oregon. As posted a while back, all I thinks a lot of us needed is a post from All Pro instead of speculation. Since Tracy claims no affiliation, I'll take their word. Sucks that it ended up a rip off, but better to get ripped off and keep the integrity of the original company than what I was wrongly saying before.

Thanks for putting all of us st ease @Tracy@All-Pro Off Road! Interested to see what develops, if anything, next for KO/DV8 or whatever the hell it is.

 

So....Cole "the Kock Officer" McMeth sat and thought "oh I got an idea to ruin the family business", "post on TW acting like I don't know about our KnockOff shit and see what happens!!!!!!
I assume the "Kunt Office" website "might" take a kicking in the ass soon?
http://shop.kooffroad.com/

 

With yalls permission I have two very good friends active in the Jeep community and would like for this to be posted there as well to inform buyers before they spend the money. Let them make their own decisions, but an olive branch never hurt anyone.

 

Yes, please! I am going to warn our friendly Toyota competitors too because I'm sure they are going after the 4Runner and Tundra market as well.

 

Ahaha go for it. Hope they can handle it!

 

I can't see that anyone would advise against you helping inform fellow enthusiasts.

Even if it's being enthused about something far less awesome.

 

@ColeRedRubi This is for you buddy!