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Originally Posted by TerryS
I figure everyone who owns one product can support their decision to buy it so that's why I generally stay out of these debates. I have an ARB on the front of my 110 and have winched to the point of snapping a cable without distorting the bumber in any manner. I have never liked the side "wings" on the ARB bumper used on classics and Discos, since they simply act as a lever and can distort, as Chapman's pictures show, but that's pretty much true of all the bumber designs.
As coincidence would have it, I just came back from MA (just up the road) from a body shop trip to have work done on another of my rovers and there was a disco in with a RTE bumber on it. The guy was using his highlift (actually a JACKALL, which I hate) and was lifting from the corner of his front bumper. As I understood the body shop foreman, he had it up pretty high (off road, flat front tire) when the entire corner of the bumper let go, and in coming down took out the LF fender, headlight assembly, and hood.
From the Left frame rail out to the tip of the bumper, it was up on a 45 degree angle.
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RTE bumpers don't come with hi-lift or jack-all receivers in them, so that entire scenario is based on an idiot of an owner who didn't understand his vehicle, or the modifications made to it. Also, considering he was off-road; it is impossible to know if he even had a proper off-road base for his jack, or proper jacking technique. Considering the damage explained on the vehicle, I can safely say not. Not even a spare tire under the frame to keep the vehicle from falling as far. So not really a safe, valid, or understandable point in the debate, imho.
