hard bumber for 2003 PRADO GX

[wrcastro_ph]

Hi Guys,

I have a friend who wants to replace his front bumper with a hard front bumper. Me nakita daw sya na nakakabit sa Nissan Patrol, black color na parang metal pero sabi nung me ari ay inorder pa daw nya sa Internet yung bumper na yun (around 30K daw) ... tapos me initial daw na R yung starting letter yung tatak ng bumper (he can't remember na eh).

Madalas daw kasi matagis yung bumper nya (kaya madami ng gasgas), kaya gusto nya eh yung matigas para matibay at nagandahan din sya sa porma. San po kaya pwedeng makahanap ng bumper na ganon? para po sa 2003 PRADO GX (gas engine).

Salamat po sa tulong nyo.

[mazdamazda]

are you referring to something like this?

[boybi]

check my avatar, that's an ARB bumper. RATS is the local distributor here in the phils.

[Ungas]

Or TJM brand, btw, those are not called hard metal bumpers. They're just simply called steel winch bumpers.

Masyadong mabigat ang metal bumpers. Stocks suspension will definitely sag an inch lower after installation. Nabalitaan ko merong gumagawa locally sa Pampanga area, not sure about their workmanship though.

[mazdamazda]

in the event of a head-one collision (say around 60kph), what would happen to your vehicle if it was installed with that kind of bumper?

would your vehicle take minimal damage?

[wrcastro_ph]

Pero mukang di naman sya talaga solid na metal eh... para bang tingin mo lang ay solid pero magaan sya.


Boybi,

Parang ganyan nga yata yun ah.... nakita kasi nya nakakabit sa Gray color na Nissan patrol. Di kaya ikaw yun? Di ko masyado makita ng malinaw yung avatar mo eh... pero from the looks of it.. parang ganyan nga.... San po ba yung location ng RATS?

Mazdamazda,

Di po yata ganyan... naka curve kasi yun na hulmang hulma dun body eh... saka ang ganda ng texture ng pagkakagawa.

[OTEP]

Maganda yung TJM bumper for the LC120 Prado. Hanap lang ako ng picture...

[OTEP]

This is the an example of a TJM bumper.

Taken from: http://www.tjmproducts.com.au/master_frameset.asp

I think TJM also makes a 'straight' (not bent up to wrap around the headlamps) T15 bullbar similar to this one:

[wrcastro_ph]

Wow, ganda din pala nyan. Me nabibili ba dito nyan? mga how much kaya ang estimated price nyan? Ganyan yung Prado ng friend ko. Astig din pala ang porma.

[OTEP]

They are available from Armark 4wd in San Juan. You can PM freeman (he's a forumer here) or visit their home forum ( www.4x4ph.com/forum ) and inquire there.

Nagiiba ang price depende sa exchange rate. Around Php30K perhaps?

[wrcastro_ph]

Thank you so much for the info.

[boybi]

madaming branches ang RATS. meron sa katipunan, sa makati, and sa alabang.

ito ang ARB Sahara Bar:

[ARB]

mazda- may customer kami na naka sahara bar sa GU patrol niya, he was parking and a liteace bumped his patrol on the passenger side, the sahara bar was damaged a bit at the side, but the liteace hit his front tire and the total damage to his patrol was nearly 500k because the the radius arms were bent, the front steering components, the oilpan, and almost everything connected to the front tire, but the sahara protected the front facia of the car, the headlights, signal lights were not even broken, the chassis was not also damaged due to the design of the bumper the impact was distributed to the mounting points, this is one feature of orig bumpers. the lite ace was a total wreck.

btw ARB has steel bumpers for the 2003 120 series Prado and also suspension systems.
deluxe bar

sahara bar

[boybi]

dapat dyan nagkabit ng sidebar:



parang kay Ungas

hehe, ang liit tignan ng Prado pag naka Sahara Bar

[mazdamazda]

hindi bagay sa rav4!!!

[Ungas]

in the event of a head-one collision (say around 60kph), what would happen to your vehicle if it was installed with that kind of bumper?

would your vehicle take minimal damage?

I would assume it will still take on some body damage since it was a head-on collision. Pero kung rear end collision, kawawa yung tinamaan ng bumper. And eventually, it happened to my ride once. Yung bumper ko nagalusan ng pintura, which can be easily remedied by flat black paint.

Pero kung full frontal protection, mas maganda nga may side bars. Subok ko na sa tibay!