I hit a baby deer with the front of my van going about 25 miles an hour and it destroyed my radiator my intercooler and cost me a lot of money to repair I really wish I would have had a strong bumper and radiator guard
I have done a fair bit of hardcore wheeling and other advantages of spectra include limpness and ease of rigging. Lack of cable splinters is huge. Abrasion can be mitigated with a sleeve.
The bumper is about 100 lbs. Generally the vans are heavier on the rear axle so this helps distribute the weight or at least doesn’t add to rear axle weight. The winch adds weight too. Overall no significant difference in how it rides that I could tell.
Ummm...Cons: less airflow to radiator with bar and big Baja Designs lights right in front of the radiator. Maybe it doesn't make a difference on average weather days. But in 105° or above like a lot of us had last summer, oh yes it does. $5000 for a bumper/winch/lights/installation? No thanks. Also: I'm supposed to spend $5000.00 and risk damage to my vehicle when someone else is dumb enough to get stuck? Lol...JMO!
Why would I spend thousands of my hard earned dollars solely to help someone else that never made that investment, I mean yeah If I have a winch and someone’s in trouble off course I’ll help them but that is not even in my thoughts when laying down the dollars. I want the product primarily to get “me” out the s**t.
