tmeyer3
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Hi everyone! My name is TJ and I, literally, live off-road--I live on a vineyard estate about 15 minutes from the closest paved road and I love off-road challenges. In this quick post, I'll be reviewing a prototype of the @CYBERTRUCKco rear bumber from the perspective of an experienced off-road driver. For this same reason, I do host the off-road accessory megathread here on the CTOC because I got tired of hunting down parts and compiled my own list for anyone to use.
As with all my reviews, here is some context. I am not financially supported by CYBERTRUCKco. I purchase products from them like everyone else. I currently own their under-armor plates, heavy-duty roof rails, and spare tire carrier all of which I purchased on my own dime. However, the prototype I borrowed and reviewed for this threaed was provided for free as (1) it is a rough prototype and not something they would ever sell to customers and (2) they knew I'd beat the utter crap out of it
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Let's get to it!
For this review, I escorted two F150s through the high desert mining regions outside of Cedar City, UT. One was not 4wd, the other was but did not include diff-lockers. Both F150s were stock. I would give this trip a 4/10 on difficulty and technicality. The non-4wd F150 struggled often and required rescue on four occasions; the 4wd F150 w/o diff-lockers only needed rescue once; my AWD CT did not any assistance at any point. During this trip I towed a 1970 GMC longbed truck ~200 miles from Las Vegas to the Southern CA region.
Notes: I am currently processing detailed images, but I wanted to get this up asap. I will be posting detailed images of the bumper later this week. The images currently attached are of the trip.
PROS
Overall, I give this prototype an 8/10 for off-roaders! It looks great, feels great, and functions great. I was particularly impressed by the 1/4" thick alluminum construction, I didn't expect to like it so much being personally used to carbon steel bumpers--it's light, scratches safely (no rust/re-painting), and is sturdy enough to feel safe landing on it.
As with all my reviews, here is some context. I am not financially supported by CYBERTRUCKco. I purchase products from them like everyone else. I currently own their under-armor plates, heavy-duty roof rails, and spare tire carrier all of which I purchased on my own dime. However, the prototype I borrowed and reviewed for this threaed was provided for free as (1) it is a rough prototype and not something they would ever sell to customers and (2) they knew I'd beat the utter crap out of it
.Let's get to it!
For this review, I escorted two F150s through the high desert mining regions outside of Cedar City, UT. One was not 4wd, the other was but did not include diff-lockers. Both F150s were stock. I would give this trip a 4/10 on difficulty and technicality. The non-4wd F150 struggled often and required rescue on four occasions; the 4wd F150 w/o diff-lockers only needed rescue once; my AWD CT did not any assistance at any point. During this trip I towed a 1970 GMC longbed truck ~200 miles from Las Vegas to the Southern CA region.
Notes: I am currently processing detailed images, but I wanted to get this up asap. I will be posting detailed images of the bumper later this week. The images currently attached are of the trip.
PROS
- The bumper did not give me any issues while towing. In fact, I felt more confident with it as I was using a towbar and, if you've never used one of those, sharp turning and large bumps can be a scary experience for your rear bumper. This bumper clears the tow hitch so well that I never had an issue! This tow was not an expected thing, but shit happens and this bumper was up for the task.
- I used a tow strap on multiple occasions with this bumper to pull and assist the F150s I was wheeling with. No issues. I also used a prototype front bumper (not part of this review) that also performed admirably.
- It looks great! I was using a scratched-up prototype, and added a good few scratches myself, but it still looked mean and much more off-road-ready than the stock.
- Excellent departure angle. I got used to where the stock rear bumper drags, and this prototype bumper significantly improved my departure angle.
- Alluminum construction. I was unsure about this at first, but it's very light weight and held up extremely well to rocks. Another big bonus to alluminum construction is corrosion resistance. After scratching it I caught myself thinking, "Oooof, gonna need to rust-oleum that... Oh wait, I don't!"
- I didn't like that the trailer plug was not protected, the one behind the bumper (image coming soon). This would likely be best resolved by relocating the plug.
No speaker mount! I do like playing music outside of my truck, so I was sad that there was no rear speaker mount in the prototype. This is likely fixed in the production version, but I'm unsure.I got this sorted with some very simple zip-tieing. It was surprisingly easy, and there's a space inside the bumper to protect the speaker.
Overall, I give this prototype an 8/10 for off-roaders! It looks great, feels great, and functions great. I was particularly impressed by the 1/4" thick alluminum construction, I didn't expect to like it so much being personally used to carbon steel bumpers--it's light, scratches safely (no rust/re-painting), and is sturdy enough to feel safe landing on it.
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