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I gave into temptation and am having the Kelderman front and rear alpha series steel bumpers installed as we speak, front with a 16.5 Warn cable winch.
They come shipped as bare steel, so they were prepped and painted (pearl white) this past week. Backside black and super weatherized. All mounting parts powder coated black. Hardware (rigid lights) black midnight and black tow hooks front and rear.
Taking measurements of front fender lip edge height pre-install. I’m going to drive it for a month and let it settle, then going to install King coil overs with a heavier spring (based on sag) to restore to stock factory height because I tow and like the factory ride and rake.
If anyone is interested in this setup for their truck, I can share pictures when it’s done and share any other details as needed. I can tell you one thing - the bumpers are stout, attractive (to me) and very well-made with excellent welds everywhere. Took six guys to lift the box they came in and the paint guys were stressed about how to hang these things for the paint.
Would love to see these too! They look amazing until you see the price.
Yea, drop almost $5k then add in matching paint and install and you left $6k+ on the table
I just went with RanchHand F/R painted to match out the door $2500. But down where I live it's mostly RanchHand or stock, the boys in Shiner Tx build a good bumper and good enough for me, but those Kelderman's are a strong looking setup...nothing wrong there...
The Kelderman web site is terrible. Just plain hard to see the product. Nothing in the way of real descriptions (weight, features, versions, etc). No prices that I could find (that always bugs me when a company doesn't list prices).
After looking at the sample gallery photos, I don't like the look. Maybe I'd have to see them in person (the gallery doesn't really show good angles or full lines of the bumpers). They look kind of cartoonish to me.
The Kelderman web site is terrible. Just plain hard to see the product. Nothing in the way of real descriptions (weight, features, versions, etc). No prices that I could find (that always bugs me when a company doesn't list prices).
After looking at the sample gallery photos, I don't like the look. Maybe I'd have to see them in person (the gallery doesn't really show good angles or full lines of the bumpers). They look kind of cartoonish to me.
Jim
Jim not sure where you went but the prices are there, granted you have to figure out if it the bumper above or below. I will agree on the rest, the pics are so small that its hard to get a good look, also some of them are painted the same color at the truck they are on, not good, the bumpers should be in contrast in order for the viewer to focus on the bumper and not the truck. My cost est I posted came from their pricing. I think their prices are more than a bit on the high side. As a welder I think I can build that and sell it in primer for $600- $800...NOT to say they can do the same, they have overhead of a larger business, advertising etc. I was a small shop and built custom to customer spec. My speciality was bumpers, rocker guards for the off road folks.
Not a bad looking bumper. Very tough looking. They have taken the Adaptive Cruise Control into account, that's very good. I configured one on their site and the price quickly ballooned up to over $5,000 for the front bumper with a winch. Ouch!
I didn't see any side shots. I want to see how far the bumper actually sticks out.
I attached a picture of a truck (not mine) with the alpha bumpers on, side view. Front bumper sticks out. Has to have space for the winch. I like the look (and I had mine body painted pearl white similar to the stock bumpers on my truck, which I like with offsetting black grates and hardware (tow hooks lights etc.). Should be done Tuesday. Yeah, it’s not a good value ... I know I know
Top of front bumper has two cutouts, one for winch control attachment, one for spool control. I’m going to use wing nuts vs the included so I don’t need tools to access them.
Looks good!
Do you have adaptive cruise control?
What kind of tow hooks are those?
Do you have synthetic rope? If so, why the roller fairlead instead of a hawse fairlead?
Ha! Nope, just going to put coil overs with heavier springs on and bring it back to stock height. Already have 295/65/20 on this. Got a little less than 1/2 inch sag so far, will let it settle for a month before deciding. I have adaptive cruise, bumper came with a bracket and it works as before. Tow hooks are from kelderman .. not sure of the spec. The winch is a 16.5 steel cable Warn. Prefer it to the synthetic, which is also an option.
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