Topic: Marlin Crawler Front Winch Bumper

[Saphteemon]

I finally got my bumper......and just put a coat of semi black paint on her......It's going on my 85 4runner.....I like the look but I have one question.....those who have this bumper....How strong is it.....i plan on installing my 9.5 warn xp and I'm a little concern about bumper strength....

[jimbo74]

i dont have one, but i can tell from marlin's quality, that if they intended a winch to be on it, then it can handle a winch

[Saphteemon [OP]]

I have his rear bumper too and I'm happy with the quality too....I was just concern about bumper strength..... ......I've spent about $1000 in the last couple months on Marlin stuff...... .....I've got to slow down or I'll be in the poor house

but my truck looks sweet and the girls love it too

[havik]

iam going to tie mine into my shock hoops which i see alot of people do. also i want to put braces in the middle connecting to the front cross member. really i want to truss it up as much as possible but i don't mind over building. why not

[Homefries]

You could also make a bumper support for the front crossmember where the bumper attaches to help with the reinforcement.  Marlins comes with a partial plate but this would help if you wanted to add more support to the bumper.

[Cheesemaker]

Bolt it up and give it a few little welds to tie it to the frame!  Like they suggest to do for the rear bumper.