[ARCHIVED THREAD] - 4wd Hardware = Smittybuilt ?? (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 3/28/2016 7:58:28 PM EDT
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10 years ago I must have spent $8k out the 4wd Hardware catalog while rebuilding my CJ7. Fast forward to today I get the latest catalog looking for bumpers and gears for my 16 JK and the entire catalog is Smittybuilt bullshit and other equally craptastic junk for manufacturers I have never heard of. Did one buy the other or are they otherwise engaged in some sort or retail circle jerk? what has become the go to place for quality Jeep off road parts? Quadratech and JC Whitney sucked a decade ago so please spare me. |
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10 years ago I must have spent $8k out the 4wd Hardware catalog while rebuilding my CJ7. Fast forward to today I get the latest catalog looking for bumpers and gears for my 16 JK and the entire catalog is Smittybuilt bullshit and other equally craptastic junk for manufacturers I have never heard of. Did one buy the other or are they otherwise engaged in some sort or retail circle jerk? what has become the go to place for quality Jeep off road parts? Quadratech and JC Whitney sucked a decade ago so please spare me. Shrockworks is what you want. Dont buy that cheap Chinese made shit. |
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YOu want bumpers?
But direct from these guys here. Class act of people that work there |
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Smittybuilt=China crap I'm a demolition contractor and have nine winches in use right now. We used two today on one job. Four of those nine are Smittybuilt. The Smittys are lasting just as long as the Supers and Warn. I'd like to know how much first hand experience you've had with any of the Smitty winches. |
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Shrockworks is what you want. Dont buy that cheap Chinese made shit. Quoted:
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10 years ago I must have spent $8k out the 4wd Hardware catalog while rebuilding my CJ7. Fast forward to today I get the latest catalog looking for bumpers and gears for my 16 JK and the entire catalog is Smittybuilt bullshit and other equally craptastic junk for manufacturers I have never heard of. Did one buy the other or are they otherwise engaged in some sort or retail circle jerk? what has become the go to place for quality Jeep off road parts? Quadratech and JC Whitney sucked a decade ago so please spare me. Shrockworks is what you want. Dont buy that cheap Chinese made shit. Shrockworks is what I want for my samurai |
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Good god stay away from Shittybilt unless you can powder coat your own shit and dont mind bending whatever back into the right position.
Rugged Ridge is also chinese but I have never had to redrill bolt holes or buff out rust spots on new rugged ridge bumpers. |
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I'm a demolition contractor and have nine winches in use right now. We used two today on one job. Four of those nine are Smittybuilt. The Smittys are lasting just as long as the Supers and Warn. I'd like to know how much first hand experience you've had with any of the Smitty winches. Quoted:
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Smittybuilt=China crap I'm a demolition contractor and have nine winches in use right now. We used two today on one job. Four of those nine are Smittybuilt. The Smittys are lasting just as long as the Supers and Warn. I'd like to know how much first hand experience you've had with any of the Smitty winches. I'd like to hear the answer to this as well. 
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Not sure if they will have what you are looking for but I was pointed towards this outfit from the Survival section. Top notch folks. I ordered a shackle mount and 2 shackles. They kindly called to let me know te shackles I had ordered wouldnt fit the shackle mount, then proceeded to get me the shackles I needed. Pretty happy with their products and service.
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I'm a demolition contractor and have nine winches in use right now. We used two today on one job. Four of those nine are Smittybuilt. The Smittys are lasting just as long as the Supers and Warn. I'd like to know how much first hand experience you've had with any of the Smitty winches. Quoted:
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Smittybuilt=China crap I'm a demolition contractor and have nine winches in use right now. We used two today on one job. Four of those nine are Smittybuilt. The Smittys are lasting just as long as the Supers and Warn. I'd like to know how much first hand experience you've had with any of the Smitty winches. Mine is slow and a bit noisy but otherwise GTG. Shittybilt 8,000lb winch on a Toyota 4x4. FWIW, Smittybilt has always been the Harbor Freight of offroad stuff. Some utter garbage, some decent stuff and a few amazing bang for the buck things mixed in, They made a name for themselves with the thin walled double tube bumpers and useless bed mounted "roll bars" style bars back in the "all show, no go" era of 4x4 that was the 1980s. |
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Smittybuilt is junk. Find a custom fab shop that makes what your looking for. Best bet right here. All the trail armor on my junk was fabbed by small companies that do one off and small production run stuff. They are Toyota specific so not much help for your jeep. |
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Shittybuilt is known to rip off all there junk off other companies designs. Fuck them and Rugged Ridge.
Can't embed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t3SkhvIB_E |
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Best bet right here. All the trail armor on my junk was fabbed by small companies that do one off and small production run stuff. They are Toyota specific so not much help for your jeep. Quoted:
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Smittybuilt is junk. Find a custom fab shop that makes what your looking for. Best bet right here. All the trail armor on my junk was fabbed by small companies that do one off and small production run stuff. They are Toyota specific so not much help for your jeep. Anything in the future will be fabbed by a local company. Sinister offroad in Corpus Christi. 
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Mine is slow and a bit noisy but otherwise GTG. Shittybilt 8,000lb winch on a Toyota 4x4. FWIW, Smittybilt has always been the Harbor Freight of offroad stuff. Some utter garbage, some decent stuff and a few amazing bang for the buck things mixed in, They made a name for themselves with the thin walled double tube bumpers and useless bed mounted "roll bars" style bars back in the "all show, no go" era of 4x4 that was the 1980s. Quoted:
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Smittybuilt=China crap I'm a demolition contractor and have nine winches in use right now. We used two today on one job. Four of those nine are Smittybuilt. The Smittys are lasting just as long as the Supers and Warn. I'd like to know how much first hand experience you've had with any of the Smitty winches. Mine is slow and a bit noisy but otherwise GTG. Shittybilt 8,000lb winch on a Toyota 4x4. FWIW, Smittybilt has always been the Harbor Freight of offroad stuff. Some utter garbage, some decent stuff and a few amazing bang for the buck things mixed in, They made a name for themselves with the thin walled double tube bumpers and useless bed mounted "roll bars" style bars back in the "all show, no go" era of 4x4 that was the 1980s. Harbor Freight winches are the Harbor Frieght of Harbor Freight of winches. I'd put Smitty a bit above them. |
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bumpers... AEV LOD Ace engineering- good value Poison Spyder (pre smittybilt only) JCR suspension... rockkrawler teraflex jks metalcloak websites... northridge4x4 quadratec |
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Smittybuilt=China crap I'm a demolition contractor and have nine winches in use right now. We used two today on one job. Four of those nine are Smittybuilt. The Smittys are lasting just as long as the Supers and Warn. I'd like to know how much first hand experience you've had with any of the Smitty winches. I'd like to hear the answer to this as well. I have two Smittybuilt XRC 8 winches, both have been great winches for the money. The only issues I've had is one hand control stopped working. Easy fix, crimped connectors worked loose. I did put a heavy coat of dielectric grease on all electrical connections when I mounted them. If they burn up, I'll buy more Smittybuilt winches. You can pretty much can buy 4 for tthe price of one Warn. Only Smittybuilt items I've owned, I do know first hand (buddy) that their sliders and bumpers are super soft. |
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Anything in the future will be fabbed by a local company. Sinister offroad in Corpus Christi. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/dd/41/a7/dd41a7065bac172daea2c0c0d22dd715.jpg Quoted:
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Smittybuilt is junk. Find a custom fab shop that makes what your looking for. Best bet right here. All the trail armor on my junk was fabbed by small companies that do one off and small production run stuff. They are Toyota specific so not much help for your jeep. Anything in the future will be fabbed by a local company. Sinister offroad in Corpus Christi. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/dd/41/a7/dd41a7065bac172daea2c0c0d22dd715.jpg That looks like something from a Transformer movie 
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Smittybuilt is junk. Find a custom fab shop that makes what your looking for. Best bet right here. All the trail armor on my junk was fabbed by small companies that do one off and small production run stuff. They are Toyota specific so not much help for your jeep. Anything in the future will be fabbed by a local company. Sinister offroad in Corpus Christi. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/dd/41/a7/dd41a7065bac172daea2c0c0d22dd715.jpg That looks like something from a Transformer movie He has tame and wild stuff. One guy wanted a batman theme jeep. I thought it looked silly but others loved it. |
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This guy makes some nice stuff. He used to buy tubing from our shop when he was first starting out. Good guy, 100% american made.
http://www.dndoffroad.com/ |
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Smittybuilt=China crap I'm a demolition contractor and have nine winches in use right now. We used two today on one job. Four of those nine are Smittybuilt. The Smittys are lasting just as long as the Supers and Warn. I'd like to know how much first hand experience you've had with any of the Smitty winches. I'd like to hear the answer to this as well. A friend of mine trashes Smittybilt because he put one of their synthetic ropes on a winch not designed for synthetic and it melted.
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