Axial SCX10 III Jeep CJ-7 - Any front/rear bumper upgrade suggestions?

[PewPewChris]

I may just not be thinking about the install correctly, but the front bumper I got off Amazon...I can't find a single video online about the specific CJ-7 bumper upgrade and I can't figure which of the mounting options would even work with what came with it.

Anyone have this specific jeep and have a rec on a bumper brand/style?

 

[PewPewChris]

This is the front bumper I order and can't seem to figure out

 

[Xraycer]

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This is the front bumper I order and can't seem to figure out

Did you watch that video on the Amazon site?

 

[PewPewChris]

Did you watch that video on the Amazon site?

Yes, my front end doesn't look anything like it. The kit comes with three different mounting options...but none seem to jive with my rig and I can't find any videos online, specific to the CJ-7

 

[Relimar]

That doesn't look compatible with your axial SCX III CJ7. Everything else has posts, the CJ7 has this intermediary piece that bolts to the frame and much smaller male pegs that hold the bumper on instead of female sockets for bumper posts.

There is a 3D printed option with https://yrucec.com/products/cj-7-stinger-front-bumper

This is your front bumper

This is a TRX4

This is an SCXIII Base Camp

and an SCXII Desdbolt

 

[Chubaka]

That doesn't look compatible with your axial SCX III CJ7. Everything else has posts, the CJ7 has this intermediary piece that bolts to the frame and much smaller male pegs that hold the bumper on instead of female sockets for bumper posts.

There is a 3D printed option with https://yrucec.com/products/cj-7-stinger-front-bumper

This is your front bumper
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This is a TRX4
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This is an SCXIII Base Camp
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and an SCXII Desdbolt
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The two bars, in between the wires and screws. Those should bolt to the bumper. They then hug the outside of the frame rails and the screws in the frame rail get reinstalled with the frame screws.

 

[Xraycer]

Sounds like you're going to have to do some modding.
Could you integrate the stock bumper's bracket into the Injora bumper?

 

[Relimar]

The two bars, in between the wires and screws. Those should bolt to the bumper. They then hug the outside of the frame rails and the screws in the frame rail get reinstalled with the frame screws.

Not wrong, but the frame is at a wicked angle. If the stock back half of the bumper is left in place (attached to the frame rails) you'd have to go around it with the brackets to get to the frame, then angle up. If you remove both bumper parts, the frame rails are now connected with just those two wire brackets in the front.

Not ideal, but certainly doable.

ScalerFab has them too, https://www.scalerfab.com/collections/axial-sx10-iii-jeep-cj-7

 

[PewPewChris]

Sounds like you're going to have to do some modding.
Could you integrate the stock bumper's bracket into the Injora bumper?
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It's not really a bracket, it's two screws pulling it into the jeep frame and two small plastic pegs for side to side hold.

 

[PewPewChris]

Not wrong, but the frame is at a wicked angle. If the stock back half of the bumper is left in place (attached to the frame rails) you'd have to go around it with the brackets to get to the frame, then angle up. If you remove both bumper parts, the frame rails are now connected with just those two wire brackets in the front.

Not ideal, but certainly doable.

ScalerFab has them too, https://www.scalerfab.com/collections/axial-sx10-iii-jeep-cj-7

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Yeah I had just found that ScalerFab website right after posting this...may need to go that route and just get the bumper/wench combo. I can use this other bumper on my TRX4 bubba truck lol

 

[Tunedfrog]

I use Redcat bumpers on a couple of mine. Not sure what you would have to mod for the SCXlll but they are cool looking bumpers.

 

[PewPewChris]

I put that stinger bumper on the bubba truck, doesn’t look too bad, needs a winch