Newbie question - SUNPIE

[randybw1]

Got my first Jeep 4 door Punk-N High Tide....I've done some googling and searching here in the forums and can mostly just find them associated with lights. Does anyone have experience with their bumpers? Price doesn't seem bad for front and back and I really like the looks, thoughts? SunPie Bumpers???

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[Tethmes]

Not sure how well the red grates would go with punkn, but if you like it then that's all that matters. The price is definitely not bad, but as with anything understand that you get what you pay for. I got a $300 bumper figuring I'll probably have to replace it in a couple years... now if I could ever just find the time to put the darn thing on.

 

[randybw1]

haha, they say that ship black grates also.

 

[rcadden]

As with everything, you've got to balance the cost vs your budget vs your minimum acceptable quality.

For bumpers, aside from design, you typically want to look at a few things:

1. Brand - are they known/unknown, good worksmanship, known for reliability, etc. Personally, I've never heard of "SunPie" bumpers before
2. Quality of materials - from their listing, this is what you're getting: The material is make of 5/32" thick low carbon hard steel and 2" x 0.120" precision tolerance steel tube, stiffer, more durable bumpers, advanced level 3 black powder coating, corrosion resistant and durable

Personally, assuming I liked the design (that part is subjective and everyone has different tastes), I would skip this brand, based on their relative unknown status, and having typos on their site. The fact that there is almost zero conversations mentioning them, and especially their bumpers, on this site is a big red flag, IMO.

https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/forum/search/4185639/?q=sunpie&o=date

 

[jhackathorne]

As with everything, you've got to balance the cost vs your budget vs your minimum acceptable quality.

For bumpers, aside from design, you typically want to look at a few things:

1. Brand - are they known/unknown, good worksmanship, known for reliability, etc. Personally, I've never heard of "SunPie" bumpers before
2. Quality of materials - from their listing, this is what you're getting: The material is make of 5/32" thick low carbon hard steel and 2" x 0.120" precision tolerance steel tube, stiffer, more durable bumpers, advanced level 3 black powder coating, corrosion resistant and durable

Personally, assuming I liked the design (that part is subjective and everyone has different tastes), I would skip this brand, based on their relative unknown status, and having typos on their site. The fact that there is almost zero conversations mentioning them, and especially their bumpers, on this site is a big red flag, IMO.

https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/forum/search/4185639/?q=sunpie&o=date

What he said. Plus, for not much more you can get bumpers from better manufacturers that will be quality and not start to rust after a year from the humidity alone in TX.

 

[JW-UK]

Sounds like an unknown Chinese company, using a French address as a front?

Company Name：Nova Silk Road Sarl
Company Address：C/o Regus 81 Rue de France 06000 Nice

Scammers!!

https://www.scampulse.com/nova-silk-road-sarl-reviews

 

[Tredsdert]

Got my first Jeep 4 door Punk-N High Tide....I've done some googling and searching here in the forums and can mostly just find them associated with lights. Does anyone have experience with their bumpers? Price doesn't seem bad for front and back and I really like the looks, thoughts? SunPie Bumpers???

There's some guy at my job, has the same bumpers. His is a sting-gray four-door. Looks good enough on his. I'm not a huge fan of the red overlay. I feel it would have looked better if it was red underlay. The overlay looks like the manufacturer got lazy and tacked it on top, instead of trying to find a way to tack it from the back.. though I will say you could probably improve it by putting in some black screws and replacing the chrome ones that come with it. At least make it look like some thought went into it.

 

[Thane]

Powder coat quality is paramount.
Bad powder coat looks the same as good coatings on day one.... 1 or 2 years later and it's a sh¡tshow.

Stick with known manufacturers for external parts, or embrace the rust appearance.

 

[ZigZag]

So, It is a Chinese company located in France selling Jeep bumpers in USA at an aggressively low price. Their address is listed on Scampulse and the pics look to be of bumpers from another company. (VIJ(?)Y? What is that?) This is waving so many red flags (no pun intended). I would stay away. My rule of thumb, you get what you pay for.. .and usually less.

 

[randybw1]

Glad I asked!!!! Thanks for all the input. And the search continues.....I want something minimal that will last, don't mind paying for something that lasts. Won't be doing any rock crawling either. Thanks again for the input.

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