I bought the front and rear bumper from them, the mad max front bumper, it's solid, and bolted up fairly easy, my light pods were flushed, looked great, the packaging was solid, and nothing was getting to the bumper, I would buy them again.
I have the $580 combo set front and rear bumper from Hooke Road and they held up fantastically. A friend yanked the rear bumper with his jeep to pull me out of the snow very hard, held up great. I winched from the front and pulled me and his jeep from the front, that also held up really great. Highly recommend. I will say I fully agree with the packing issue and the lights not being perfectly symmetrical.
I find your analysis correct. The packaging sucks... the bull bar on my bumper was bent. They offered me a $50 refund and I took it. I then bent it back straight and sprayed it with undercoating. Looks as good as new. Overall I'm very happy with the bumper for the money and I think it would stand up to the same abuse as 2K priced bumpers. All metal has "weaker" areas because of the design regardless of price. Sometimes when you get hit or hit something it hits that spot perfectly and then it appears to be junk. You don't hit that area and it appears to be strong. Its all relative to the crash. 2K bumpers will do the same thing. I say if you can't really afford a 2K bumper then Hooke is a good option. If you can get past the haters I think most people would feel the same way.
@@beardsandjeeps6168 Thanks! I work law enforcement and about 2 weeks ago I worked a t-bone accident where a car turned in front of a JLU with a Hooke Road bumper. The car was in BAD shape, but the bumper barely had a scratch. I made the decision that I wanted one for my Tacoma and my YJ and my only concern was the long-term reviews. I appreciate your reply!
BUYERS BEWARE , DO NOT BUY HOOKE ROAD BUMPERS , THEY COME DAMAGED ALMOST 100% OF THE TIME AND THEY SEND YOU BOGUS PARTS AND MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO GET YOUR MONEY BACK IF YOU EVEN CAN ! NOT WORTH TAKING THE CHANCE
This wouldnt be hooke roads fault, this would be more of a damaged in shipping issue, anything thats big and heavy needs to be moved with a machine and sometimes the people in those machines either drop it, ram into it, or stacked it poorly on trailer, this can happen with any product from any manufacturer, as long as my product doesnt come in beat to hell, a few scratches and scrapes aint nothing
Also ive bought plenty of items where people left a review just like yours, and never had one single problem myself, either you werent paying attention when you placed your order, dont fully understand how the product works, didnt follow instructions or your expectations are a little too high , I’ve learnednot to pay attention to silly reviews like yours unless a whole army of people say the same thing, which isnt the case here
Anyone who says Hooke road isn’t legit is a fan boy to the overpriced overland products. Steel is steel and Hooke road has come a look way , especially when it comes to powder coating and design
Great info! Im sold
I bought the front and rear bumper from them, the mad max front bumper, it's solid, and bolted up fairly easy, my light pods were flushed, looked great, the packaging was solid, and nothing was getting to the bumper, I would buy them again.
I’m guessing that they addressed the packaging issue. I bought one for my Ram a few months back, and it came packaged very well with no damage.
How's that updated review coming?
I have the $580 combo set front and rear bumper from Hooke Road and they held up fantastically. A friend yanked the rear bumper with his jeep to pull me out of the snow very hard, held up great. I winched from the front and pulled me and his jeep from the front, that also held up really great. Highly recommend. I will say I fully agree with the packing issue and the lights not being perfectly symmetrical.
I find your analysis correct. The packaging sucks... the bull bar on my bumper was bent. They offered me a $50 refund and I took it. I then bent it back straight and sprayed it with undercoating. Looks as good as new. Overall I'm very happy with the bumper for the money and I think it would stand up to the same abuse as 2K priced bumpers. All metal has "weaker" areas because of the design regardless of price. Sometimes when you get hit or hit something it hits that spot perfectly and then it appears to be junk. You don't hit that area and it appears to be strong. Its all relative to the crash. 2K bumpers will do the same thing. I say if you can't really afford a 2K bumper then Hooke is a good option. If you can get past the haters I think most people would feel the same way.
I love my Hooke Road front bumper for my tundra
Just got one for $499 from Amazon for my sequoia.
Dump truck ruined my bumper and fled the scene.
Thoughts on these after a year?
They were great. Held up amazingly. I hit a rock hard with the back bumper and the brackets in the jeep bent. Not the brackets in the bumper
@@beardsandjeeps6168 Thanks! I work law enforcement and about 2 weeks ago I worked a t-bone accident where a car turned in front of a JLU with a Hooke Road bumper. The car was in BAD shape, but the bumper barely had a scratch. I made the decision that I wanted one for my Tacoma and my YJ and my only concern was the long-term reviews. I appreciate your reply!
@@479_adv yeah. No worries. They are really great products. I was surprised at the durability. I expected low quality but was pleasantly surpised
BUYERS BEWARE , DO NOT BUY HOOKE ROAD BUMPERS , THEY COME DAMAGED ALMOST 100% OF THE TIME AND THEY SEND YOU BOGUS PARTS AND MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO GET YOUR MONEY BACK IF YOU EVEN CAN ! NOT WORTH TAKING THE CHANCE
This wouldnt be hooke roads fault, this would be more of a damaged in shipping issue, anything thats big and heavy needs to be moved with a machine and sometimes the people in those machines either drop it, ram into it, or stacked it poorly on trailer, this can happen with any product from any manufacturer, as long as my product doesnt come in beat to hell, a few scratches and scrapes aint nothing
Also ive bought plenty of items where people left a review just like yours, and never had one single problem myself, either you werent paying attention when you placed your order, dont fully understand how the product works, didnt follow instructions or your expectations are a little too high , I’ve learnednot to pay attention to silly reviews like yours unless a whole army of people say the same thing, which isnt the case here
False. You have issues. Hooke stuff is great!
This sounds like a shipping issue. Bought plenty from them and never had an issue
Anyone who says Hooke road isn’t legit is a fan boy to the overpriced overland products. Steel is steel and Hooke road has come a look way , especially when it comes to powder coating and design