If you are paying to have the bumper assembled by a welding shop, this significantly lowers the cost. This greatly reduces the amount of welding and grinding required by you and makes for a cleaner finished product.
The main section of this bumper is CNC-bent out of a single piece of 3/16″ P&O Steel. The rear profile of the bumper slopes inwards towards the vehicle and hugs the rear of the frame as tight as possible. This bumper has been designed to provide the absolute maximum departure angle and ground clearance for your Pathfinder. Especially after factoring in the weight loss of removing your factory bumper and hitch receiver, this bumper will not add a significant amount of weight to your R51 and can even be installed with the stock suspension! However, make no mistake - This bumper has been designed with hard offroad driving in mind and can take a serious beating without skipping a beat. It offers excellent protection from trail obstacles and distracted drivers and has been kept to a very reasonable weight of 102lbs through careful design work. Simply put, this bumper allows you to forget about departure angle and will substantially improve the offroad capability of your R51 Pathfinder.
The recessed hitch receiver and smooth, sloping rear profile of this bumper eliminate catching points and allow it to easily glide over obstacles rather than hanging up.
The 9/16" thick recovery points get welded to the inside and outside of the bumper shell and then bolt directly to the frame for unbeatable strength. It features a bolt-on design, recessed 2" receiver hitch, and an excellent departure angle. This is a high clearance DIY weld-together rear bumper kit for the R51 generation (2005-2012) Nissan Pathfinder.