My jcroffroad DIY front bumper arrived so I took a break from the floors to put it togeter.

 

Everything that was in the box.

 

 

 

 

Fits perfect. Still need to do some finish grinding and paint it but I'll do that later.

 

I'm glad I got the DIY kit it saved me a lot of time rather than building one from scratch.

 

Bumper looks sweet man and good luck with those floors are u going to get a new tank or have u considered a fuel cell?

 

Gonna just go with a tank from rock auto. Can't beat the price.

 

I got the ruffstuff frame stiffeners and had to make some modifications to them so they would fit pefectly. Here I had to notch the back a little bit to fit around the leaf spring hanger.


I figured with the floors out would be the perfect time to install them because it would be a lot easier to get c-clamps in there for a snug fit. And because I'm gonna chassis save the inside of the frame rails and don't want it all burning off when I weld them on.

 

When I installed the long arms I just cut the stock control arm brackets off with a sawzall. Now that I'm putting on frame stiffeners this piece had to come off and let me tell you it was a PITFA.

 

Had to widen the front notch here too for the third bolt hole on the IRO crossmember because the one that was there didn't line up. And had to shave about a 1/4 inch of material off so it wouldn't hit on the inside of the crossmember.

 

Test fit.

 

Frame rails all preped.