Bumper Build Bro
 

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Mock up them Mounts
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lay em out
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bolt em up test fit
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bugger weld on some 1/2 plate to make d rings 3/4thick

moar
 

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scrap 4" and 5" plate
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cardboard figuring
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Tacked up
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buddy getting in some burn time

moar 2
 

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gussets up in this
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front shot of ugly bumper
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Paint is drying right now as I type.
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all that is left is to drill my D ring holes and bolt it back on
Pics of Bumper mounted tomorrow mayby....
Then on to the back bumper/ Tire carrier Build

Looks damn good! What did you cut your pieces with? What kind of welder do you have?

Portable band saw Hobart Handler 187 220V
Thanks, Wish I had made the front from 4" plate now that I am looking at building a rear bumper:cursing:

well I couldnt wait:laughing:
Put it on and sprayed my headlight bezels too
as it stands I have $20 in this bumper For primer and spray bedliner
Unless you count buying another bottle of gas and some more saw blades
In which case I guess I have $60 total in it

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Might just have to build another one with a 4" front face :cheers:

That looks pretty great. What thickness did you use? you said add 1/2inch to get to 3/4 so did you use 1/4inch on the whole thing?

Came out awesome!!!

Nice!

looks awesome man !!! been much easier drilling out the d rings before install :) I wish you luck on that one !!!

portabands the only way to go!!!

all i can ask is.... can you please share some measurements that thing is sick

the skin and gussets are all made form 10 gauge. I know a bit light but it was all free scrap. Would of preferred 3/16"
The Tie ins are 1/4" plate with 1/2" taps added to make the 3/4" clevis points

I know I should of drilled the 7/8"<-Typo Brain Fart. I drilled 15/16"> holes first. But I got in a big hurry :\

what measurements you want?

Dude that's pretty dang hot nice work

Nice build ! I have the same welder .

Thanks, I am pretty happy with it for my first bumper build

Any plans for a rear bumper?

Oh yeah and a tire carrier too. Mayby next week

Gotta go get some more 4" plate and a bit of tube and I will be set to start

I used the A to Z Fabrication spindle/carrier plate/latch kit to get started when I did mine. I modified a JCR bumper that was never meant to have a spare carrier on it…I think it turned out okay. The carrier actually has to hang out past the bumper to clear a lip on the hatch…and I'm actually not done yet still have to do the HL mount still and change the plate illuminator over to LED.
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Maybe it'll help you in your designs.

Nice build man I like the way you choose to do your front bumper I'm also in the process of building one shoul have it all finished tomorrow

ace holesaw dont care

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still as sharp as new after 2 holes, lots of oil and I bet it will eat the tabs for teh back too

wow dude !!! I guess ace is the place :) Impressive !!! glad to see it didn't cause you any problems...

btw, after replacing my front bumper last week with another stock one, I found the front had been tapped pretty good and cause a front frame (at bumper mount) to be tweaked... so now I'm thinking a real bumper and winch myself, someday.....

Rear bumper has been started but I have ran out of material for teh time being

so here is a pic or 3 of what I have going on so far
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What I have so far
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Awesome start! My question is I notice you incorporated where the trailer hitch would normally tie into did you just put the metal in there then mark where you needed to drill and weld those nuts in?

that looks fairly easy to make

Nice bumper man! All for $60, thats great. And to think how much companys charge for making them....lol

I'd highly suggest gusseting those.

I noticed you said 7/8" holes for the D rings... I really hope you didn't actually drill them to 7/8" holes. If you did the D rings aren't going to fit. A 3/4" D ring has a 7/8" pin, so you need to drill a 1" hole, not a 7/8" hole. Hence why when you buy D ring mounts they have a 1" hole drilled in them. So if you actually did drill them to 7/8", you might as well buy a 1" drill bit and start drilling, hole saw won't work now.... When I made my bumper I did a 1" drill bit, wish I would of done a hole saw though, took about 30 minutes a hole from start to finish.


Anyway, nice bumper and good start of the rear. Though when I did mine I used all the hitch bolts plus one extra further back, so i have 10 bolts holding my bumper/carrier on. But 8 should hold. The A to Z fab is the same kit I used too (mega spindle upgrade) and it is a very nice kit, have had it for over a year and it's still holding strong... though I do wish I would of went with a bushing style hinge and not a spindle type. The spindle that comes with the kit is great, but I eventually need to mount some gas cans and a high lift and I don't know how they spindle will hold, so I'm going to redo the whole swing at some point with a double shear bushing mount.


Just some food for thought if you ever plan to put some accessories on the swing, if you do put a carrier on it.

Yup that's all I did:yes:

Okay, I used a 15/16" hole saw and ended up around a 1" hole

I have $60 in this project so far because I got the metal for free. I would guess around $100 worth of material in the Front bumper

The gussets are a Good Idea, I would of used 2x4 or bigger tube but I just used what I had. Any way I will look into adding a few for moar strength

Thanks Guys! I still have not got any more scrap to work with

The design is solid, but you definitely want the gusset because you're putting all the down/up strength back on the stock bolts without it and they're already pretty weak. I did mine the same way originally and thought they seemed plenty sturdy til I started pulling people out of mud and could see the bumper moving up and down independently of the rest of the Jeep.

I used some 3/8" plate for gussets on the frame side of my last pickup. Held through 3 deer collisions and a couple of good yanks trying to unstuck people.

If I have the space, I run half inch plate of course the last bumper I built was for a pickup, I've just built bumper accessories since then.

So I built the rear bumper a year ago now, then cut it up and did it again when I cut and foldered the quarters

Made a swing out too

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