Been working on this for a while, but its almost done. I made the back bumper with a swing out member which will hold my spare tire, farm jack, and 5 gallon gas can. Its been truck bed lined and is just needing a kc light mounted under the spare tire. Its also slid into the frame 16 inches, sandwiched to the frame by four 3/8" bolts. Its not going anywhere!

 

Not a big fan of the Comanches. LOL But an old J10 would be nice. I have seen a few for sale but usually they are all rusted out around here or they are priced out of site. The Toyota is pretty easy to find parts for and at this point I have a lot of spare parts including a rebuilt engine sitting on a stand so it isn't worth changing just yet. When the springs rot out of the frame then maybe it will be time for a change. LOL

 

Does anyone know the dimensions of these bumper brackets, length, width?

http://www.ironrockoffroad.com/Merch...egory_Code=PFX

 

And here is my tire carrier. Not 100% complete but close. Ill be painting that and the bumper (again) with Raptor Liner matched to the jeep... stay tuned

 

How much did this run you?

 

Im probably into it around $600 ish all together.

 

$600 of awesome!

 

Added a winch to my $40 dollar bumper

 

Thanks!! I know i probably could have done it for less than that, but being my first such project, i made some mistakes along the way. Im ok with it thou. Once its complete, it will be worth every penny!

 

there's something about boggers and a winch that get me goin haha. that looks pretty cool.

 

theres a pdf of it somewhere all dimensioned out. i made it and I didnt like it though. try making your own. it wasnt that hard although I did have a CNC plasma table at my fingertips...

 

here are some pics of my bumper:

before powder coating:




after powder and mounted:







I had a plasma table to cut out the parts. I used 3/8" plate for the mounting brackets, winch mounting plate and fairlead plate. the rest was either 3/16" plate or 12 gauge to keep it light. Thats right, I personalized it and plasma cut MFJ, a nickname from high school. I am going to move my blinkers behind that and get some bigger headlights...

the best part is the approach clearance, but I didnt get a picture of that....

this was my first attempt at a bumper. I am a professional AutoCAD steel detailer though so I had a head start and I work in a metal fab shop, so supplies were at my fingertips. I am not a welder though so I think its pretty good for me and a buddy going at this... what do you guys think?

 

1 3/4 Dom and 1/4 plate




Wish I had added tabs for clevises though.

 

Here's mine. Got it skirted yesterday. Just tacked together but still need some gussets and bracing installed before I pull it off for welding.






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What did you use?(thickness wise) looks good so far!