the thing looks shweet!! definitely going to steal this from ya how much was the metal?

 

for everything i got keep in mind i bought enough to build a front and rear bumper it ended up just shy of 160 and theres about 4 foot of extra

 

looks good!!!
you and your dad did some dang good work!

now its front bumper time!

 

You need to rethink your mounts if you plan on adding a tire carrier or using that hitch to tow anything. Right now your bumper it mounted to the original mount location that was only designed to hold 50 pounds and NO pulling force. those 8 bolts are screwed into sheet metal. If you add any more weight or try to pull something the sheet metal will fail. There have been several instances of this happening on this forum and on Naxja. You need to extend your mounts into the frame rails so you can tie into the factory hitch mounting locations and use some grade 8 1/2" bolts.

 

thanks for the input im not planning on pulling anytime soon or getting stuck either so when i get the time and material ill be sure to add the extra support but as of right now im not worried its only purpose for the next few months is a bumper but thank you and i will fix it in time