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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 08:57 PM
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Hey guys just wanted to show yall what ive been up too. I was lookin at bumpers on the internet about a month ago and realized that there way to expensive so i decided to make my own.


I started out with 1/4" flat stock steel.












So the nextday(sry no pics my camera batterys went dead) we finished welding the bull bar and u bolts on. We sanded it and panited it and the end result looked like this




Hope this helped you out.

***Sorry pics didnt work go to my profile and if have pics.

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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 09:03 PM
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i can only see one pic, that pic looks good though
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 09:09 PM
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x2 on that
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 09:11 PM
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x3 on that, but that one pic is pretty sweet
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 09:14 PM
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https://www.cherokeeforum.com/member...memade-bumper/
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 09:15 PM
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sorry bout that just go to my profile and i have the whole build in my pics
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 09:16 PM
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frankz thanks i dont know why i didnt think of that
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 09:16 PM
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x4, I wanna see the rest of it!! It looks good from what I can see though
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 09:31 PM
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Great looking bumper!
Did you grind the welds down?
How much does it wiegh being made out of 1/4"
You have any pics of how you tied it in to the unibody? and have you tested it?
Thanks
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 10:47 PM
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Nice work on that homemade bumper...
Those KC lights looks good on it and design perfectly fits in front of your jeep ...
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 11:45 AM
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Very nice bumper! Defenitly clean work.
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 12:00 PM
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Dmn dude that is one hell of a home made bumper! looks very professionally done. you should sell them.... seriously
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 12:53 PM
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Verry nice. Verry clean.

What did you use to get those nice strait clean cuts?

Plasma cutter? Sheer?

Curious becuse I want to build a bumper for my wifes f-150, and will be using flat stock on that build.
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 08:23 PM
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Havent tested it yet but will let you know as soon as Uwharrie National Forest opens back up. And i dont have any pics of me tying it to the unibody but basically for now because i just used the stock bumper brackets but i will be using a peice of 4" flat stock to tie it to the unibody
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 08:26 PM
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"SLFXJ" - Haha maybe eventually i could sell a few but seeing as i am still in high school i dont quite have the time
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