xjpettit99

Good looking bumper very clean look.

BKohs

So how much did this end up setting you back? it looks comparable to most of the $300-$500 bumpers. Just curious to know how much this saved you.

DrunkenOne

Great job man. Exactly what I want for mine. Did you use just a regular "arc" welder or a 220v wire welder? With the money saved making it yourself (or myself), you could spend it on powder coating it to match the body color. Kinda like Boostworks.com's build over on another forum. Looking REALLY good bro.

Marks2000XJ

Thanks for all the compliments. To answer the questions above, I think by the time it was all said and done, I maybe had $150 total in the bumper. That was the steel, welding wire, 4.5" cut off wheels (used about 15), primer, paint, and bolts to install bumper with.

I used a 240 volt, 170 amp flux core wire welder with .35 wire. The steel is a 1/4" thick and my welder had no problem welding it.

Slayfan21

WOW! That looks awesome. You got me thinking

220 Mig Welder check
Porta Band Saw Check
4 1/2 Grinder Check

Yup going to grab some 3x5 and get started!

Wavapps

That is a very nice job. You see them for any where between 3 to 8 hundred dollars. That's why I had to do mine too. I did mine several years ago when my XJ was a 92. Now I have a 98 and it fits nicely. Just made the back bumper on Father's Day with my dad. Not quite done yet. Here's the pics.

Total cost for all materials was around 100 bucks. All steel was a quarter inch or better. Had enough material for two bumpers.
Sorry for the double post.

Wavapps

Total cost for all materials was around 100 bucks. All steel was a quarter inch or better. Had enough material for two bumpers.

Will Doe

Nice job with your bumper! I hate paying for labor so I do whatever I can myself, for those of you reading h through this and planning your own build, you can get .045" thick cutoff wheels for your 4" and 4.5" grinders. They don't last as long as the thicker ones but cut way faster. If you are worried about crooked cut line with the torch, pick up a 3' ish long piece of 1 1/2" angle. Use it as a straight edge, stand the leg closest to the cut line up, the lip where the torch tip meets the nut that holds it on should rest on the top of the angle iron, which keeps your standoff good and your cut straight!! Good luck, now go burn something and post your pics!!

Marks2000XJ

Dredging up an old thread here. Looking for ideas on how to mount a winch plate on the front of my bumper. Not sure if I want to permanently weld something on or weld together a bolt on winch plate.

Trying to keep it as light weight as possible. Ideas please.

JerrytheJeep

Onto a stock bumper? You'll need to heavily reinforce the winch plate to the frame rails. You should be able to find such plates online, I think JCR and Detour's sell em but I cant recall. Cut some slits in the bumper so those go through, then weld your plate to those so its secure, please make sure it is extremely secure to those plates, it would be very unfortunate for that plate to come off in a pull.

Marks2000XJ

I am not trying to be smart with you or anything but you do realize this is a thread I made when building the bumper shown in this thread...

Looking to modify it for a winch plate, so I was wanting some ideas how to go about modifying an already custom built bumper...

JerrytheJeep

Whoops, didnt realize you were the op. Id say your best bet would be a hitch reciever mounted in the bumper, then a carriage to hold the winch. Anything else and you'll have to gut the whole thing to get enough space for it.

If you're in the gutting mood, you could recess it into the front crossmember. You'll have to do something about your gussets though.

Marks2000XJ

I thought about this idea putting a receiver in the front that way I could mount the winch to a portable carriage and be able to use it on front or back.

Plus it would not take long to cut out a square hole and weld in a piece of square steel.

JerrytheJeep

You can go out and buy reciever tube specifically made for hitches. Just make sure you can put the pin in it

j4mison

This looks really great. Good job! Thinking of doing this same thing... eventually...