well we decided to build some bumpers for the first time, we may do some add ons/ improvments to them at a later point.

what ya think.

 

fixed for ya. now lets see the rest of the pics.

 

looks like a 4x8 sheet to me! what thickness is it? looks thin, i have never seen even 1/8 bend like that

 

 

for some reason its not letting the pics load to the site from this laptop, il add um later today when i get back to my house.

its a sheet of 10ftx4ft 1/8

i got them to load to another site, ill still add them on to here later but heres a link

http://www.cherokeetalk.com/forum/f1...er-build-8398/

 

use phototbucket to host them lol

 

i wouldnt suggest puttin a winch on that bumper if its pure 1/8th sheet metal, but if you have reinforced the bottom side of the bumper and have that reinforced area tied into the frame then itll be okay but 1/8 isnt gonna hold up, ive bent 3/16 when using my winch

 

yea, the front is reinforced to the max and tied to the frame, its in there pretty good, figure trial and error lol if it breaks we get to weld more, win win battle lol

 

ok here we go lol got it to load on the home PC

start of rear






boxed out


starting the end caps to match the body lines

finished up the end caps


rear is finaly done, may add changes later


start of front


front boxed up, cut the fenders to fit the wrap around


a little more to go, need to add the tubes and a lil more welding to tie the skid plate all the way in to the bumper

 

Why did you make it out of 1/8" steel?

 

my friends bumper was made with 1/8 and we tested it out. His withstood more then im going to put mine through probobly lol plus its lighter so it doesnt way her down as much.

heres a pic of what we had his do.

he smashed the rock climbing up it, then we dragged it from the tubes on the bumper, didnt seem to hurt the bumper at all, now the fenders were another story lol

 

almost done

 

nice bumper man keep it up

 

please tell me that that "winch" is just there for a bit of mock up...

 

thats my winter side job winch lol ,my "honda in a ditch getter" and collect 20$. its rated to dead pull 3k 6k rolling so itl work to help people outa ditches around this time of the year.