Who is your supplier? Mine is 4'x8'x1/4" $48 a sheet

 

i bought a 4x8 sheet of 1/4 inch for like 160ish

 

Just picked it up form a steel yard near my dad's place. It was all remnants they had. The most expensive piece was a 8"x113"x3/16" piece at $96. The rest was a 6"x4'x3/16", 2"x4'x3/16", and then the 1.5"x4' angle iron. After tax it was about $200 total for the steel, including the tie-ins.

 

Love the bumper man, nice work, can you make one for a Grand Cherokee? lol

 

is this a typo?

 

I hope so... I got a sheet of 1/4" plate that was 4 feet long by 2 feet wide for 30$ at my local steel company.

I also paid 11$ for 3 pieces of 1/4" plate, all of which were 2 inches wide by 6 inches long. Plus a 2 foot long piece of angle iron.

 

yea mild steel is cheap, I cant imagine $100 for a piece of 3/16" drop

 

i get 3ftx8ft 3/16s for 69$ a sheet
and 4x8 1/4 for 160 a sheet

 

Nope. 8" wide, 113" long, 3/16" thick.

 

I'm sorry to hear that.

 

Yeah...it was the one piece I got ripped off on. All the rest wasn't too bad so I can live with it. But hey, a total cost of $253 (including the JCR brackets) for the whole bumper ain't too shabby.

 

looks sick! very inspiring ! cant wait to see the winch on the bumper!

 

Nice work! I keep looking at this to design my bumper.

Can you explain the JCR brackets? I am lost here, looks like they bolt onto the side of the frame and then you bolt the brackets that you made to them using the same 3 bolt hole pattern? With your skills why didn't you make your own brackets like the JCR?

Thanks.

 

The JCR brackets function exactly how you explained it. They spread the pulling force down the uni-body, just like custom fabbed ones would. I already had them so I used 'em. That and it meant a little less steel to buy when I finally got around to the bumper.

 

This may be a stupid question, but will water get trapped in that top part and rust it out over time?

BTW Awesome bumper though! Sick!!