Effin HUGE!!...looks sorta dangerous, it would destroy anyone in the backseat of a car if they brake suddenly or if you follow to closely, not paying attention.

 

I finally came up with a plan on bracing it, I didn't want to just do braces out to the side cause it just looks to plain I guess. So I saw the kit for the wranglers like this and thinking of doing it on mine


quick draw up in paint



any constructive criticism or other ideas to make my idea better would be great!

 

be better but still not great... if you look at most stingers they are triangulated, the base of the support is back from the base of the main hoop and stretches forward to at least half way up the main hoop making a triangle. if you simply make a brush breaker on the same plane as the stinger it won't be much stronger.. as you are getting into fab work and such remember : triangles are the strongest shape if at all possible make triangles

 

thanks for the info! yea if it were to be pushed back it would hit the part where the jeep symbol is which from what I can see would stop it. Also I would be putting gussets at the bottoms of the stinger, the bottoms of the other two bars and mabey some small ones in the other connections.

 

hardcore spotter lol

 

a side view of the bracing, the bluish grey being gussets and the black obviously the tubing

 

No I was thinking of you.

No standing up for ones belief and telling a person to stop blaspheming on a site That "strictly " prohits swearing is not weak.

It is a violation of the no cussing rule on this site. And yes I took personal exception to th phrase u posted.
That lil phrase Burns me more than almost any other phrase a person can utter.
I love cf but this toleration of language on here has me logging in less, less and less. Mods please crack down on this immediatly

 

id go for one more set of supports from the sides of the bumper to midway up the stinger. that uses triangle and would look ba.

 

what he said... remember triangles are your friend

 

That stinger is just too large. the extra support is nice but lower the stinger some along with it and it will prob look better.

 

yea I was thinking that but then it would cover my headlights and im not sure about passing inspection, also the safety of being able to see at night haha

 

just mount a couple of driving lights on that beast then .

 

thats not swearing

 

looking at your new design, I noticed that your stress points have not moved much. Tying the stinger into the brush guard is a great idea, but if you push, the sting and guard will break at the bottom welds. The bumper is not deep enough to compensate for that length of a stinger. Triangles are great, you created a rhombus. Cool yes, functional, no.

 

x2