That Jeep Guy XJMJ

finally will be getting my comanche out of the garage..... after i make the fuzz around my town happy with a rear bumper.....

now i know there will be basher's out there and some of you have tips and such for what i should do or should've done.... well i appreciate your future advice but too bad lol this is my bumper build hahahaha.....



Both are factory rear bumper brackets that were torched and muffed up pretty bad


Cross Beam... same stuff i used for my rocker panels


1/8th" plate steel..... lots and lots of play room



my canvas

That Jeep Guy XJMJ

did the best i could


no torch no hydraulic anything.... just a vice and a 5lb mini-sludge




messed around with microsoft paint and this is basically what i'm shootin for


something simple and easy.. btw yes the blue parts are where reverse lights will be (planning on 2 wally world "BAJA" lights.... lol i've got light 10 of em so if they break o-well)

whowey

Which load capacity is that rack beam??? That stuff can be pretty thin...

Here was my old MJ bumper....

That Jeep Guy XJMJ

was rated around 6500lb, but that was at full 10ft length hahaha.... yea i know they're pretty thin but again like stated its only a TEMPORARY rear bumper... just something to build and something to get me by as a bumper

xj_maniac_newb

rear bumpers are required in michigan? that sucks. Ran around in mine with no rear for almost two weeks without a word from the fuzz, but of course they dont say anything to the guy on 49s and rockwells either tho. They're not too strict on that kinda stuff down here in georgia lol

That Jeep Guy XJMJ

well they're ususally pretty lax about it... but i know a few of them in my town and when i drove it to my house i got pulled over with expired tags and no insurance..... he let me take it home and told me "i don't wanna see your truck on my streets again until its legal, cuz if i see your truck on the road again i'm gonna be looking to see if your legit" so i figured i wouldn't give him a reason to pull me over

xj_maniac_newb

I would ask or look it up, I'm pretty sure in most states its perfectly legal to run around with no bumpers. I asked our resource officer before if it was before i took mine off and he said "its legal, but not really that smart"

sandaddik2

what town are you in? i must be living in the wrong place

goldenlandscaping

yea but here in georgia we can drive our tractor to the local mcdonalds go through the drive through and go back home without issues lol but i drove my old scout around forever withno hood no top no seatbelts no mirrors 35s and no lights or bumpers for a while drove it back and forth to school half my senior year til i got it restored

xj_maniac_newb

yup, georgia doesnt have many laws like that on vehicles. I mean beadlocks are even technically legal here as there are no wheel laws in georgia. Now I'm sure if the guy here drove that blazer on 49s around every day then they would get him, but he doesnt drive it everyday, just to get it where it needs to go. Half the trucks around here are lifted so the police are really used to it, and i would say at least some of them drive illegal vehicles around themselves so they cant really say anything lol

That Jeep Guy XJMJ

Lmao i've totally been hacked

goldenlandscaping

sorry dude

That Jeep Guy XJMJ

alright i've changed my plans a bit.... decided to go the more obvious route and i'm converting a cherokee bumper to fit FOR NOW got some work done so i'll take some pics tomorrow before i get at it again

That Jeep Guy XJMJ

to start i pulled the end caps and the beauty strip off the top of the bumper


factory XJ rear bracket


my "adapter plate"


close-up


close-up

That Jeep Guy XJMJ

i used .20 wall 1x1 stock to reinforce the bottom part of the bumper and to give the plate something to weld to


the 2nd plate before welding it to the bumper


2nd pic of before


bumper tacked in plate for a quick look


Ran out of wire so this is where i'm at