Woody's new bumper!
10-01-2009, 01:36 PM
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Woody's new bumper!
Got started on this last weekend, and thought I would show it off. It's not finished yet so I don't have any final pix. This is just the core, and will change a bit. I will be running woody in a pasture race this coming Saturday so I didn't want to take a finished bumper just in case it gets trashed. Of course 6"x2" 3/16" tube is hard to destroy
This is one out of my "VIOLATOR" series.
This is one out of my "VIOLATOR" series.
10-01-2009, 06:45 PM
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Looks good 
Also looks like arrows telling people which way to go to get out of your way
Great job, can you post pics of how you mounted it?
Also looks like arrows telling people which way to go to get out of your way
Great job, can you post pics of how you mounted it?
10-04-2009, 04:59 PM
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Im planning on a winch mount, and plating the under side of it so it is angular and will slide over things. The ends will be finished off as well, just not sure how yet. When I trim/move the fenders that will show me where and how Im gonna tuck them in. As for the stinger, NO! Every time someone builds a bumper with a stinger god kills 5 baby koalas!
I mounted it differently then most cherokee bumpers I have seen. I took a little GRAND chreokee trick, and cut open the front of the "frame" rail. I slid a piece of rec tube in as far as it would go, and drilled/tapped holes for the bolts. I will be tying in into the front, and plating the sides as well, it should end up with 12 bolts, maybe a few more. Im planning a rear bumper that will be similar, but no where near ready to do that one yet. I have WAY to much sheet metal work to do before I can even think about that one.
I will post more pix when I pull it off and start plating, and will do a few "stet by step" pix so you can get an idea how it was done.
I mounted it differently then most cherokee bumpers I have seen. I took a little GRAND chreokee trick, and cut open the front of the "frame" rail. I slid a piece of rec tube in as far as it would go, and drilled/tapped holes for the bolts. I will be tying in into the front, and plating the sides as well, it should end up with 12 bolts, maybe a few more. Im planning a rear bumper that will be similar, but no where near ready to do that one yet. I have WAY to much sheet metal work to do before I can even think about that one.
I will post more pix when I pull it off and start plating, and will do a few "stet by step" pix so you can get an idea how it was done.
10-04-2009, 06:16 PM
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Im planning on a winch mount, and plating the under side of it so it is angular and will slide over things. The ends will be finished off as well, just not sure how yet. When I trim/move the fenders that will show me where and how Im gonna tuck them in. As for the stinger, NO! Every time someone builds a bumper with a stinger god kills 5 baby koalas!
I mounted it differently then most cherokee bumpers I have seen. I took a little GRAND chreokee trick, and cut open the front of the "frame" rail. I slid a piece of rec tube in as far as it would go, and drilled/tapped holes for the bolts. I will be tying in into the front, and plating the sides as well, it should end up with 12 bolts, maybe a few more. Im planning a rear bumper that will be similar, but no where near ready to do that one yet. I have WAY to much sheet metal work to do before I can even think about that one.
I will post more pix when I pull it off and start plating, and will do a few "stet by step" pix so you can get an idea how it was done.
I mounted it differently then most cherokee bumpers I have seen. I took a little GRAND chreokee trick, and cut open the front of the "frame" rail. I slid a piece of rec tube in as far as it would go, and drilled/tapped holes for the bolts. I will be tying in into the front, and plating the sides as well, it should end up with 12 bolts, maybe a few more. Im planning a rear bumper that will be similar, but no where near ready to do that one yet. I have WAY to much sheet metal work to do before I can even think about that one.
I will post more pix when I pull it off and start plating, and will do a few "stet by step" pix so you can get an idea how it was done.
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10-05-2009, 07:18 PM
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I just don't like stingers, I have never seen one actually stop a Jeep from going over. They just fold up and cause damage. To each his own though, if you like it, go for it.
10-05-2009, 07:24 PM
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Thats because they dont tie them into anything but the bumper. To work like they are designed to, they need to be either tied into a cage, or at least the rock sliders via tube fenders. Or the material they were made out of was too thin.
10-05-2009, 09:36 PM
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Thank God for stingers...
Neat bumper dude its kinda like a funky bat wing thing... I think stingers are ugly but they do a great job of deflecting debris that may otherwise get hung up on your bat wings as well as if you do tip forward and your stinger is made of a decent material ( I normally use 1.75x .125 or thicker tubing) and brace it back to a fender or back through the grill to a structural mount I swear by them. Not may folks have wheelie stories but I have a few that ended up in nose wheelies saved by my stinger. R&D always involves some sort of wheelies and jumping. Here is a pic of how I did my last XJ
10-05-2009, 09:40 PM
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Is that worth 10 dead koalas?
I know its soooooo ugly, it makes me a little uneasy looking back on it but I swear by It some sort of hood height deflection really helps.......
Don't hate me because of my koala killing habits.
still though I really do like your bumper the simplicity and aesthetics of the cut away look of the front is killer.
Andy
I know its soooooo ugly, it makes me a little uneasy looking back on it but I swear by It some sort of hood height deflection really helps.......
Don't hate me because of my koala killing habits.
still though I really do like your bumper the simplicity and aesthetics of the cut away look of the front is killer.
Andy
10-06-2009, 07:12 AM
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Is that worth 10 dead koalas?
I know its soooooo ugly, it makes me a little uneasy looking back on it but I swear by It some sort of hood height deflection really helps.......
Don't hate me because of my koala killing habits.
still though I really do like your bumper the simplicity and aesthetics of the cut away look of the front is killer.
Andy
I know its soooooo ugly, it makes me a little uneasy looking back on it but I swear by It some sort of hood height deflection really helps.......
Don't hate me because of my koala killing habits.
still though I really do like your bumper the simplicity and aesthetics of the cut away look of the front is killer.
Andy
i personally think my stinger looks sick...worth dead koalas?....hell yes it is. my life comes b4 any koalas!!!! if we were talking about turtles or something i wouldnt want them dead
and also....you should see the lanes clear in front of me with me stinger.....no one wants to get rear eneded by a stinger!!
10-06-2009, 08:02 PM
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I am wanting to add some type of "stinger" to the winch bumper on my XJ.
But I want it to tie to the outside ends of the bumper and also on each side of the winch. What I am looking for is more of a heavy loop with good support in the middle. I want it to be able to deflect the dam whitetail deer we have an overabundance of here. I am thinking of something along the lines of ARB style but want to push critters down under the XJ instead of up.
Anybody got any ideas or pics of something like I'm talking about??
MO
But I want it to tie to the outside ends of the bumper and also on each side of the winch. What I am looking for is more of a heavy loop with good support in the middle. I want it to be able to deflect the dam whitetail deer we have an overabundance of here. I am thinking of something along the lines of ARB style but want to push critters down under the XJ instead of up.
Anybody got any ideas or pics of something like I'm talking about??
MO
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