xjheep92

My buddie and I picked up a 4x8 sheet of 3/16ths and some 1/4 inch flat stock yesterday.hoping to have enough for front and rear bumpers possibility a skid or two depending on how it goes.

Took off the old sorry excuse for a bumper and did some mock up with cardbord.

looked at a couple different bumpers home brew, Hanson, logans metals, ect for reference and kinda winged it from there lol.




Didn't really like the sides. they looked a little bulky so we cut it down on an angle
Kinda like the logans bumper on my xj.



I'll post more soon

sandfish88

lookin pretty cool, I always wanted a hanson front for my xj

I think the design from pic 2 and 3 is cool, all on its own. more area for lights!!

keep photos coming mate, subscribed

Big David

Looks good but........you knew it was coming.

Have you thought about tucking the bumper a few inches closer to the body.This will force you to cut the grill for a winch to fit but give you a better approach angle.If you take your time cutting the grill it looks really good.

Plus, this make the sides not look so bulky.

Cheepjeep95

Nice angles. Looking like a good start. ^^ what he said about moving the front in. My first xj bumper was too far out and acted like a plow at times. Try to suck the winch mounts as far back as possible and maybe add an angle on the bottom. Also I've banged my winch rollers way too many times. What about adding a small guard under where the rollers sit. ( unless your running sunthetic with a hawse) just my two pennies. That will look good no matter what.

TN12valve

That should look really great when its done... I need a bumper for my ZJ bad and noone really makes anything that even remotely looks good. I like this though!

angelsman

JCR Offroad in Kalamazoo, Mi. They are coming out with some nice ZJ stuff.

wheelerboy12

looking forward to seeing this!

xjheep92

The bumper is on hold for a little bit I had a minor rust issue with my xj



Gotta get this fixed up before I work on my buddies jeep

wheelerboy12

haha thats insane! I've been considering tearing out the cargo area carpet in my ZJ but im afraid ill end up finding somthing that resembles that lol

Rust =

xjheep92

Yea I knew I was gonna have to do it eventually. I replaced the floor from the rear seat forward last winter and didn't touch the cargo area.
I was washing the jeep today after wheeling and noticed the spring hanger was pulled away from the floor pan. I bit the bullet and ripped out the carpet.

xjheep92

Floors are done gonna get back to the bumper next week !

xjheep92

It's been a while but started working on the zj again last night
Got part of the brackets made













More to come.....slowly

xjheep92

The bolts are just temp for bolt hole alignment purposes. They will be replaced with grade 8 hardware.



Got some backing plates made up and welded together.
















The bumper brackets go on the inside of the frame rail. Then the angle brackets go on the outside of the rail and tie into the radiator support sandwiching the uniframe

xjheep92

Not sure if anyone is even following this but I'm gonna keep goin anyway.

Got the center section done for now


Eastern four wheelers Florida vacation is this weekend in Western Mass and needed front recovery points in order to go so its getting tow hooks temporarily.