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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 08:57 PM
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anyone have pics or plans of zj front and rear bumpers
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by rickybarth
anyone have pics or plans of zj front and rear bumpers
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f5/
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 11:02 PM
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front winch bumper-
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehou...e3f0a9ef98e48d

pics of a cardboard mock up-











this is not my setup, just pics off of another site

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Old Jan 28, 2010 | 12:18 AM
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Check out how this WJ rear bumper build made of tube steel by a guy from youtube...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=http:...?v=5ywWd4doNfY
Looks tough and ready for some off-road banging...
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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 04:33 PM
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wat web site did those pics of the bumper come off
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 07:40 PM
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it came from here- http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f13/h...bumper-951292/
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 10:23 AM
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thank you im trying to build me one but i want a little bit of everything on mine
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 11:56 PM
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There was some pretty sweet ones for sale in my area on craigslist the other day. Wanted 300 for both front and rear. They were sweet. If you want I can get you the number and y'all can see about shipping.
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 05:51 PM
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I'll add to this instead of posting a new thread..

Anyone cut the stock bumper cover to make it look better/different??

I was thinking of taking the bottom half off..

want a nice clean looking cheap bumper that wont take to much to achieve
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 06:49 AM
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thats what i did and it looks good did the back cut the middle part out and srewed the cups back on cost know money and looks good
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by twinkdog586
thats what i did and it looks good did the back cut the middle part out and srewed the cups back on cost know money and looks good

any pics??
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 05:34 AM
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http://www.mallcrawlin.com/forum/sho...sh+cut+plastic

[IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/spare/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.png[/IMG][IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/spare/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.png[/IMG]heres a nicce stock zj bumper cut up
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 10:47 AM
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looks good.. I may cut it all off.. not sure yet

THX for sharing..
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 12:55 PM
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i think it looks good with the side cut off im going to do it than buy the bumper coating and paint it black it sorta looks aftermarket and its free
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Old Feb 7, 2010 | 12:00 PM
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Ok did mine up today


OK so today I set out to mod my front bumper... I'm looking for overall ground clearence as well as to clean up the front end...

Started with:


Here is what I did..

Removed the botom extender of the bumper:


Put the bumper back on:


I had to remove the bent bottom metal piece u see there because it looked bad..

Then I cut the excess of the inner fender shields to match the hight of the bumper as well as to give more clearance:

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