Ok. So I want a cool bumper but I don't want the pricetag so I think that I could build one. Problem is is that I don't have a welder or tube bender. A friend down the street has a welder and can help me out, but I don't want to have him do all the work. Essentially, I want to do as much as i can then just tell him weld here here and here. What would you guys recommend I do? I want it to look clean. These are a few of my favorites:

 

Is it even possible to make a tube bumper without a bender? Anyone? Buler?

 

^^you can make that JCR bumper for $150 plus shipping right now. doesnt get much better than that. you can add the hoop later
http://www.jcroffroad.com/mm5/mercha...de=DIY-XJ-F-BF

I can't find a decent front bumper for the price either. gonna order some unif tie in brackets from dirtbound and weld them to a stub piece of 2x6x3/16 and do tubes on the side. pretty much gonna look like #2 without the stinger since they are no longer being produced for sale
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f10/hu...7/#post1318176

 

Pretty much no unless you go to jeeptubes.com i think the have like a pre bent kit or something but otherwise i would just go with the jcr diy

 

Yes it is.

https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f58/d-...-bumper-21043/

And can you weld already? If not I wouldn't just jump into building something structural like a bumper.
And don't bother with the JCR diy kit, it's a rip off imo. By the time you get the frame tie ins and the hoop it's over $300 plus shipping and you still have to build it and put hours worth of work into grinding the welds and putting a finish on it. For the same money you could just buy a finished bumper elsewhere and save yourself a ton of work.

 

Look at jrc diy bumper kits or one of our vendors on here might be cheaper too.

 

Thanks for the input, but I just feel like the jcr dyi is overpriced. If I was going to spend that much, I'd just pay a few more bucks and get a l&l bumper (he lives like an hour away so I wouldn't have to pay shipping). I do want to check out some of that pre-bent tubing mentioned above though.

 

Just and FYI, the bumper pictured by the OP is our "Crusader Series". Our DIY is a different design than our Crusader series.

 

There is another vendor here (i think his screen name is littlelenard) that sells DIY kits for a pretty good price. He pre built bumpers are at a pretty danm good price too!

 

I was looking really closely before posting that. they look practically identical minus the hoop

 

L&l yes I have thought about getting one of his bumpers because he's like an hour away from me but i didn't know he had a diy kit ill look into it thanks.

 

I like all y'all's bumpers lol. I just don't have a bunch of money to spend right now. Trying to spend about $100 on the whole project.

 

Is it possible to bend the tubing that I need (I guess like 1.75" x .120" wall dom tubing?) without a bender? Like making jigs out of plywood or whatever? FYI I'm not mounting a winch but will use the bumper to pull out and stuff.

 

The link that motor posted is amazing, if you're looking for a cheap but good tube bumper I'd look through that thread

 

Crusader:


DIY: