cojeepin

Anyone have any good ideas on hoe to make a good strong bumper and what to use and where to get it??

Rogue4x4

Finn

See above meme and then take your credit card hence.

mschi772

This seems like one of those questions that, if you have to ask it, you're not ready.

odgreen

Le'sigh....... do You even Google bro?

salad

It seems to me that hardwood would be better than softwood. But, if you want it to bump, maybe use rubber?

I'm not really good at this.

cojeepin

Obviously I weld not very often but I could, and I meant what size steel? 1/4 inch would 1/8 of an inch do?

93_xjcherokee

In my opinion, if you are an ameteur welder with very little experience, maybe you should get more experience before welding something like a bumper. It takes practice to make good strong welds and then 1/4 inch steel you have to get pretty hot to weld it with a wire feed.

andrewmp6

Look in to some of the diy bumper kits out there,They are cheaper and you can tell your friends i welded that together.

Rogue4x4

What kind of bumper do you want, tube or plate? I'm guessing plate, so personally, I would use 3/16". As far as design goes, get some cardboard and tape, and mock something up, take the pieces and use them as a template to cut your steel, tack it together, test fit, and gusset/weld it up.

A word of warning here...you said you CAN weld...bumpers are not only structural, but a vital piece of safety equipment. If you're out of practice, then start practicing. Get the feel for it, get your settings dialed in for the material you're going to use...also, what kind of machine do you have? I wouldn't use a 110 machine for anything like this. You need good depth of fusion to bond the plate together.

Also, use good clean steel, and grind/bevel the edges where the plate meets for better penetration. Also have unibody tie-in points.

If all this is too much, or you don't have all the proper tooling necessary to do it, or are uncomfortable designing something like this, the link to JCR posted above is a good option.

One last thing, start going through the fab section and jeep build threads...lots of good info and ideas there...

cojeepin

Thanks I think I have a good idea on what I want and that card board idea is genius, after hearing about how "bad" of a welder I am 😂😂 I asked my buddy if he could weld it for me(he's going to Lincoln tech for welding) and I have a pretty solid idea all I need is some good weather to execute thanks all this has helped out alot

Rogue4x4

No problem. Don't take the meme I posted as a slam, it's a legit question. If you can weld, and have the equipment, knock it out. If you are out of practice, grab some scrap and practice. Trust me, I'm all about doing it yourself. But then I see things like this:



So take what was said here with a grain of salt, LOL

XJwonders

Roninofako has good advice. When I built my front bumper, I started out with making a bumper out of cardboard and tape. Put on the jeep and did some adjustments until I liked what I saw. Then I carefully cut the tape apart & used the cardboard pieces as a template to cut out steel.

cojeepin

That right there is scary 😂😂 and thanks again some good advice that will most definitely help me out