jeep4lf

So was wondering instead of spending a ton of my money that I don't have and probably ever will right now why not add a large light bar or stinger bar to the stock bumper... Might also add some beef to the inside of the bumper to make it not just tin foil... But any ideas... Was thinking possibly like stinger bar with lights mounted on the sides... Don't know how it would look. But going to do some drawings tonight or might do them this weekend cuz its finals week. But Ideas are more than welcome and if you have pics of something or know of a thread that's already out there let me know

wiggles

It's just not strong enough to take any hits, you would have to reinforce EVERYTHING from the sheet metal itself to the brackets. If you do anything I would only do a small light bar. There is really no point in investing that much time in the stock bumper

audioal69

Well I removed my front sway bar and picked it up out of the floor. Then it hit me. It would bolt right up to the two upper bolts for the bumper. Just an idea for you.

K2dark_xj

stock bumpers are just....bleh.... if you dont want to spend 800$, buy some steel, and make your own. after the steel, paint, and maybe welding stuff(wire, argon-co2, and what not) your looking at 200$ at the most prolly a lot less. if you look around u can find deals on steel. I know it's a lot more work, but I think it's worth saving $600+

1991cherokee

I would for sure agree that your stock bumper is total crap being its mostly thin metal and plastic... from what I remember of mine... I would just head to your local metal warehouse and pick up a peice of DOM 1.75" , .120 wall thickness ... your looking at about 50 bucks for a nice chunk of 1/8 plate about 4x4 peice ... I would box the front frame rails up and slap a nice solid braced hoop on your boxed frame.... it will be super strong and not real hard to do...

Lowrange2

You have lost your mind!

You can get a bumper from JCR for like 250. Where are you getting this $800 bumper from? Hansen?

jeep4lf

I want to make my own but I have welded only once a couple of years ago so I'd have to relearn how to... I have some designs but still have quite a ways to go... How hard is it to make mounting brackets? And if so does anybody have a design for one?

War Eagle

easiest way is to just to just take the stock one off and make some templates out of cardboard or trace them onto steel with chalk

jeep4lf

Heard that, might have to do it. Anybody know of some good tutorials on how to weld?

CPLSeraphim

welding is pretty easy, akthough it may not turn out pretty, just get a few scraps (the place I bought my metal fron gave me some for free to practice) and practice. You can go to yahoo and search how to weld. take your time, practice, and practice on what you are going to weld so you can set your welder to the right voltage and wire feed.

I'll be the first to admit, my welds are not the prettiest, but my buddy who is a welder told me it will hold just fine, and that i was moving to slow, creating a build up.

Good luck, let us know how you go.

War Eagle

practice practice practice

and have someone set the welder up with you that has experience...the right setup can make all the difference in the world...when you first start, over weld everything and then go back and grind it to your liking, it takes time to get a good bead going

nickzj

here is mine zj tho

War Eagle

looks good! i like 3 lights...never see anybody with an odd number lol

wikiwaugh

Yea, I would go JCR and save yourself the time - just my two cents. Even with shipping to Canada, I can still justify going that route instead

e30

i love mine