wildcat

I just finished building a winch bumper. can I use the clip nuts and bolts that held the factory bumper on? at least until I can get some grade 8 hardware?

Jeepjunky

i would get grade 8

freegdr

i would not use the winch untill proper bolts are installed.

Rock Toy

^x2
Also make sure that you use at least 5 bolts on each frame rail!
Check out JCR Offroads XJ Crusader Uniframe brackets, if you don't want to buy them, build yourself something like them.

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b. lee

Yep, you can use those to hang it there, but that's all. You need to tie it into the structure more before doing any recovery at all with it. You'd be up the creek if you tore the end of your unibody frame rail off!

Or at least you'd have a larger project at that point...

Got any pics of your bumper?

wildcat

found some 1/2" grade 8. not the prettiest welds. i already see a few that need to be fixed. all the plate is 1/4"

89eliminator

you spent all that time making a bumper, then bolted crappy hooks to it? why not weld some d-ring tabs on?

wildcat

cuz that's how i wanted it, i didn't want rings hanging off. also didn't want to have tabs hangin off the front. oh, and it's just one hook.