Thanks for the tip. I'll keep that in mind for when I finally weld mine together

 

Homebrew light bar and homebrew HiLift mount...


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The FIRST thing to run into a tree is your jack. Just saying.

 

Already thought of that.

A replacement bar is 25 bucks.

Replacement header panel is 62 bucks.

Plus, I'm sure the brackets on the bumper will bend and/or shear long before anything bends on the jack.

Not real worried about it.

 

I'm not so concerned about the jack getting jacked. (See what I did there, huh? ) More concerned about the jack being driven into the grille. Rather than the bumper taking the hit, the grille will.

 

lol... I see your point, but have you ever really examined the structure of the OEM bumper? They're not good for much. I've seen plenty of them crumple and still cause damage to the header and grille upon impact to a tree. Whether the Jack was there or not, if I hit a tree, I'm probably looking at a new bumper, grille, and header anyway. At least now if I clip a small and flexible tree, I have something to deflect it rather than it damaging the fragile fiberglass.

In all reality, the only thing that's going to protect your grille against the impact of a tree is an aftermarket bumper with thick gauge tubing or plate steel.

 

Fair enough. AIn't trying to pick at you. You're right, the answer to nailing trees is a beefy aftermarket bumper. If you lower the jack mounts so the jack would be driven into the bumper rather than the grille, I think it would add tree rammage ability.

 

Yeah.... not really all that worried about it.

 

Absolutely love this rear bumper. JCR?

Edit: Never mind, the JCR has the flush hitch mount. Still love it!

 

Looks like my area fab bumper, only difference is I put my bottle opener on the other side

 

On another note, 2x6 slider/air tanks

 

USB 3.0 plug attached to the back of my head unit. I chose USB 3.0 because the cable is thicker so it's less prone to breaking when bent in a tight space to get to the head unit.
Here is the cable coming out of the center console.
Baby first aid kit velcroed to the cubby. Just needed something there hahaha
Used the plastic cover for the packaging of some solenoids as a clear cover for the cargo light. Much better than the plastic opaque one that broke off and is lost to the world.

 

Did that come with the bumper? That's funny.

I think I saw those in another thread (maybe your build thread?)

Very slick and well executed!

 

It did not, just both happened to do it I guess. I had it in the build and the what did you do today thread

 

Damn man, those came out great!