My custom bumper

oct7brian · 12-12-2004, 08:03 PM

Just curious what you think about the custom bumper I built??? Super heavy everything is at least 1/4" steel and it weights about 80 or so lbs... plenty heavy for anything I want to pull around
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jeepin_coug · 12-12-2004, 08:13 PM

pretty cool. I think I'm going to build one over christmas break with a tire carrier. One question, I don't know if it's the angle of the pic, but it looks like the hitch sticks way out?

MuddyV8YJ · 12-12-2004, 08:38 PM

I agree, looks very cool. Just the receiver is gonna be a shin/knee killer.

oct7brian · 12-12-2004, 09:07 PM

The hitch sticks 1/2inch out from the spare. I have a lot of A** holes rear end me... not in the Jeep yet.... but if they do I want them to really feel the damage for once. Seriously I've been rearended 6 times in the past 6 years and 4 of those times it was over a grand in damage

BigTal · 12-12-2004, 10:13 PM

i like your thinking...

bumper looks great. Details on construction?

jeepin_coug · 12-12-2004, 10:15 PM

I would think it would get hung up on stuff when offroading.(the hitch)

oct7brian · 12-12-2004, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by BigTal

i like your thinking...

bumper looks great. Details on construction?

The main tube is 1/4" 4x4 steel tube that is capped with 3/8" steel cut into a 4" square piece. As for the mounts they are 12"x4" 3/8 steel with a 2" piece of the 4x4 tube welded on to allow the bumper to be a little away from the frame. The hitch I picked up at my local Draw Tite shop and it was welded to the center of the bumper with (2) 2x4" triangles of 1" steel for support. As for the hook mounts they are each two pieces of 3/8 steel welded together then attached through a hole that was cut into the main tube them welded into place. All this was welded with a Lincoln Wirefeed Welder with about 2 spools of wire. I painted it with this Hammered Finish Rustoleum (spelling??) it really leaves a awsome finish

oct7brian · 12-12-2004, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by jeepin_coug

I would think it would get hung up on stuff when offroading.(the hitch)

I had it out this weekend and didn't have any troubles. It looks like it sticks out a lot more than it does in the pic. I guess I could have taken a angle pic or something

BigTal · 12-12-2004, 10:31 PM

awesome man... i really need to learn how to weld

jeepin_coug · 12-12-2004, 10:32 PM

Do you have any pics of the bumper being made? I'm going to start on mine the week after Christmas.

oct7brian · 12-12-2004, 10:53 PM

I had some pics of it being made but somehow deleted them off my camera. If you want any specific specs let me know and I'll measure it all out for ya

oct7brian · 12-12-2004, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by BigTal

awesome man... i really need to learn how to weld

Just takes Practice, practice, practice... I took welding in High School and have just did stuff on my own since. Overtime with a steady hand and a lot of patients you can really create a nice product. And well if you screw it up thats what angle grinders are for

jeepin_coug · 12-12-2004, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by oct7brian

I had some pics of it being made but somehow deleted them off my camera. If you want any specific specs let me know and I'll measure it all out for ya

How wide is it, did you use 2x4 steel ?

oct7brian · 12-12-2004, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by jeepin_coug

How wide is it, did you use 2x4 steel ?

I used 4x4 steel. Got all the steel for nothing. Down the street their tearing down a old firehouse and I could have all the steel I wanted from the hose tower when the knocked it down. Nothing beats free steel

lordmatt · 12-12-2004, 11:33 PM

Very nice, I just built a custom front bumper this weekend. Almost free steel here too ($20 for a ton of tubing at the local hardware store)

12-12-2004, 08:13 PM	#2
jeepin_coug Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Washington Posts: 479 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	pretty cool. I think I'm going to build one over christmas break with a tire carrier. One question, I don't know if it's the angle of the pic, but it looks like the hitch sticks way out? __________________ STOLEN!!! 92 YJ 4.0, borla header and exhaust, 30 w/trutrac, 8.8 w/ detroit, 4.88's, 35" xterrains on beadlocks, custom rear bumper/tire carrier, and all the other basic jeep mods 05 unlimited rubicon: stock, but not for long!

12-12-2004, 08:38 PM	#3
MuddyV8YJ Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Albany, NY Posts: 555 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	I agree, looks very cool. Just the receiver is gonna be a shin/knee killer. __________________ '91 YJ. Slightly Modified '04 WJ. Columbia Edit. 4.7 HO. 2" BB, 2" OME. 265/70/17 Destination ATs.

12-12-2004, 10:13 PM	#5
BigTal Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Where the sawgrass sways Posts: 100 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	i like your thinking... bumper looks great. Details on construction? __________________ '80 CJ7...360 V8...D44's...Locked...SOA...BDS 2.5" Lift and BDS Shakles...38.5" Hawgs Ditch the bh, LETS GO MUDDIN!*

12-12-2004, 10:15 PM	#6
jeepin_coug Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Washington Posts: 479 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	I would think it would get hung up on stuff when offroading.(the hitch) __________________ STOLEN!!! 92 YJ 4.0, borla header and exhaust, 30 w/trutrac, 8.8 w/ detroit, 4.88's, 35" xterrains on beadlocks, custom rear bumper/tire carrier, and all the other basic jeep mods 05 unlimited rubicon: stock, but not for long!

12-12-2004, 10:31 PM	#9
BigTal Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Where the sawgrass sways Posts: 100 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	awesome man... i really need to learn how to weld __________________ '80 CJ7...360 V8...D44's...Locked...SOA...BDS 2.5" Lift and BDS Shakles...38.5" Hawgs Ditch the bh, LETS GO MUDDIN!*

12-12-2004, 10:32 PM	#10
jeepin_coug Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Washington Posts: 479 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	Do you have any pics of the bumper being made? I'm going to start on mine the week after Christmas. __________________ STOLEN!!! 92 YJ 4.0, borla header and exhaust, 30 w/trutrac, 8.8 w/ detroit, 4.88's, 35" xterrains on beadlocks, custom rear bumper/tire carrier, and all the other basic jeep mods 05 unlimited rubicon: stock, but not for long!

12-12-2004, 11:33 PM	#15
lordmatt Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: SW MO Posts: 248 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	Very nice, I just built a custom front bumper this weekend. Almost free steel here too ($20 for a ton of tubing at the local hardware store) __________________ '91 YJ - Flat Black 35x12.50x15 BFG Mud-Terrain TA's on 15x8 Black Rockcrawlers SOA, SYE Cut fenders Recessed tails Herc's interior Fabbed front bumper misc fun stuff