[jeepwcrazy]

All I see are x's.

[JBWood05TJ]

Those things look like poo-poo. PM me for an address that you can send them to, where they will be properly disposed of.

Kidding aside, very nice work, man. I think those look great.

[V-8unlimited]

OK, I see them now. They are super nice for sure. Here is my front:

[alvinl]

I give it 2 thumbs up. I really like that rear bumper design. That is slick. For the front I prefer the shorty bumpers, but that is a nice design.

[Unlimited04]

how heavy are they? is the plate 3/16 or 1/4?

[Oman Jeep]

Looks good...

Front tube guard should be round tube instead of box sections though.... and in the rear I would change your tire carrier mount to include an upper plate on the hinge bolt. It's the way ARB does it and I'm sure it's a major contributing factor to how solid the tire mount is.

[WKENDWARIOR69]

Unlimited04 how heavy are they? is the plate 3/16 or 1/4?

The rear is about 70lbs and the front is about 90lbs. The rear is all of 3/16 but the plate to the frame that is 1/4.
The front is all of 3/16 but the winch plate it 3/8.

Oman Jeep Looks good...

Front tube guard should be round tube instead of box sections though

I have gone with round tube in front, had Aaron over at Hell Bent fab up a custom stinger.

Here is the design I am thinking of now for the Tire Carrier.

[Unlimited04]

Originally Posted by WKENDWARIOR69

Here is the design I am thinking of now for the Tire Carrier.

needs more triangulation.

make an X or H pattern, add gussets to the base and top where the forces will be concentrated

here the FEA I did on mine:

Notice the 1/4 plate gusset under the tire carrier 'hitch' and at the hinge.

[WKENDWARIOR69]

what forces did you use to test your design?

[Unlimited04]

Originally Posted by WKENDWARIOR69

what forces did you use to test your design?

i think this was 500lbs vertical force on the tire carrier 'hitch', all along that inside surface. I made the ID of the hinge an fixed constraint. I then looked for force on the gussets and weld areas, and a vertical deflection at the hinge location. I made a droop stop at my latch, and padded it with some 3/8" solid rubber, so that if the hinge is forced to flex due to weight, it will bottom out on the latch side, creating 2 points to dissipate forces, instead of all the force creating a torque on the hinge.

I also did a little FEA on getting rear-ended (or sitting the jeep on its rear), to see how much deflection I would see if somebody hit the spare tire. No pictures, but its not pretty at all....the tailgate is pretty much gone. This is why I drive with a long hitch sticking out past my spare.

My spare is adjustable so I can put 2 gas cans on the carrier to...or suck the tire down if I don't want to carry so much junk around.

[WKENDWARIOR69]

I have not been very good at FEA if I send you the file could you run the test?

[01TJCRAWLER]

if the complete set-up...front and rear could be bought and shipped for less than a grand i'd be in for the front and rear.

i personally think they are bad ***.i have the bestop high rock front and rear w/ approach rollers and would get rid of them both for your setup....i personally would not want a stinger...maybe a hoop over the winch mount but the big *** stingers are not my style.

look's great..keep up the excellent work.

[Oman Jeep]

Originally Posted by WKENDWARIOR69

I have gone with round tube in front, had Aaron over at Hell Bent fab up a custom stinger.

Here is the design I am thinking of now for the Tire Carrier.

Sorry dude but that's terrible. I would expect it to have soo much tire shake just due to the length of the arms and lack of triangulation.


Here's what the arm looks like on my favourite carrier:

[CHRRRIS]

Nice job. Those are some sweet bumpers for sure.

[NameUnavailable]

That is some awesome work. Fantastic job, man!