Front AND Rear Bumper Pics

I was just wanting to see any front or rear bumper pics that are after market or homemade i have started on mine and want to see a few designs.

Cole

Simple and strong. :D

mind if i ask for some rear bumper pics here instead of starting a new thread? my 91 needs a rear bumper and untill i can find a stock one to beef up i might make a temp heavy-duty one with d-rings and stuff. just need some good ideas.

Alex

:D

how did you attach that rear? just some plates/homemade brackets welded on then drilled? or did you reuse some brackets?

Alex

Thansk fro the pics and It is OK for rears to as i am going to be debateing changing mine frome a tube to box. All bumper pics welcome and i will change the title.

Cole

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Yeah, it's an XJ. And it needs a little work. Yes, I managed to rip one of the ears off of it... :roll: Otherwise it wasn't a bad idea.

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Yeah, it's an XJ. And it needs a little work. Yes, I managed to rip one of the ears off of it... :roll: Otherwise it wasn't a bad idea.

You've got the dead giveaway for a :Canadaflag: .

Block heater plug. ;)

I've got one on my MJ. Nothing like a nice toasty warm engine on start-up on a 5 degree morning.

I used 4" wide, 1/4" thick bar stock for all my bumper mounts with a bend to mate to the bumper. This pic was taken before I added the 3/4" bolt in that forward-most hole. I used part of the stock bracket to make the spacer to clear the shackle plate.

This is my front bumper being mocked up. All the final welding was done by a pro.

If things go as planned I'll have a tubing bender next week and I'll start playing with it to make me some bumpers. If I do I'll post up some pics. 8)

you prolly seen my bumper post but if not its here its not the greatest but i got all the metal free so if(when) it gets trashed i'll make a better one.

Hey Pete or anybody else can i see some Pics of the front bumper mounted up so i can see how i need to go about doing it.

Cole

JCRoffroad front.

Homemade rear.

All grade 8 bolts, some bigger than others. :D

I made mine out of 5x2" 3/16 Tube. Boxed the ends with 1/4" plate, the safety chain plate is also 1/4".

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When I tried to remove the old bumper ALL of the mounting bolts snapped off inside the uniframe. So while I had the bed off I drilled out the spot welds that held the nut plate in and made new ones out of 3" wide 1/8" plate. And used 1/2" grade 8 bolts now my rear bumpers metric free :D

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Well hell, they ran the damn thing up higher than I wanna pay on Ebay. Guess I won't be making bumpers as soon as I wanted. :headpop: 8)

All grade 8 bolts, some bigger than others. :D

 

 

So pete you removed the little triangle piece that connects to the fender. I was unsure if this would hurt it cause i had the sawzall on it and decided to wait for some pics.

BTW i am making mine out of 5/16 X 5" channel and using short pieces of it for mounts along with some 3" of the same thickness. So far its been a pain cause it acctually structural Hot roll steel so the sides are thicker in the corner (like close to 1/2") :eek: so I'm haveing to grind corners and fill in gaps and make gussets so i feel its strong enough.

Cole

I originally was gonna do something similar with 5" channel, but I think I'm gonna go more like a pre-runner style now. Just depends on if I get a bender or not. 8)

I originally was gonna do something similar with 5" channel, but I think I'm gonna go more like a pre-runner style now. Just depends on if I get a bender or not. 8)

I bought a JD2 model 3 bender i herd alot of good things about them. I never bought any dies for it cause there kind of expensive. the bender itself is only $300. it will bend up to 2" tube. www.JD2.com

This is what a Rigid CO bumper looks like, Jeff has my old rear bumper if you really want to check that out

Here's a bunch o' pics of Pat's old rear bumper, plus how I mounted it.

I shortened it......a little ;)

Jeff

here's a pic of my bumper I made not to long ago. Its made of C-channel with the ends boxed end. Its mounted with stock brackets that are reinforced to the bumper.

here's a pic of my dads rear bumper on his XJ he made........

Egg

I bought a JD2 model 3 bender i herd alot of good things about them. I never bought any dies for it cause there kind of expensive. the bender itself is only $300. it will bend up to 2" tube. www.JD2.com

I'm wanting to try one TSC has that's similar, it's only around $85. A friend of mines wants one, maybe I can talk him into buying it and just using his. :D 8)

I bought a JD2 model 3 bender i herd alot of good things about them. I never bought any dies for it cause there kind of expensive. the bender itself is only $300. it will bend up to 2" tube. www.JD2.com

 

I'm wanting to try one TSC has that's similar, it's only around $85. A friend of mines wants one, maybe I can talk him into buying it and just using his. :D 8)

Thats what iam waiting on :cheers: I love haveing friends that like to Fab

Cole

I bought a JD2 model 3 bender i herd alot of good things about them. I never bought any dies for it cause there kind of expensive. the bender itself is only $300. it will bend up to 2" tube. www.JD2.com

 

I'm wanting to try one TSC has that's similar, it's only around $85. A friend of mines wants one, maybe I can talk him into buying it and just using his. :D 8)

 

Thats what iam waiting on :cheers: I love haveing friends that like to Fab

 

Cole

well i have a whole shop. with welders of every kind, plasma cutter, all the little hand tools, and benders plus metal band saws. not to rub anything in or anything like that :D . but if you guys were closer you could come use it but it won't help you that much since you guys are so far away.

Alex