bumper fab, off at the powdercoaters now
 

Been building this at work, have about 2 hours into it and it went to powdercoat. Will be back Tuesday...

Started with these brackets I made about 1 year ago:
http://gitout.com/v-web/gallery/d/15214-1/bumper10.jpg

Then I cut an 8' chunk of 1.75" OD x .095" Wall round tube and bent this up and tacked it into place.
http://gitout.com/v-web/gallery/d/15217-1/bumper11.jpg

Some more shots
http://gitout.com/v-web/gallery/d/15231-1/bumper06.jpg
http://gitout.com/v-web/gallery/d/15233-1/bumper07.jpg
http://gitout.com/v-web/gallery/d/15237-1/bumper09.jpg

After that I capped the ends, ground them flush, and put the DA to work
http://gitout.com/v-web/gallery/d/15342-1/bump03.jpg

Then I bent an upper stinger, and coped the ends to fit, welded in some struts from bracket to the ends (1" OD x .083" Wall). I also took a piece of 12gauge HRPO and set it on the top. Said and done I am pretty happy with the end result. I might modify it to accept a winch someday.

Last thing to do once it gets back is build an aluminum skid for the bottom and wire my lights up.

http://gitout.com/v-web/gallery/d/15338-1/bump01.jpg
http://gitout.com/v-web/gallery/d/15340-1/bump02.jpg

Coming next! Side bars or Rear Bumper...

Re: bumper fab, off at the powdercoaters now
 

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Im going to make another rear bumper. If I sell this one first. The Rock Rails came out nice though. My tubing notcher came in handy for the rails. I am going to start my bumper when I catch up on manifolds.

Re: bumper fab, off at the powdercoaters now
 

I love our tubing coper/notcher at work. It's basically a large sander with various sized wheels for the front and a 36 grit belt... I notched my front stinger in about 30 seconds.

My sliders will be quite a bit different than that. I am going to mimic the tube style my bro in law makes, they are built with 1.75" OD x .120" wall.

Re: bumper fab, off at the powdercoaters now
 

I dont have fancy tools like that at my disposal. My HF $30 worked though.

Re: bumper fab, off at the powdercoaters now
 

Trust me, if I had to choose between a hole saw notcher in my own shop and the belt coper 15 minutes at a time at work. I'd totally choose the notcher.

Re: bumper fab, off at the powdercoaters now
 

Do you ever worry about hitting someone with that bumper. I can see why its good for off road, its just i could see that making a real mess of a small child.

Re: bumper fab, off at the powdercoaters now
 

I don't really ever worry about hitting people. In 12 years of driving I've had once incident recently that almost put me in a rear end situation, and I chose to eat the guard rail instead. If I was gonna hit a vehicle small enough to kill a small child in the backseat, for one I am probably gonna go up over the ass end cause of my skid, and it really isnt gonna matter what I have strapped to the front of the Jeep that thing is gonna eat a Geo Metro anyways.

Any other possibilities are going to involve children out of a vehicle, and they shouldnt be in the street in the first place.

Re: bumper fab, off at the powdercoaters now
 

If you hit a child with the stock bumper the carnage will be the same.

Re: bumper fab, off at the powdercoaters now
 

hit a kid with each and post picture for comparison

Re: bumper fab, off at the powdercoaters now
 

Damm that thing could take out mail boxes like a champ :6