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Stone Dragon
10-27-2006, 04:00 PM
This is my first bumper build and I hate it, but Before I condemn it I thought I would put it out there as a poll to get a public opinion. I started all this with the rear quarter panel mod and realized I needed something to protect the bottom of the panel now. I tried to condense the photos to conserve space. Check it out!


http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k269/stonedragon223/0001.jpg


The bumper build started with fab’in some mounting brackets to fit into the factory bolt holes. I cut down some scrap pieces of plate I had laying around and then welded a piece of scrap 2x2x .120 wall I had left over from the rock slider build.


http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k269/stonedragon223/045.jpg


http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k269/stonedragon223/046.jpg


You should always have a good set of plans for your builds, and besides…. What else is all that junk mail good for.

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k269/stonedragon223/047.jpg


I got a scrap piece from the steel store of 2x6 stock and cut it, then sealed up the edges.


http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k269/stonedragon223/050.jpg

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k269/stonedragon223/052.jpg


And there you have it a perfectly good bumper, right? Oh you would think so…. But no, I had to let the artist out in me a screw it all up. I thought it was to bland and needed some depth, and I had some left over 1.5x1.5 so I build a point.

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k269/stonedragon223/053.jpg

I cover it with 1/8” diamond plate and told myself it was a step to get up on the roof rack.

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k269/stonedragon223/056.jpg

Here is the finished product…. All $20 of it….. I hate the point, but I’ll leave it on there till the paint gets all tore up and then grind it off and put something else there

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k269/stonedragon223/HPIM0453.jpg

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k269/stonedragon223/HPIM0455.jpg


What does our public poll say?
twstdtj
10-27-2006, 04:19 PM
Bumper looks great!! I agree with the point though Its gotta go. Great work. Hows the ExoJ coming along?

Jeff
GLEN REAMS
10-27-2006, 05:05 PM
the bumper looks good minus the step thing
Spongebob
10-27-2006, 06:56 PM
Lose the step. The bumper looks awesome!
Hunter
10-27-2006, 07:03 PM
Looks good. I like the point personaly. But then again I am the kind of guy that can find beauty in function. You can rest alot of beverages on that bad boy so that a major bonus.
Gordon
10-27-2006, 07:26 PM
It's cool, loose the point and add some D rings.
FrenchChili
10-27-2006, 07:49 PM
Keep the step! That'll keep cars from riding on your arse:D
Oh, and have a sticker pointing towards it "I brake check!"
lancetkenyon
10-27-2006, 09:06 PM
Agree with the majority. Lose the step and weld on some D rings. Otherwise looks awesome
AZXJ
10-28-2006, 12:45 AM
My opinion, if your gonna weld on D-Ring mounts at least attach the bumper through the uni-rails.. the 4 bolts holding it on now are attached to 1/8th inch sheetmetal.. on yank and off goes the bumper... use the nutstrips in the rails and run a piece of strap welded to the bumper to the nut-strips..

ps.. nice work.. personally not my style.. as long as your happy!!
who cares what everyone else thinks.. :D
BLACK YJ
10-28-2006, 08:08 AM
i kind of like it. it gives me a good idea on how i will make mine. my step will be round.
corwyyn
10-29-2006, 10:37 PM
Keep the step! That'll keep cars from riding on your arse:D
Oh, and have a sticker pointing towards it "I brake check!"
Exactly - If I saw that sticking out the back of yer Jeep I'd definitely give ya more room :eek:
XJoshua
10-29-2006, 11:01 PM
Id loose the step and design something close to the Hanson rear bumper with your own artistist ways. Youd be able to make more depth for a step and still incorperate some drings.
RokNRich
10-29-2006, 11:15 PM
I kind of like it too. Does it work for reaching up on your rack ? A stool/chair for lunch time ?

How about departure angles though ? You could always keep it until you tear it off on a rock :D
cdhowell
10-30-2006, 07:00 AM
How is the rocker guard secured behind the tire? Could this bend up into the body?
Kyron
10-30-2006, 01:54 PM
To me the bumper is to tall, and you'll get hung up where the rocker slider meets the bumper........ they "should" be the same height.

Is the whole bumper attached with only those 8 bolts:eek:
Stone Dragon
10-30-2006, 07:31 PM
Thanks for the response! The bumper is held on by those 8 bolts, yes, plus 4 long 3/8 bolts that run through the unibody "frame" rail with a piece of 1/4" plate on either side. The entire assembly only weighs 68 lbs. this is more then enough to hold it in place. As far as the sliders getting up into the body..... Well the way I see it is if I am into rocks that big, The body would get dented anyway. With or without them. Battle scars are cool!:D
Kyron
10-31-2006, 09:00 AM
..... Well the way I see it is if I am into rocks that big, The body would get dented anyway. With or without them. Battle scars are cool!:D


Not if the sliders is in the right spot :D

The areas above my sliders and behind my exo are the only straight places...I still have enough battle scars to make a crushed can jelous
Kyron
10-31-2006, 09:02 AM
duplicate post
Chipper004
11-07-2006, 09:26 PM
Wow all that for $20 bucks, Where did you get all the materials to fab the bumper. I would like to make one for my TJ instead of spending like 500 bucks for one with a tire carrier. Please let me know how you made it so cheep... :confused:
GLEN REAMS
11-09-2006, 02:18 AM
i dont know now that ive looked at it more i must say the step is growing on me and i like it so next time someone is behind you at a ligjht and decides it would be funny to give you a "love bump" you can laugh at them because that looks like it could do osme real damage
Stone Dragon
11-11-2006, 09:23 AM
Wow all that for $20 bucks, Where did you get all the materials to fab the bumper. I would like to make one for my TJ instead of spending like 500 bucks for one with a tire carrier. Please let me know how you made it so cheep... :confused:

You can buy scrap for $0.40 a lb at most of the steel yards. I buy from Valley steel supply around 75th ave. and Grand. I found the main piece (2x6x.095) in a pile and I think it was around 40 lbs. I went back last week and there is 10-12 more 7' 2x6's left.... but they are way in the back behind one of the out building and hard to find. this last piece i bought, which I am hoping to get both front and rear bumpers for project ex-jay, was 37 lbs. or $14.80. Glendale steel supply,59th ave and Bethany Home, has a huge pile in back also.