Factory bumper chopped, winched, and hooped...
09-03-2007, 09:59 PM
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Excellent job. I really want to stub mine. Question though, my plastic bumper has 4 bolts holding it. The bolts appear to be a few inches from the square parts of the bumper. It looks like If I cut it right next to the square parts I would be cutting my bolts off. How are y'all cutting the so short? Looks like you'd lose your bolt points? Am I missing something, guess I need to crawl back under and do some more figuring.
Oh and how do you weld the plastic? Soldering iron?
Thanks.
Oh and how do you weld the plastic? Soldering iron?
Thanks.
09-04-2007, 05:54 AM
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Nice job...love the hoop.
What is the manufacturer's name of the TJ hoop?
I added threads on the inside and redrilled holes on the inside bumper. You can pick them up at the hardware store.
What is the manufacturer's name of the TJ hoop?
09-04-2007, 06:07 AM
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Actually, I learned from Woods, and so I will add his discription :
To mount the plastic bumper to the metal bumper, I used 1/4" T-Nuts. I was able to reach inside the plastic bumper to mount them. You should take a bolt and washer and seat them. Drilling the holes was very easy. With the bumper removed from the Jeep, Cut the metal bumper down to the correct size. Place the metal bumper inside the platic bumper. Drill 1/4" holes about half an inch in, from the end of the metal bumper (top and bottom, four bolts total). Then take a larger bit, and increase the 1/4" holes to fit the T-Nuts. The T-Nut specs say to use a 5/16" hole, but I used a slightly smaller size, for a snug fit.
Given this summary, there is a lot of grinding cutting and fitting, to get everything to fit tight. This took hours, not the minutes of the Doojer style stubby.
rfrogman's pics in the above post are a good illustration...
09-04-2007, 06:11 AM
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09-04-2007, 06:28 AM
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Why it's the durable and longlasting Chicago Electric! That's the reason for the hoop. To protect that expensive winch !!!
Seriously, I'm on a budget and do plan on upgrading the winch and possibly the bumper (love the shrockworks!) next spring/summer. This was all a huge experiment and a mild case of boredom/curiosity seeking. The 10,000 lb winch, winch plate, hoop, and hardware cost less than $500...
