Front Bumper Build
01-21-2009, 09:42 AM
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Did you just take off your bumper and look at how it was put together? or did you have some schematics from Jeep? I want to do this but I can't just disassemble my DD to do it. How did you get started?
01-21-2009, 12:42 PM
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There is no law that says you can't drive a car without a bumper. I drove mine for a week without it, it's no big deal and on the JK it's not as noticeable as you'd think.
There were no, and are no schematics for the bumper I made. I started with the front middle piece, cut it out, drilled the holes, and bolted it on. Then cut the top middle piece out, tacked welded it at a 90 angle and started to cut other pieces and I saw them in my head. I had a general idea of what I wanted the final product to look like, but there were some adjustments that were made while I built.
I pretty much built the bumper right on the front of the jeep. I'd take the pieces out to the jeep as I cut them to see how they would fit and then tack welded them on and added more pieces. It wasn't the easiest thing I've ever done, but with a little ambition and some serious trial and error I got it done in about 15 hours.
02-06-2010, 07:07 AM
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If you were asking me, I just took the 8 nuts off of the studs on the bumper, unplugged the fog lights, and pulled off the bumper.
There is no law that says you can't drive a car without a bumper. I drove mine for a week without it, it's no big deal and on the JK it's not as noticeable as you'd think.
There were no, and are no schematics for the bumper I made. I started with the front middle piece, cut it out, drilled the holes, and bolted it on. Then cut the top middle piece out, tacked welded it at a 90 angle and started to cut other pieces and I saw them in my head. I had a general idea of what I wanted the final product to look like, but there were some adjustments that were made while I built.
I pretty much built the bumper right on the front of the jeep. I'd take the pieces out to the jeep as I cut them to see how they would fit and then tack welded them on and added more pieces. It wasn't the easiest thing I've ever done, but with a little ambition and some serious trial and error I got it done in about 15 hours.
There is no law that says you can't drive a car without a bumper. I drove mine for a week without it, it's no big deal and on the JK it's not as noticeable as you'd think.
There were no, and are no schematics for the bumper I made. I started with the front middle piece, cut it out, drilled the holes, and bolted it on. Then cut the top middle piece out, tacked welded it at a 90 angle and started to cut other pieces and I saw them in my head. I had a general idea of what I wanted the final product to look like, but there were some adjustments that were made while I built.
I pretty much built the bumper right on the front of the jeep. I'd take the pieces out to the jeep as I cut them to see how they would fit and then tack welded them on and added more pieces. It wasn't the easiest thing I've ever done, but with a little ambition and some serious trial and error I got it done in about 15 hours.
02-06-2010, 07:41 AM
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I like the looks of it. If I were you, I'd add a length of tube to the top of the bumper, but no higher than the "wings;" that is to say I'd fasten it on the angled pieces all the way across the bumper with the intention of mounting a gaggle of lights on it.
Great work, very encouraging...
Great work, very encouraging...
