Good evening, I’m new here. I’ve got a 93 that I’m building for hard wheeling. I’d like to know if anyone has any cad files or plans for homemade sliders and rear bumpers for the 80 series. Thanks y’all!
80 series slider and bumper plans
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If you want WIY sliders, the trail gear 67" sliders are the perfect length, and are a pretty decent bang for buck. The 67 only comes with 3 predicted legs per side though, so I highly recommend adding one more per side and plating/ gusseting
I have not seen any plans but there are plenty of examples of home made bumpers and sliders to look at. I built my rear bumper and sliders from scratch. I'd be happy to help you with measurements and the like if you are interested in what I did. Pictures in the link in my signature.
My front bumper is a kit from Relentless Fabrication that I modified a little. They don't list it on their site anymore but they might do a one off if you contacted them.
My front bumper is a kit from Relentless Fabrication that I modified a little. They don't list it on their site anymore but they might do a one off if you contacted them.
Getting those 67" trail tailors mounted up front on the passenger side around the cats is fun.
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I built the front with an nwti kit. Great kit but was hoping to find some cad files I could send to a fabrication buddy of mine.
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I’m very much interested. I don’t like spending $1k+for something I can definitely build. I just am a little lazy on the planning and design side.
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How do I view your pics? I can’t seem to find them.
Front bumper is here:
Relentless Fabrication Front Bumper
Purchased the DIY front bumper kit from Relentless Fabrication. With the 4 day weekend I thought I'd get it put together and on the cruiser. I went with this bumper because it compliments the rear bumper I am finishing up. The quality of the bumper looks good. Fit and finish is good, not...
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First time I built the rear is here:
Custom Rear Plate Bumper
Been working on a rear bumper for my cruiser. I wanted something a little more low profile than stock and also want a swing out tire carrier. After looking around online I decided to build my own based on traits from a few I saw out there. So far I've got the basic shape done and am now...
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Additions to the rear and the sliders are here (they are kinda spread throughout the thread):
40th Family Wheeler
So I've been on mud a while, learning and posting when I can help. Done a few mods to my cruiser but hadn't started a build thread yet. Getting to the point where I am going to start progressing faster so think it's time. Goal of the rig is to have a capable wheeler that I can drive to the...
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Coastal off-road
You can also check out Northwest Trail Innovations. They have some weld it yourself bumpers that are pretty nice.
I don’t exactly have any measurements for it but a high clearance rear bumper for 80s is pretty easy. I just did the rear quarter chop, and built the whole bumper out of 1.5”x 3” stock. I cut a hole in each side of the frame, shoved a piece of DOM in it, and did 1/4” sandwich plates for the recovery points. It’s a pretty simple and effective bumper.
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That’s my front bumper setup. Great kit
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You have any process pics? Closeups etc?
Doesn't get much more high clearance than that!
Sorry, I kinda scrambled to get it done so I don’t have any step by steps.
Fun fact. I’d never seen a recovery point done like this so I asked a friend who’s an engineer at Boeing to give me an idea of how strong they would be. He calculated that they’d have a working load of about 10k lbs with a safety factor of 5. Good enough for me!
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Here are the drawings of my rear bumper. Let me know if you have questions or need more pictures.
Rust make you have to chop the rockers out like that ? Mine are the same way 😆😞 lol, but I’ll post some pics of the rear bumper that I’m finally making progress on again.
No rust. Cutting/ capping that part of the body just gave me more room suck the bumper up higher.
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Thanks man.
