Anyone bored tonight? (1 Viewer)

[Ebag333]

Need a hand removing my bumper from my truck so I can finish welding it. Managed to get it on myself, but the 4x4 labs bumper is heavy, and could use a hand getting it back off so I can finish welding it, clean it up, then paint.

 

[retrofive]

Sorry Im tied up. Thats cool, didnt know you picked up a 4x4

 

[dILzNAK]

Busy my self, sorry bro!

 

[Ebag333]

No probs. Gonna take the pup to the dog park and wear him out.

 

[Kief]

Yeah, let me just run over... Oh wait, thats a 45 min drive... Maybe you could just let the air out your tires and have a couple blocks under it, slide it off then air up again.. Sorry I am too far away, I spent my evening working on my septic tank, wouldn't miss that for anything!

 

[D3fiant]

let me know im open for a bit this morning if you still need help.

 

[Heron]

Hey,
If you still need help today, give me a call.
I am at home getting ready for our ride.

Al
____

 

[Ebag333]

It's no huge rush. Thanks Al.

 

[Ebag333]

So D3fiant swung by yesterday and not only helped me get it off the truck, but helped with welding it up.

Got it about 90% done right now.

 

[D3fiant]

i cant wait to see this bumper finished, after seeing how nice and well designed that kit is i 'm kinda thinking im gonna have to get one for myself.

yet another item gets added to the to do/wish list.

 

[Kief]

Have fun. I was hopin' I could squeeze it in but have other things to do, I hope y'all take lots of pics..

woo hoo!

 

[Ebag333]

So thanks to Nick who gave me a hand at getting it off the truck without taking out my exhaust, and doing some welding, this is the final result.



Cut frame:

Test fitting one of the wings

Test fitting after tack welding the wings to the body

Spent a lot of time with the grinder. Weld, grind, reweld, regrind, reweld, regrind.... Mostly just filling in gaps and taking off the high spots, then finally finishing off with a flap disk. The shiny corner on the left was a seam between the bumper and the wing, the large shiny area on the right was a big 'ol hole where the bumper was supposed to fit with the wing (but didn't). That required a lot of fill. The open square hole is where one of the recovery points mounts.

Worlds heaviest tow chain hooks. Since you can't reuse the OEM mounting hooks, I decided to go ahead and use them for tow hooks, they'd also work as a recovery point in a pinch. They're welded on three sides, then I rosette welded the two bolt holes. Those suckers ain't goin' no where.

Bumper completed!

And here's what it looks like when it's pretty much done. I'm cheating a bit because this was one of the test fits (rather than the final product). Still, look at all that ground clearance!

 

[gnob]

looks good, but youre worse with a camera than i am

 

[Ebag333]

looks good, but youre worse with a camera than i am

Hey I could have busted out the expensive DSLR, but didn't want to get it dirty, so I'm blaming the pics on the cell phone camera.

 

[gnob]

i hear that, my s***ty cam took a spill the other day, and surprisingly didnt die. the last one wasnt so lucky.

 

[Kief]

Hope your neighbors stay clear- maybe some high visibility reflective tape!

 

[2ndGenToyotaFan]

Looks good Gabe! When are you going to test it???

 

[Ebag333]

Looks good Gabe! When are you going to test it???

Was hoping over the weekend, but between not having everything done and not getting Sunday off, just wasn't doable.

I still need to test my shocks, which were installed months ago.

 

[D3fiant]

i do really like the way that bumper turned out looking. that was a 4x4 labs wasnt it?

 

[dILzNAK]

looks GOOD BRO!