Anyone cut the OEM front bumper (4 Viewers)

[maddss]

Has anyone cut the ends of a OEM front bumper, if so how about a pic.

 

[hammerheadfistpunch]

Cut the ends off? you mean unbolt the wings? Its not pretty.

 

[LS1FJ40]

I did it. I unbolted the wings then cut off the tabs with a grinder. Took about 5 minutes. I think it looks ok. I've seen others that have shortened the height of the front bumper by cutting off the bottom of the bumper too. I just wanted the wings out of the way.

 

[bryson]

Stock bumper cut, then reinforced with welded-on 1/4" rod bent to the contour of the cut edge. The end caps were trimmed as well, and moved inboard to match the narrower width after removing the flares.

 

[Gabriel 71]

Avatar says it all

 

[DieselDriver]

Not me, I kept this for future reference

 

[Tpurdin]

Totally chopped mine! Going to weld on end caps

 

[george_tlc]

I cut mine (into pieces) - was the only way to fit it into the garbage bin and have the garbo take it away - some 20 years ago...

cheers,
george.

 

[SUMMIT CRUISERS]

Here’s the whole cut. Bumper and ends done.

 

[Andrew Bluemel]

Hack saw for the win

 

[projectcruiser]

Ew nope.

 

[davidp14]

I was having some rubbing with full stuff so I took my corners off. I was thinking about either cutting it straight or welding something on . This gives me some good ideas. Looks good.

 

[LS1FJ40]

I cut mine (into pieces) - was the only way to fit it into the garbage bin and have the garbo take it away - some 20 years ago...

cheers,
george.

You could’ve at least recycled it!!

 

[thatcabledude]

Here’s the whole cut. Bumper and ends done.

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I rode around like that for years. Looks factory.

 

[1911garand]

Great looking bumpers!

 

[2fpower]

Before I put the short bus on, cut at angle that helped with approach. Had A HF winch plate behind it with pull points through the bumper.

 

[davesax36]

I want to make a hot swappable bumper that's got one version for road trips/campingish stuff and one for "trails".

 

[rghouse]

Any Winch mounted OEM cut bumpers out there? Like the flat ones matched to corners like Summit’s. Should be room for a synthetic rope hawse fairlead ya? Plate might show below? Winch planning for OEM bumper currently...

 

[rghouse]

Here’s the whole cut. Bumper and ends done.

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Can you give us the width measurement at center, and ends? How did you do the tapering/design before cut? Is there more bracing added to shore up the missing bottom attachments? Got a write up?

 

[SUMMIT CRUISERS]

Can you give us the width measurement at center, and ends? How did you do the tapering/design before cut? Is there more bracing added to shore up the missing bottom attachments? Got a write up?

No measurements available at this time. Truck is out of town right now. Here's what I did:
Find some 1/4" orange masking tape. Use it or some white pinstriping tape to layout what looks best for you. Once you have it the way you want it, cut it with a 4 1/2" grinder with a cut off wheel. No extra bracing needed. As I recall there were some bracing removed or cut off on the ends though.