Chopped ARB deluxe winch bull bar
- Thread starter Snook
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I will be happy to work on your bumper once I have a copy of key and unlimited access to your upcoming 63' 404.115 UNIMOG. Deal?
Cheers,
Haha, it'll be layed up for the forseeable future (the short list: extending the cab to a four door "DoKa," building internal cage with custom soft top, building custom bed, doing the diesel swap, putting in the power steering, new transmission, transmission cooler, crawler gears, custom fuel cell, 24-12V converter, replacing the PTO with an electric winch with a custom cradle in the middle of the truck and fairleads front and rear).
So, it'll be a LONG wait... ;p
Can we do a same modification and install a winch with OEM bumper. I know the new gulf specification LC comes with a factory winch installed with a regular bumper. I badley need to install a winch but my wife won't let me go for a new bumper 
I would like a winch and recovery points as well with the OEM bumper. That would be sweet.
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Snook,
Great job on this conversion! One question for you, once you cut the wings down, did you fill in the back of the wing like it came originally or did you just leave it open? Any chance you can post a pic looking at the wing while standing back by the driver's door?
Thanks,
Greg
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Alright, I lied! I have a couple more questions. In one of your posts you say you moved the holes back 2 1/8 inches but in another post you said the bracket is 3 1/2 inches shorter. Where did you remove the other 1 3/8 inches? Also, did you have to cut the bumper itself where it fastens to the winch mount or just at the ends and at the top where it would contact the body?
Great job on this conversion! One question for you, once you cut the wings down, did you fill in the back of the wing like it came originally or did you just leave it open? Any chance you can post a pic looking at the wing while standing back by the driver's door?
Thanks,
Greg
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Alright, I lied! I have a couple more questions. In one of your posts you say you moved the holes back 2 1/8 inches but in another post you said the bracket is 3 1/2 inches shorter. Where did you remove the other 1 3/8 inches? Also, did you have to cut the bumper itself where it fastens to the winch mount or just at the ends and at the top where it would contact the body?
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I had forgot you did this. This is one of the smartest mods out there!
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Boy, you are good in catching some missing details!
Here is an additional photos. The internal ARB bracket bumper's rear and middle is cutted out, leaving the front unchanged. Yellow area is removed.
The middle section is designed to buckle as a energy absorber and should not be tampered.
But I did and I am willing to take the risk if I hit something that have a masses greater than my truck.
Cheers,
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I used a scapped metal to fill this gap after I cut the wings by 3 1/2". This should be filled in becuase it act like a rib, keeping the whole wings a bit more stiff.
You may also notice the bull bar base is a bit narrow in order not to rub the fender in this photo.
Cheers,
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Snook,
Thanks for the additional details and pics. That was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for sharing this thread, it is much appreciated!
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Here is cut out section.
Cheers,
Cheers,
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Jay,
What did you do with the lip that hangs down from each fender? I am thinking about 'massaging' my TJM bumper similar to what you did with your ARB...but this lip is preventing moving the bumper any further inboard.
Thanks
Dan
What did you do with the lip that hangs down from each fender? I am thinking about 'massaging' my TJM bumper similar to what you did with your ARB...but this lip is preventing moving the bumper any further inboard.
Thanks
Dan
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Don't cut this lips.
I did cut the other smaller lip next to it. The one you're referring to is critical for keeping the fenders in place.
So this lips required me to cut out the top of my ARB bumper to work around this lips. See photo.
Cheers,
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Thanks!
Spresso,
I made a template of the shape of the ARB bumper that I cut out of cardboard. If you take this template you can slide it forward on the top of the bumper and transfer a perfect cut line to shorten the bumper and still have it match the original cut line of the bumper.
Good luck,
Greg
I made a template of the shape of the ARB bumper that I cut out of cardboard. If you take this template you can slide it forward on the top of the bumper and transfer a perfect cut line to shorten the bumper and still have it match the original cut line of the bumper.
Good luck,
Greg
Good idea...thanks! There isn't alot of material to cut from on the TJM T3C. I think I am going to wait to see Christo's new 100 front bumper before I determine whether or not to make my own.
