Finished My Bumpers and Sliders!! (body armor)

[Boston Mangler]

Hey Guys

Here are some pics of my custom rear bumper and sliders for my 60 that i
have been working on! I also threw a temporary front bumper together with some scrap metal

check em out

http://www.yankeetoys.org/mangler/rearbumper.htm
and
http://www.yankeetoys.org/mangler/sliders.htm
and
http://www.yankeetoys.org/mangler/frontbumper.htm

Please let me know what ya think, Feedback is appreciated!

 

[LandCruiserPhil]

Rear bumper looks nice with lots of clearance. I could not tell what the thickness of the side bars are made of on the bumper. It seem that you would want it to return back into the frame for support. If you were to come down on the side bar of the bumper I would question if it could support the weight of the Cruiser. But all in all I think you are on to something nice.

Phil

 

[Boston Mangler]

Rear bumper looks nice with lots of clearance. I could not tell what the thickness of the side bars are made of on the bumper. It seem that you would want it to return back into the frame for support. If you were to come down on the side bar of the bumper I would question if it could support the weight of the Cruiser. But all in all I think you are on to something nice.

Phil

Thanks Phil

Yes, we are in the process right now of tying the side bars of the bumper as well as the reciever into the frame, i will post pics of that as well. Both will be tied into the frame and bullet proof!!
The side bars are made of 2"x2" stock and 1.25 DOM Tube

 

[patride71]

mangler,

cool looking mods...will be curious to see how things progress.

wish i had the funds and time : ( to do some of the same stuff your doing.

good luck with all of it!

 

[Heffenoche]

M.angler it all looks good. How did you trim your quarters? Did you just cut them and leave it or did you tuck and seal off that area. I'm looking to do something similar but can'y find anyone with the experties to do it

 

[lowtideride]

haha i hope he dint cut it and leave it..i cut mine the one day and had to make a trip to a friends house before i could weld em shut. well on the trip over the ocean came up over the road due to the bad weather (good if your a surfer) and i had to drive thru it to get past...welll the whole ass end of my truck was covered in salt water...not cool. i think i blinked maybe twice and i could see surface rust on the cut section..

 

[lowtideride]

BM the sliders and rear look nice man...ill be heading down that road sooner or later..

 

[Boston Mangler]

How did you trim your quarters?

I used a 4in grinder with a metal cut off wheel

Did you just cut them and leave it or did you tuck and seal off that area. I'm looking to do something similar but can'y find anyone with the experties to do it

I just left them open and then ground them down to bare metal, etched them with POR metal ready and then painted them with POR 15. That should hold off the rust for awhile

 

[Boston Mangler]

BM the sliders and rear look nice man...ill be heading down that road sooner or later..

Thanks Man! Lemme know if ya got any ? on how to do it

have a good one

 

[lowtideride]

i used a cut off wheel too to trim my rig, lil hairy for me i would have rather used a saw zaw.

 

[Boston Mangler]

i used a cut off wheel too to trim my rig, lil hairy for me i would have rather used a saw zaw.

we tried a saw zall but the cut off wheel worked MUCH better! its a little hard getting used to cutting sheet metal like that, but once ya get the hang of it, its great!!!

 

[lowtideride]

haha i got a lil worried when i got close to the fill neck for the gas tank....kaboom