Jzilla's custom rear bumper, tire carrier and front bumper build

[darwink1]

If you would have kept it high and just moved it to the ds a bit more you could have used the stock lic plate location, your brake lights wouldnt have been obscured, and youd have the same if not better (useable) visibility out the back window.... And it would have been up high out of the way of things in the bush like others have stated.

This is coming from someone who mounted his high as hell so take it with a grain of salt. Beaut fab work either way.

D

 

[jzilla]

Fair enough...
I still prefer the lower location, I would not have been able to sleep well at night if I had left it where it was, just my preference though
Thanks for the compliment!

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

Which Miller did ya get? Bumper is looking good.

J

 

[jzilla]

Miller 180
Millermatic® 180 Auto-Set? - MIG - Miller
Thanks!

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

It's a good machine. The auto-set feature is nice. It'll take care of you for several years..

J

 

[jzilla]

Not sure if I like the auto-set feature at this point, I ended up setting it manually to do the work yesterday. It seemed to burn too hot on auto-set and the wire feed was more than I wanted. Anyhow I will play with it more one day.
Hope to have it for 20-30 years!
My old century was 19 years old. The shop showed me how I could try to fix it, so I will give that a shot one day (all the diodes need cleaning up).

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

j, the auto-set machines I've used burn on the upper range of volts/amps/ and wire speed.

My Miller XMT 350 doesn't have the feature, but I usually run on the hotter side and just speed up my travel motion to balance this out.

New machines are fun, just gotta play with them a bit. Good luck!

J

 

[Rin tin tinfoil]

awesome! great work!

 

[jzilla]

Rear bumper and tire carrier is now finished (will take some pictures of it next time I have it out). I was going to paint it, but then thought I may as well do the front bumper first then paint them both at the same time.

Here are some pictures of the progress on the front bumper, it matches the rear for the most part, did some things a bit different though.

 

[jzilla]

Couple more...

 

[jzilla]

Capped the ends today and added a gusset about every 8 inches.
Should I add more strength to the wings?

 

[jzilla]

Front bumper is now finished!
Had it rhinolined as well. Thanks to Fantom for bending up the tube!
I really did not want the tube going on the outside of the signal like the arb, personal preference, so I came up with this.

 

[jzilla]

Welded up...
Rear bumper and tire carrier are now painted, should have it all installed soon, will post installed pics once it is done.

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

Nice work J, Clean and I like the added gusset to the main bullbar. Good Work

J

 

[Rin tin tinfoil]

both of those bumpers look awesome!

 

[jzilla]

Sorry for delay (life got busy), here is the finished product of both
I had the front bumper as well as the grille and headlight buckets rhinolined.

 

[Dirtgypsy]

very nice!!

well done sir, well done.

clint

 

[PresaMax]

Congratulations on an excellent job. Bumpers look stout, functional, and great!

 

[jzilla]

Thanks or the kind words It was worth the effort! I would not mind making some more at some point, I just need garage now...

 

[robustbambi]

Damn man. Put me in line for a rear. More pictures cuz those look awesome!