Need a rear bumper? BIOR rear bumper group buy!

[petrotk40]

Apologies. Didn't think it was too bad.

no apology, I derailed it trying to speak drunk spanish and google translating

 

[2000UZJ]

no apology, I derailed it trying to speak drunk spanish and google translating

Heh. Place by me has .25 cent shots every Monday. try speaking a language after a few

 

[petrotk40]

Heh. Place by me has .25 cent shots every Monday. try speaking a language after a few

is it moonshine?

to keep it bumper related... I could buy 8,000 moonshine monday shots or a BIOR rear bumper with 2 swingouts and can carrier. prior to the GB discount of course.

 

[FullyLitLED]

Small update

-------email------

Hi LJ

I actually finished your bumper yesterday. *I put it on a pallet today and
it is ready to ship to you. *Where am I shipping it? *Let me know and I will
get it set up. *I expect to finish up with the other bumpers by the
beginning of next week and get them to the powder coater. *Please let me
know if you have any other questions and I will talk to you soon.

Thanks
Mike Smith

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[geocruiser]

Small update

-------email------

Hi LJ

I actually finished your bumper yesterday. *I put it on a pallet today and
it is ready to ship to you. *Where am I shipping it? *Let me know and I will
get it set up. *I expect to finish up with the other bumpers by the
beginning of next week and get them to the powder coater. *Please let me
know if you have any other questions and I will talk to you soon.

Thanks
Mike Smith

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I just talked to Mike on the phone tonight too. My stuff will ship out once the skids are done... can't wait!

 

[petrotk40]

Hooray!!

 

[FullyLitLED]

I probably update this too much but the bumpers are officially getting sandblasted and powdercoated as we speak! Those with ladders in their order, your ladder is being built by Mike tonight and tomorrow morning.

Now time for Petrotk40 to get his heavy coils on!

 

[wareagle]

LJ, how about an license plate LED kit for these bumpers. .

 

[FullyLitLED]

LJ, how about an license plate LED kit for these bumpers. .

I can do it if you guys do the toyota plate holder

 

[FullyLitLED]

When this arrives, I will be welding up the mega duty spindles i bought and begin the custom dual swing out build. It will be the biggest welding project I have taken on so far, slowly but surely! This ships out today according to mike!

Good thing mike cut the holes out for the spindles! I will have a tire carrier with receivers I can I add a bike carrier like davegonz or add a cooler carrier. The other swing out will be a gas can holder and will also have a receiver incorporated. I will save about $600 by doing this part myself

 

[OregonLC]

As an FYI, on the full bumper the spindles have a sleeve that runs the full depth of the bumper. At least it looks like a sleeve, might be the spindle itself. Either way, it attaches at bot the top and the bottom of the bumper adding a huge amount of strength and rigidity compared to just attaching to top plate.

 

[petrotk40]

Mike needs to make some decals. I'd sport one to help him advertise a bit.

 

[Mxndrnks]

When this arrives, I will be welding up the mega duty spindles i bought and begin the custom dual swing out build. It will be the biggest welding project I have taken on so far, slowly but surely! This ships out today according to mike!

Good thing mike cut the holes out for the spindles! I will have a tire carrier with receivers I can I add a bike carrier like davegonz or add a cooler carrier. The other swing out will be a gas can holder and will also have a receiver incorporated. I will save about $600 by doing this part myself

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for others... I can run my Thule bike carrier with Mike's tire carrier installed and my spare 295 hanging there. It just barely fits. But no extensions needed to use it. However,..... you have to completely remove it to open the swing outs when gaining access to the back.

Mike needs to make some decals. I'd sport one to help him advertise a bit.

He sent one with mine, along with a bottle opener.....

 

[petrotk40]

for others... I can run my Thule bike carrier with Mike's tire carrier installed and my spare 295 hanging there. It just barely fits. But no extensions needed to use it. However,..... you have to completely remove it to open the swing outs when gaining access to the back.

He sent one with mine, along with a bottle opener.....

I plan on getting an extension tube for my bike rack, we'll see if it's needed. I'm having the recessed hitch.

Man, that's awesome if we all get one

 

[geocruiser]

Man, that's awesome if we all get one

That would be awesome. Hopefully my pallet has some extra goodies!

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[FullyLitLED]

That would be awesome. Hopefully my pallet has some extra goodies!

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Bottle opener is what we all need...

I feel jealous of all you guys who had the money to go full option on this bumper!

Now I need to add up all the other costs

Latch assemblies(2000lb capacity)=$50.10/pair
Heavy duty spindles and sleeves(2000 lb capacity)=$150/pair
Locking pins to act as safety to keep bumper closed and fully open(4000lb capacity)=$24.64 for 4 pieces

Scrap metal, hardware and other tubing for swingarm assembly, tire carrier, gas can basket, , antenna mount, hi lift jack mount and recievers in each swingout to allow accessory interchange is approximately $270

I will learn how to weld just for this project...and utilize my CAD skills to get the parts cut via laser/waterjet at my friend's shop

So figure another $500 or so to add the components that I want. Hope this project turns out "fun", in the end my total bumper cost will be about $1300-$1400 shipped to my door with all the options that I want

 

[geocruiser]

Bottle opener is what we all need...

I feel jealous of all you guys who had the money to go full option on this bumper!

Now I need to add up all the other costs

Latch assemblies(2000lb capacity)=$50.10/pair
Heavy duty spindles and sleeves(2000 lb capacity)=$150/pair
Locking pins to act as safety to keep bumper closed and fully open(4000lb capacity)=$24.64 for 4 pieces

Scrap metal, hardware and other tubing for swingarm assembly, tire carrier, gas can basket, , antenna mount, hi lift jack mount and recievers in each swingout to allow accessory interchange is approximately $270

I will learn how to weld just for this project...and utilize my CAD skills to get the parts cut via laser/waterjet at my friend's shop

So figure another $500 or so to add the components that I want. Hope this project turns out "fun", in the end my total bumper cost will be about $1300-$1400 shipped to my door with all the options that I want

Good for you in undertaking this project! Let us know how it turns out

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[jgray]

Bottle opener is what we all need...

I feel jealous of all you guys who had the money to go full option on this bumper!

Now I need to add up all the other costs

Latch assemblies(2000lb capacity)=$50.10/pair
Heavy duty spindles and sleeves(2000 lb capacity)=$150/pair
Locking pins to act as safety to keep bumper closed and fully open(4000lb capacity)=$24.64 for 4 pieces

S**** metal, hardware and other tubing for swingarm assembly, tire carrier, gas can basket, , antenna mount, hi lift jack mount and recievers in each swingout to allow accessory interchange is approximately $270

I will learn how to weld just for this project...and utilize my CAD skills to get the parts cut via laser/waterjet at my friend's shop

So figure another $500 or so to add the components that I want. Hope this project turns out "fun", in the end my total bumper cost will be about $1300-$1400 shipped to my door with all the options that I want

Good luck with all that... I'm not seeing the savings you think you will be getting in the end... By the time you deal with all the time and materials needed to do what you are talking about you will likely end up paying more than you could've ordered this stuff for from Mike. Also if you are learning to weld I wouldn't recommend starting with something like this. To each his own tho I guess. If I were you I'd save your money and order the other things you need from Mike later on when you can afford them. A local fabricator might save you a few bucks but there is a big difference between a person who fabricates and welds for a living and someone who has never welded tackling something like this. Maybe you have friends or friends of friends that can help you but again are you really saving yourself money in the end? My 2 cents... Good luck...

 

[FullyLitLED]

Good luck with all that... I'm not seeing the savings you think you will be getting in the end... By the time you deal with all the time and materials needed to do what you are talking about you will likely end up paying more than you could've ordered this stuff for from Mike. Also if you are learning to weld I wouldn't recommend starting with something like this. To each his own tho I guess. If I were you I'd save your money and order the other things you need from Mike later on when you can afford them. A local fabricator might save you a few bucks but there is a big difference between a person who fabricates and welds for a living and someone who has never welded tackling something like this. Maybe you have friends or friends of friends that can help you but again are you really saving yourself money in the end? My 2 cents... Good luck...

Well I won't tackle it alone and the point really is not to save money(although I will save $600 to $800 based on my calculations). All a learning experience for me as I want to get better at welding, welding a chassis for our class robotics project is one thing, but building all the stuff for my bumper is another thing

I mean you can pay a guy to install springs right? But you don't pay them because you know how to do that yourself...same principle

 

[geocruiser]

Update from Mike:

Email excerpt:
"it looks like the bumper will be coated early next week and I hope the skid plates will be coated by the end of next week."

So hopefully I can accept delivery sometime the following week!

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