Rear bumper design/build (3 Viewers)

[VCCruzr]

Had a busy day today. LOTS of welding, but everything went together very smoothly. I think we've finally got all of the little kinks and assembly challenges out of the way. Started with a big pile of parts, and worked them into rear winch bumper shell.



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And I thought you needed one of the fancy welding hoods with flames painted on it to weld purdy nickels like you do. Guess not . Dang you guys do nice work!

 

[Stainlessdoctor]

And I thought you needed one of the fancy welding hoods with flames painted on it to weld purdy nickels like you do. Guess not . Dang you guys do nice work!

Hahahahaha! That's great!..........You don't have to worry about catching me in one of those caption America hoods!! I'll stick to the ol pipe liner hood! Been using em for about 15 yrs,

 

[Otamiway]

One more.




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Nice design... Sorry if my questions were already asked...

Will your design require removal of the rear cross member

If not, how will the winch mount up?

Thanks
Stu

 

[adventr]

Hahahahaha! That's great!..........You don't have to worry about catching me in one of those caption America hoods!! I'll stick to the ol pipe liner hood! Been using em for about 15 yrs,

Oh great, now I'm going to have to re-think your Christmas gift... LOL

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[adventr]

Nice design... Sorry if my questions were already asked...

Will your design require removal of the rear cross member

If not, how will the winch mount up?

Thanks
Stu

Hey Stu, the rear crossmember remains in place. It will have to be notched at the bottom to allow the cable to pass through. The winch will attach to a subassembly which is separate from the bumper itself. It will basically sit right in front of that existing crossmember.
In the days ahead, our progress pictures will explain a lot.
Thanks!

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[Stainlessdoctor]

oh great, now i'm going to have to re-think your christmas gift... Lol

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hahahahaha

 

[Otamiway]

Hey Stu, the rear crossmember remains in place. It will have to be notched at the bottom to allow the cable to pass through. The winch will attach to a subassembly which is separate from the bumper itself. It will basically sit right in front of that existing crossmember.
In the days ahead, our progress pictures will explain a lot.
Thanks!

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Thanks Tim, looking forward to seeing the end product.

 

[adventr]

Long day, more progress. Should have both bumpers finished and ready for powder coat tomorrow.






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[Otamiway]

Hey Stu, the rear crossmember remains in place. It will have to be notched at the bottom to allow the cable to pass through. The winch will attach to a subassembly which is separate from the bumper itself. It will basically sit right in front of that existing crossmember.
In the days ahead, our progress pictures will explain a lot.
Thanks!

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Looking forward to seeing pics of the subframe..

 

[Rin tin tinfoil]

AWESOME!

Yeah thats how we do it in ARKANSAS! Keep up the hard work! Very impressive!

 

[adventr]

Few more. Trying to get these knocked out so that they can be powdercoated.






















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[adventr]

Almost completely finished now. Bumper lights wired up. Still waiting on gas struts, but these are going to powdercoat next week.
























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[adventr]

Oh, and one more important pic...







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[Stainlessdoctor]

 

[adventr]

Here's one from yesterday. Hopefully my gas struts will be here soon!







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[Stainlessdoctor]

Looks BIG! LOL

 

[Stainlessdoctor]

I'll get better pics tomorrow but.... here it is! dropped it off to be powder coated this AM and picked it up this afternoon, all I have left is a couple of cool little stainless steel pcs that I will attach tomorrow.

 

[Stainlessdoctor]

 

[LittleRock80]

These bumpers look phenomenal. Prettiest welds I've seen. Awesome looking rigs too. Good work fellas.

I also like how you left the flares ON both of your trucks and designed the bumpers to accommodate them. Looks right.

Jwp

 

[Stainlessdoctor]

Here is a few more pics of the completed bumper build...