Rear Bumpers Nowadays....

[lumbee1]

The DYI pre-weld kits are priced decent. Just wished I had welding skills.

I purchased a welder in 2014 with no experience at all. I purchased a 4x4Labs bumper kit in 2016 and put it all together myself. It was a lot of work but I gained a new skill and saved a ton of money.

 

[jkeithw]

I'm super interested in this if you are planning on making a DIY kit. I'm currently looking to do a rear bumper w/o swing outs, and sliders. I personally like the 4x4 Labs rear bumper design with the quarter panel guard. What are the chances you'll be producing this and what time frame? Thanks!

most likely DIY, yes.

I'm trying to get the drawings done before Thanksgiving so I can get the prototypes before the end of the year - in which case, Q1 might be possible (depending on how many goofs I have to correct once it goes to steel )

 

[GW Nugget]

I'm doing these for Julia's 80:

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I wanted to keep the general aesthetics of the ARB front bumper, with something highish-clearance, but retain the factory rear crossmember and be more or less reversible. I also wanted to keep the aluminum step plate, because I dig it, and we use it for roof rack stuff when the tailgate is up.

(wish me luck, doing the drawings for the bend shop now)

Modular bumper wings...very cool, but wont be for the rock crawler types on 37s.

 

[jkeithw]

Modular bumper wings...very cool, but wont be for the rock crawler types on 37s.

thx! It'll be fine for 37s, but it would be hard to beat Dissent's solution for crawling - that rear crossmember has to go!

 

[GW Nugget]

To be more specific in what I see is the forward portion of the bumper wing is just below the fender flare which is nipped back a wee bit to clear a 37x12.5 tire. At the minimum would rub the paint off. My suggestion is to move it back to the actual aft portion of the inner fender.

I mean this is very impressive work. To work with 3D imaging & CAD design.
I would have blast playing & building cool stuff.

Page 14 of my build thread is where I went through the learning curve of fitting 37s.