After winning a winch cable at the 3rd Annual Chicago Toyota Jambo, my wife gave me the money to buy a rebuilt Warn M8000 from Tom at TNT 4x4. The winch itself is an M8000 body with a 9000 series motor and new selinoids.
The bumper base is from the rear bumper of and '84 GMC I had.
After cutting and trimming the center section I had the base for the winch. The 1/2" plate also made for a nice Hawse fairlead.
Reusing the original mounting brakets made for a great way to utilize the original bumper mounting holes and also the first hole on the top of the frame for a 90* three bolt mount on each side.
After some thought of what else I had laying around I decided that some old 1/2" conduit could be usefull in shaping the rest of the bumper.
I had to pick up some 6"x1/8" and 4"x1/8" plate to finish the sides. The 6" was cut to 31" then tapered from 6" to 2" for the front and the 4" was used for the top having to use one seem at the corner.
Some old 1 1/2" .090 left over from a stock car was used to help stiffen the plate out to the corner.
Some more of the 4" plate was used for the bottom from the front plate to the tubing also to stiffen the corner for light impact.
After cutting the original turn signal mounts out of the original bumper I centered some holes under the headlights and screwed the trimmed mounts to the back of the holes. I ground the holes to match and welded in the mounts which recessed the lights an 1/8" deeper and will help protect them well. The 1'' loops are from a Ford Super Duty I had to replace the frame on and they happened to be the same hight as the center section and became the place for my hook to reside while not in use.
Although it weighs in at 90# and 175# with the winch it only dropped the front 3/8" on factory springs.
The bumper base is from the rear bumper of and '84 GMC I had.
After cutting and trimming the center section I had the base for the winch. The 1/2" plate also made for a nice Hawse fairlead.
Reusing the original mounting brakets made for a great way to utilize the original bumper mounting holes and also the first hole on the top of the frame for a 90* three bolt mount on each side.
After some thought of what else I had laying around I decided that some old 1/2" conduit could be usefull in shaping the rest of the bumper.
I had to pick up some 6"x1/8" and 4"x1/8" plate to finish the sides. The 6" was cut to 31" then tapered from 6" to 2" for the front and the 4" was used for the top having to use one seem at the corner.
Some old 1 1/2" .090 left over from a stock car was used to help stiffen the plate out to the corner.
Some more of the 4" plate was used for the bottom from the front plate to the tubing also to stiffen the corner for light impact.
After cutting the original turn signal mounts out of the original bumper I centered some holes under the headlights and screwed the trimmed mounts to the back of the holes. I ground the holes to match and welded in the mounts which recessed the lights an 1/8" deeper and will help protect them well. The 1'' loops are from a Ford Super Duty I had to replace the frame on and they happened to be the same hight as the center section and became the place for my hook to reside while not in use.
Although it weighs in at 90# and 175# with the winch it only dropped the front 3/8" on factory springs.
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Definately a winner for built, not bought
