Old School Bumper

[blondie]

Just thought I'd share my new bumper for my Waggy. I wanted to stay with the Gladiator look, like this one:
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So for Xmas my hubby fabbed me up one! We made the tow hooks beefier and the overall bumper bulkier. It's big, it's bad and it's definitely ugly... thats why I love it. :)

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[1977cherokeechief]

that thing is NICE!!!!!!!!!


looks great, i give it :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[j20brett]

did you reuse the original frame horn extensions or did you fab new ones? Looks great!

[armyfsj]

I like that alot looks really good!:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[blondie]

Thanks guys! He welded a piece of 4x6 1/4" flat iron against the end of the original frame horn and gussetted it from there because there wasn't a lot of surface area.

I have a Warn M8000 winch that is going in the winch holder there, the solenoid pack bolts onto that piece of flat iron there incase you were wondering what it was. The best part? It's fully removable from the bumper so if I wanted to take the winch off, I can just unbolt the carrier from the bumper & slide it off.

[JeepBountyHunter]

Nice, I like!!!

[Chrome]

Now that's what I call a bumper! Great job! Just out of curiousity can you make one in CHROME? :D

[blondie]

Now that's what I call a bumper! Great job! Just out of curiousity can you make one in CHROME? :DI'm sure we could make one & get it chromed, no problem! lol. That would be a LOT of bling. :cool:

[Ugly Truck Nut]

Very nice bumper.

[misfittom138]

That is sweeeet. :thumbsup:

[Lindel]

Very nice, simple, to the point. I like it!

[710 Burner]

Yeah, if anybody takes a hit from that thing, they are gonna get the point! Very nice indeed.

[Gambler68]

Burly!!!! You don't guys don't mess around! :thumbsup:

[JohnIL]

What size rectangular steel tubing did you use for the main bumper? Thanks.

John

[blondie]

What size rectangular steel tubing did you use for the main bumper? Thanks.

JohnWe used 2x8.5" rectangular tubing, 0.188 wall. A little heavy, but all the holes where the bolts go through for the tow points & winch carrier are all sleeved so it's heavy duty and we wanted a bumper that you could run into a wall & keep going. :rolleyes:

[Dirtball]

Nice... very nice... something to be proud of!!

[FSJ Guy]

Looks good. I like the way the brush guard looks "sort of" OEM, but is still different.

Just be careful who you run into! It looks like that bumper isn't going to bend unless you hit a semi truck!

[drlocke]

That's a bumpah--ayuh! :thumbsup:

Good way to get a bit mowah venison in the freezah, too.... :D

[Bill Moore]

you call that a heavy duty bumper, now heres a real bumper, believe it was cut off a locomotive, Old Zeb does well with it

[Bill Moore]

btw, that is a really sweet bumper, what does it weigh?

[blondie]

btw, that is a really sweet bumper, what does it weigh?I'm not too sure on the weight... it's pretty heavy. I'll try to get a weight on it next time we're near a scale.

[Zorm]

that looks awsome, now have him make one for the rear kinda to match the front.

Nice and "get the heck outa myway" :thumbsup:

[blondie]

Ok, hubby says it's about 80 lbs.

[etjeep]

Thats beefy alright! I suggest you knock the corners off the bottom to help your approach angle though.