custom bumper and roll bar

[will e]

Well, my friend and wheel'n buddy Bob was gracious enough to put together some custom bumpers and a roll bar for the Jeep. I wanted the bumpers tight, since I park the jeep inside a small garage. I was also looking for something that would not destroy the approach and departure angles and had a custom but stock look to them. Also, I had a winch I wanted to mount but not block air flow or the pretty grill. He pretty much nailed it.









And a shot of the rear bumper:








A shot of the roll bar. The spare is mounted via a plate and welded to the roll bar. His kids put together the net and pads. I took the speakers and mounted them using a couple of pieces of flat iron and some hose clamps. I am going to replace the interior panels... the carpeted ones are shot and the diamond plate rattles too much...


The proud builder:


Thanks Bob and Tad, Joe and the kids who all pitched in!!! I can't tell you how much I love having decent bumpers, some good recovery points, the peace of mind of the roll bar/net and the winch finally mounted!

If you want to see the work in progress, here is a link to the build:

http://www.ifsja.org/forums/vb/showthread.php?t=141308

[Wayne]

Looks good, nice fit on all of it.

[mt pokitz]

nice looking bumpers, i like the way the cage looks w/tire mounted, there is a guy on here from michigan that has a thicker hard rubber diamond plate that i have on the wag you might be interested in using for your rig

[will e]

One more shot...

[Gambler68]

oh wow, NICE!

[Jeepstress]

Beautiful!

[rubix2003]

looks great !!! very similar too what i want to do !!

[jeepfan93]

Looks fantastic. Did he use all plate or start with 2x6?

[janie]

Mike, your rig is show quality. Simply beautiful.

[jaber]

Awesome bumpers and cage. That is one sexy Cherk....

[Locked and Loaded]

Nice. Some FSJ's look better the older they get.

[will e]

Looks fantastic. Did he use all plate or start with 2x6?

Here is a pic of it without the plates (bottom left of the photo)



And after some of the skin work:

[Thomas792]

Looks awesome. I really like the bumpers, clean and functional. Do I see expanded metal on the roll bar separating the seating area from the cargo area? If so, how do you get into the back to take off the tailgate plate so you can disconnect the window to get the tailgate down when the wiring goes bad?

[paddyp]

I really like those bumpers, nice and tight to the body and minimal. I am working on a new front bumper this weekend, I want mine to turn out like this .

[litlmeck]

Rear receiver sticks out to far

Cage needs more triangulation

Winch mount should have been lower