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Old 01-31-2005, 10:01 AM
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Bighead, Bumper question

Hey Bighead.
Just noticed your bumper in the hi-lift thread.

Do you have any other pics of your bumper?
Would you share?
Old 01-31-2005, 10:23 AM
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Darren and I had our bumpers made together so they are identical twins. He has a bunch of great pics on his site here. The only difference is how we have our license plates mounted. I have an aluminum plate-bracket from Slee Offroad that attaches to the lugnuts securing the spare. I also have 2 Lite-N-Boltz wired up to light up the plate at night.
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anyone in the northeast, nj precisely, make that bumper?
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I am about to start fabricating something similar for my 97
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Originally Posted by Bighead
Darren and I had our bumpers made together so they are identical twins. He has a bunch of great pics on his site here. The only difference is how we have our license plates mounted. I have an aluminum plate-bracket from Slee Offroad that attaches to the lugnuts securing the spare. I also have 2 Lite-N-Boltz wired up to light up the plate at night.
I am curious as to what the blue truck has for a lift, tires and wheels

nice set up!
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just went to his site,,,and got the info
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As they guys in the Duster would say.

"sweet"

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That is one nice bumper... but, for not having a vehicle for a week and having it cost almost as much as an S/C, kinda takes away from it a bit. But if your in CO, then all the power to ya!
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Originally Posted by BOSTON4RUNNER
I am about to start fabricating something similar for my 97
what about your front bumper?
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as I do alot of traveling to surf and always have boards in my car I am not going to mount the spare off the rear bumper or anything, I have a full size spare in the back of my truck which I throw on the top rack sometimes

for now the front bumper will remain stock, I think once I do a lift and the rear bumper, and custome sliders.... I may consider fabbing a front receiver/winch/bumper combo

note sure yet, the front bumper for now is part of my roof rack so would have to fab one up to do the same as the stock one

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Originally Posted by BOSTON4RUNNER
as I do alot of traveling to surf and always have boards in my car I am not going to mount the spare off the rear bumper or anything, I have a full size spare in the back of my truck which I throw on the top rack sometimes

for now the front bumper will remain stock, I think once I do a lift and the rear bumper, and custome sliders.... I may consider fabbing a front receiver/winch/bumper combo

note sure yet, the front bumper for now is part of my roof rack so would have to fab one up to do the same as the stock one

how much would you charge to make one for my truck?
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it looks like the rack ties into the brushguard. My only concern would be if you ever got into an accident. I like how it ties into the rack, though
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The man makes a good point...

Espcially since its a brushguard. I'd want something a little more sturdy out front if thats whats holding a piece of metal that goes all the way up my rig. It looks like there is a descent amount of space, but in an accident, that space gets cut down quick...

BigHead has a TJM T15 out front... same as mine

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I have thought of accidents

hope it wont happen

if it does truck will need a ton of work
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