montana58

Does anyone out there have plans for a custom front bumper??? or blueprints.. im wanting to build one cause i really cant afford to buy one.. any suggestions... please and thanks.

NicCantDecide

other than people that build bumpers for a living (they probably won't give you their designs), I doubt most people have detailed bluprints.

Just take off your front bumper and start measuring and go off a design you like.

tc

x2 - that's why they're called "custom"

montana58

alright.. what is the best type of bumper like a tube one or like the flat kind(not sure wat they are called????) ..k.

tc

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

If you're gonna make a round tube bumper, you need a bender, plate style you don't.

montana58

ill proly just make a plate style one then.. is there anything i need know before i start to make it..

91 4Runner

Over build it - too light and you'll find yourself building another.. Just remember there is no such thing as too much protection!

91 4Runner

Oh, and measure twice and cut once! - always a good one!

tc

x2 - no such thing as overkill on an offroad vehicle!

I would not use anything lighter than .120"

claudebadly

build your whole bumper out of paper first. so you know where to cut it, and have all the templates ready to go, so you know how it will look before you dump the money into it and it turns out not how you wanted it to.
i would also suggest looking around at other peoples custom flat stock bumpers so you kind of have an idea of what you like.
good luck man

montana58

Thanks yall.

montana58

i was thinkin about usin 1/8" steel or 1/4.. should i go heavier than that????

94mud_runner

Hey...I have made my own bumpers using tube style piping.....I pulled and pushed trucks out with ease...never hade any probs....I'l post some pics later one tonight!!!
The were fairly easy to do...cut theme in the shape I wanted.....only needed a welder,metal cutting blades and a grinder

DC.Woods

www.yotatech.com/f88/front-bumper-build-164886/
RECENT THREAD!

tc

You want 1/4" at least (3/8" would be better) for the mounts, but I wouldn't go much heavier than 1/8" for the plate itself.

SpecialScottie

Another option would be to build off of a winch plate

swaycleveland

im thinking of building my own front bumper. I would love to have a armorology or something like it. i like that style. not much out there for toyotas like that. and most are pretty epensive. until i found this!
http://www.icelandoffroad.com/bumpers.html

i know i know.. its fiberglass but after thinking about it... its a 1/4 thick it can be built cheaply ( i can do this work NO PROBLEM) boats are fiberglass and take a beating. i can build it off a winch plate or at least have options. can be easily fixed if damaged. light weight.
plus i dont beat on my truck.. yes it does go off road but i dont see myself causing serious damage it.
so outside of its not steel what do you guys think of it

sorry to highjack but ...

montana58

where can i get A winch plate??? Expensive???? Will that fiberglass hold up to hittin rocks...... dont seem like it will to me.....

swaycleveland

try marlin crawler or trail gear. i think they have winch plates

SpecialScottie

$129 for the winch plate
http://trail-gear.com/toy-bumper.html