any here made there own front bumper from tube or pipe??

im thinking about making my own 2 save money.. anybody got pics of there??

 

check marlincrawler.com or allprooffraod.com

they have some tube bumpers that might give you some ideas

 

Unless you have all the equipment laying around, and know how to use them and have the materials, then it will be cheaper to buy one

also, try searching, there are lots of threads about this

 

Havent finished it yet, been busy. I have a winch to mount, the ends are made to hold chains inside with locking doors. Tubing is 5/16 thick, so it is pretty stout. I am building a rear bumper to match that will double as an air tank. Need stout bumpers for pulling out the 3/4 ton Dodge that goes with us!

 

You can see here the ends are still open.

 

Check in "The Fab Shop" section - many people have built their own.

x2 on checking what's available in the market first. With the price of steel, if you have to buy any tools, it may indeed be cheaper to buy one already made.

 

Recycling centers are sometimes the best places to buy steel sometimes. Also tractor dealers sometimes have braces for farm equip. Got my steel from tractor dealer, they had a load of bailers come in and didnt have room to store the braces. $50 bucks got me almost 1800 pounds of steel!

 

well i have a shop with welders torches all the goodies and get materials really cheap so that why im looking to make my own

 

i made my own a few years back and have made a few for others now.

 

The ones I build:






http://www.addictedoffroad.com/bumpers.html

 

95% of the bumpers i see getting built on here...start with a winch mount from the same company...well..i dont plan on buying a winch..or ever thinking about gettin one..lol..(i have friends to pull me out..of course it would be nice to have one)...so anybody wanna post up pics of there custom tube bumper WITHOUT a winch mount..

I like monsters design (the one on the bare chassis and the beefy lookin bare metal one right below it)

 

Click Me for the full bumper post

 

check www.badlandbumpers.com
I love mine. It is super beefy! The bolt holes lined up perfectly. It took me less than 15min to put it on. Super nice bumper.

 

Dude,

just look down on the threads a few...there is already a thread about bumpers on the first page!

try searching next time

 

Here is my bumper that I built. I still need to make some hoop protection. I'm pretty happy with the outcome.

 

Since you want to see ones with no winch mount, here's mine. Air tight and plumbed for air storage. Designed for maximum approach angle.

 

that badlands bumpers pretty badass....i needs a new bumper soon, chrome ones rusting from inside out

 

yea..the design i will most likely follow the most will be the Badlands bumpers Basher Tube design...it will be plated on top..like the rest of the badlands bumpers..but will also be plated on the front..like..kinda on the bottom..to protect a little more..but i might leave it open..still researching of course.......

 

Man I need to get out there and finish mine. Yall make my truck look like Jed Clampet drives it

 

Your in luck! Here is a list of bumper manufactures. Have at it! *see notes below

Armorology http://www.armorology.com/

Revenge Fab http://revenge-fab.com/bumpers.html

WabFab http://www.wabfab.org/products/customfab/customfab.htm

Mossyrocks http://mossyrocksfab.com/

shockworks http://www.shrockworks.com/

Rockware (vehicle must be in colorado) http://toyota.off-road.com/toyota/ar....jsp?id=186571

Badland Bumpers http://www.fourwheeler.com/techartic...ers/index.html

Bentup (closed shop but email Aj and he may take orders) http://www.bentup.com/

cbi http://www.cbioffroadfab.com/index.php

4x4beast http://www.creationnonstop.com/beast/proj_roxalot.html

tjm http://www.sonoransteel.com/store_tjm_bullbars.html

warn http://www.warn.com/truck/mounting-s...r_toyota.shtml

all pro http://www.allprooffroad.com/

marlin http://www.marlincrawler.com/htm/armor.htm

front range http://frontrangeoffroadfab.com/nfos...512d95fd6bbd77

blazen http://www.blazenoffroad.com/product...4&productId=58

westin http://www.everythingoffroad.com/westin_bullbar.html

arb http://www.expeditionswest.com/equip...rb_bumper.html

Addicted off road: http://www.addictedoffroad.com/bumpers.html

Downey http://www.downeyoff-road.com/BodyCo...dsBumpers.html

Kennesaw http://www.kenmtn.com/html/wincher.html

Baja http://bajabumpers.com/

wheelers http://www.wheelersoffroad.com/9504tacoma.htm

Demello: http://www.demello-offroad.com/catalog/

4xinnovations http://www.4xinnovations.com/

overkill http://www.overkilloffroad.com/products.htm

Road Armor: http://www.roadarmor.com/site/

*Notes*
-Please list other bumper manufactures that I do not have on this list and I will add them.
-Some manufactures may not make both front and rear bumpers.
-Not responsible for quality or reputation of manufactures.
-You may need to search around their sites for your specific application.


Picture of the Bentup front bumper on my truck: