Just 4 for now, the stock two.
When i go back and put a winch on it i'm going to bump it up to 6 or more.
Theres no mounts for towing off it, and for now i dont plan on it.

 

you should have 6 on the front crossmember and then the 4 bolts for the stock bumper location.

 

Yep. Theres the 4 stock, then two off to the side.
When i get the winch and everything i'm going to beef up the front crossmember and mounting points. From what i hear they arent particularly strong.

Also, ty toyospearo.

 

you should brace the "wings" or they bend into the body when you hit somethign.

 

i would make sure that you use some good grade 8 bolts to. cause if you just use some bolts out of the bolt ben they may be the weak link and snap when you hit something. but thats just my .02 cents. but love the look with it capped

 

i need to, but i havent got the time lately. finals week + sickness and highschool work..
been one hell of a month :/

@Broncrider: I used the stock bolts that hold on the bumper.

 

Dude, you did a hella nice job on that bumper.

 

It gets the job done i guess.
if i went back and did it again i'd do a few things differently.
thanks, though

 

looks good. fits the truck nicley

 

hey man i like this bumper alot!!! its nice and simple. me and my dad might make one very similar to yours. now you said that you would do stuff differntly. what would you change or add??? thanks man and once again it looks good

 

Some things i'd do differently:

Solid piece of 1/4th inch instead of two seperate pieces. On the mounting points.
Beef up the crossmember.
And maybe take a bit more time on the end pieces.
They werent that thought-out and i ended up using scrap pieces and they werent as straight.

 

Oh yeah.
they didn't bend into ANYTHING when i hit that car going 30MPH.
the bumper practically saved this truck.






Only tweaked a bit.
But hey, what DOESNT get tweaked after a 30mph impact?

 

dang i want to see the car you hit

 

well it didnt seem like it took that much damage.
it WAS an 04' trailblazer.
the main force of the damage was taken in through the tow-hitch. the rear bumper cracked a bit, and the rear hatch was dented.
the front of the car was pretty jacked up though.

 

oooo i was thinkin it was a lil car and got smashed lol couse that looks like a nice solid bumper your got there. nice work

 

I think i succeeded in BEEFING UP THE XMEMBER hahaha
its 1/4" thick 2.5"x2.5" square tubing.