I picked up a Marlin Crawler front bumper on my way home from Vegas and decided that I wanted to add a little bit to it. It just seemed a little too open. I'm workin on cutting out plates to weld on and close the top off and give it a more finished look and a place to mount my lights. First impressions on the bumper though are that it is BEEF. Can't wait till I can throw a winch on there. Oh and I already did the side marker light mod so no turn signals on the bumper so I'll be shaving those tabs off as well. And eventually, I'll be making my own front skid plate but I'm not gunna start on that for a little while. Here's what I have so far.











I'll update the thread as I progress....

 

Looks good so far.

 

Cool!

 

never seen anyone mod an MC bumper before. will be interested in the finished project.

 

Thanks guys, I'm gunna head out now to work on it some more so hopefully I'll have it at least one side tacked in today!

 

very nice. I like the plates you're putting in they look real similar to the allpro bumper on my truck. You'll dig them to i always put tools on them if i'm working on my engine. It's a goo place to set a soda or have lunch on the trail if you're without a table. Loved your e-locker thread. It made me jealious since i only put a lsd in my diff when i went to 4.88's.

that's the only good pic i have of the plates on the bumper but you get the idea.

 

Thanks I love the e-locker! and I just finished up with the plates (still have some touching up to do) so I'll upload those in just a second. Your truck is nice! Ours are similar...what rear bumper is that? It doesn't look quite like a MC one...All Pro as well?

 

I've still got some touching up to do, and repaint it, but it was about to rain here and I wasn't aware of that so I wanted to get it to a point where I could paint it and leave it for a couple days without it rusting...I think it makes it look better, more of a finished look

 

Looks good man!

 

Good job!

 

Thanks guys!

 

nice..

 

looks great! With how good it looks, I'm surprised this isn't a more popular mod. awesome work.

 

That looks great, I am ordering mine soon. Prob Marlins.

 

Nice i like how the plates blend in and look as though they are supposed to be there in the first place. Strong work man. And to the question pertaining to the rear bumper it's an allpro piece as well. Yeah these two trucks look separated at birth.

 

Thanks everyone! And toyNG, I'm surprised it's not more popular as well, or maybe it is and just no one has shown what they've done lol

 

I have always liked that style bumper, but it exposes the area that was covered bye the stock bumper. I think more home made plating is needed.

 

NICE WORK!!
Looks factory but better!

 

That's what I thought too! I put it on my truck and I didn't like how open it was at all, it just looked funny. IMO Marlin should make them like this from the factory, even if they did have to charge $20 more....That's how much the metal cost me at least so I know they can get it for cheaper...

Thanks!! Now that the plates are on there, it looks like the truck should come like that lol

 

looks way better i never did care much for how open it was