Are there any good write ups on how to get started on building a front bumper?

I don't know many Yota guys to look at their trucks.. so I am looking for how to get started to fab up a front bumper to bolt on.

Thank for any info.

 

Do you own a welder? A grinder? A drill? C-clamps? Jack stands? Pencil and paper?

Then you got the necessary tools to get started...and now you need to use the "search" feature and/or to find some front bumpers you want to copy.

Otherwise the only tool you will need is a credit card.

Front Bumpers:
http://www.wabfab.org/products/bumpers/bumpers.htm

 

Just look around at what everyone else has built, pay close attn to the design and how they attach everything together. Also keep in mind anything you might want to add in the future - winch, lights, antenna, hi-lift or shovel mounts, etc

Whenever I built any of my bumpers I started by making the mounting plates and bolting them onto the truck, from there I'd build it using the truck itself as the jig

 

Mostly I was just unsure about the mounting points...

Do the good designs only use the 6 bolts that I see in the winch plates?

 

Here is how I mounted a front bumper on my '85:
- http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/4R_bumpers.shtml#Front

Only 4 bolts up front on the '84/'85 frame, I tied in with the tow hook mounting bolt holes under the frame and then added a pair of 3/4" bolts in through sleeves in the front body mount brackets. Has worked flawlessly for over 10 years.

 

No such thing as overkill when building 'wheeling armor...

 

I have 10 bolts holding on my front bumper . . . pretty sure it's not going anywhere

3 on the front, each side

2 on the bottom, each side, where the tow hooks go (except the driver side is missing one)

 

that sounds good to me.. time to get some steel..

 

yeah make that 84 look NICE!