na, just being nice and letting him use my truck to get the first one done so he can make more of them to sell! I was going to be the first buyer, but like you said. I won't have any use for it I offered for the buyer to purchase it, but he didn't want to.

 

So where's the finished product, side wings and all. Your such a tease when it comes to these things, like the video. I begining to think your just an attention whore.

 

Yeah, what happend to the side wing pics? I talked to Mike last night and he said you had some. I am beginning to agree with scott....... youre an attention whore!!!

 

and you guys love it!!

muahahahahhhahahahahahahahahahha

 

Come on Austin, we all know you love your camera and taking pictures of nearly everything, so go snap a few of Mad Mike's bumper. I'm anxious to see where my next donus check will be sunk(that is if HD even makes plan so I can bonus).

 

hey stump!

if hd means what i think it means, good luck on the bonus. i worked with them for over 2 yrs and never saw a bonus, and our store made huge dollars over the previous year. good luck man, they talk a good talk but definately dont walk a good walk.

lee

 

Yeah you certainly are right about that, we have made bonus twice in the 3 years I been there, we're on track to do it again, but it's fallen through twice since our last bonus, so I'm not holding my breath.
<---corperate America

 

Maybe we should go to the source of the bumper for pics since austin isnt in this crowd anymore. (he's a Nopi turner boy)

Jk Austin

 

Yeah, I'm with Will.

Mike did you manage to snap any finished product pictures?

 

Nopi tuner boy....PIcs already. I'll show you mine, if,....wait that came off wrong. Bumper pics

 

ha-ha!
I've seen yours (bumper that is) and it is nice. Youre fabricator did a great job. Hows it holding up? do you have any complaints or think you would have done somethings different?

 

no complaints. He built what i wanted. I would like to have had more clearance from the body and the top of the bumper, but I have not had any issues, yet. I have wheeled it mildly w/ out incident. I also towed three dirt bikes w. an open trailer last week
I am taking it out this weekend for some abuse.
my side wings are secured with a bar that runs from the inside of the "wing" to the frame rail. I have a bolt that attaches the bar to the wing. My only concern is the bolt head protruding and contacting the wheel.
this differs from SS3's desingn. i believe his wings are secured to the underside of the bumper/frame. I might have to make another change.

 

Well, if it makes you feel any better my wings are also secured to the frame too. I havent had any issues with them at all. I think they are in a great spot to prevent damage from a rock or anything else.


I am going to put it to the test next week in Tellico. I'll post pics of how it turns out then

 

One thing, one the 3rd gen, the factory bumper has a bracket that sits around the spare tire. This aids in keeping the tire secure. I no longer have this bracket and the tire sits on the two "stops" and the underside of the bumper. This is causing the tire to bounce a bit over certain bumps. No big deal , just annoying. It is an easy fix, but something to take in consideration.

Can't wait to see more bumpers

 

just been watching the thread from the side lines...AWESOME WORK MIKE!!

Seaflea or Mike, any pics on how/where the side wing brackets attach to frame & bumper? Can mud flaps be fastened to them for street use or no - wondering how far back they are from the tire.

 

Mud flaps can be used. They actually stay in the same location and aren't affected at all. the side wings are attaced to the frame using square tube. they attach to existing holes and are about 4" from the end of the wing I think. Sorry no pics, Mike may have some. We realy tested it out this last weekend at Tellico, It got beat really hard and came out with only minor scratches. I did manage to break one of the lights in it though. I think that was from shear shock of the rocks because there was no visible damage to the bumper. I also towed a 10' trailer up there (10 hours) with no problems at all. His bumpers are definately bullet proof!
Mike should be posting some pics of it soon.

 

Well, my bumpers have now been tellico tested and passed with flying colors. Will(Seaflea) beat the hell out of the one I built for his 1st gen. He hit it so hard on the rocks that it busted one of the lights, but no damage to the truck or the bumper.







Didn't even treak it even after dropping the entire weight of the vehical on one of the D-rings with the clevis mount taking all the force.






And still towed a 1000 pound trailer 6hours home.