So while waiting for some parts for my 3.4 swap I thought I would try out my new benders and make some protection for the front.

Before.


after


I am using 1.75x.120 wall dom and 1.5x.120 wall hrew. I tied it into my shock hoops so it will have a couple load paths and hopefully not fold if I come down on it hard.





I am sorta goin for the Dan Vance "kung fu" look but with a little twist to change it up. I still need to add some tubes but its getting there.

 

The plans...

1.5" tube in yellow
the red circles are some lights

 

Here is a pic of the bumper that came with the truck.

 

startin to look pretty good man.

 

Very nice
what is a yoda jd fab it front? is it the type of kit you got on the front? who sells it?

 

Yeah its a jd fabrication front lt kit.

 

Permanently mounted front bumper will make future work in the engine bay fun.

 

How so? It gives me a nice seat .

 

Haha, I was thinking the same thing.

Looks tough though. The old one looked cool, but obviously weak and girlish. The new one is strong and manly. Any pics of where you hooked into the shock hoops?

 

Hopefully, your shock towers are braced to hell. Would SUCK to come down hard on the bumper and instead of a folded up bumper, you had ripped off shock towers...

 

No worries there. I considered load path in this build.

 

Well here are some update pics.

 

Anything else ever done to this?

 

i like this because it keeps the original bumper which looks good and protects stuff too