New bumper idea for my 89 mini
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New bumper idea for my 89 mini
My old smitty built had seen all the mud and rocks it could handle so it was time to build a new bumper.
Before:
I must have looked at a 1000 different bumper ideas on the net before deciding how I would make it. Finally I just grabbed some steel, the plasma cutter, the grinder and the welder and went to it.
Cut some square tubing and used the Lincoln to see what it would look like:
I based it around the winch dimensions:
Then I build the center section and drilled some holes to allow some air through:
Tried something else:
Worked on it some more:
Put the sides on it:
After some more mods, grinding and welding:
It was finally ready for paint:
Finally started its final install onto the truck:
The install is done in 3 parts: 1. Bold the bracket onto the truck, 2. Slide the bumper on the bracket 3. Put winch and winch plate on top of it all. This way a single person can install the bumper without having to carry 200 pounds!
And here is the finished product:
CT
Before:
I must have looked at a 1000 different bumper ideas on the net before deciding how I would make it. Finally I just grabbed some steel, the plasma cutter, the grinder and the welder and went to it.
Cut some square tubing and used the Lincoln to see what it would look like:
I based it around the winch dimensions:
Then I build the center section and drilled some holes to allow some air through:
Tried something else:
Worked on it some more:
Put the sides on it:
After some more mods, grinding and welding:
It was finally ready for paint:
Finally started its final install onto the truck:
The install is done in 3 parts: 1. Bold the bracket onto the truck, 2. Slide the bumper on the bracket 3. Put winch and winch plate on top of it all. This way a single person can install the bumper without having to carry 200 pounds!
And here is the finished product:
CT
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ok. that makes more sense. I personally would never attempt to bolt the winch attached to the bumper in the first place but to each its own
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Last edited by CanadianToy; 09-06-2009 at 07:06 PM.
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I love it .. reminds me of the first bumper I built for my first /80 . (way back when!! )
I'm not a fan of the tube crap now a days , stingers and such , that marlin , trailgear and everyone and there dog has polluted the market with !!
nice work !
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I'm not a fan of the tube crap now a days , stingers and such , that marlin , trailgear and everyone and there dog has polluted the market with !!
nice work !
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Last edited by slacker; 09-07-2009 at 04:21 PM.
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Sorry man, it litterally took me a year to get back to the garage to build this one.
The material list is quite short.
1 x 12' piece of 2x6 3/16th thick piece of steel (Used 90% of it)
1 5' 2x2 1/4" angle iron
1 2' 1.5" square tubing
10 1.5" long half inch, grade 8 bolts and nuts
That's it!
Took me 4 hours to cut and tack weld the majority of it and bout 8 hours to finish it up to the point where it is today.
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The material list is quite short.
1 x 12' piece of 2x6 3/16th thick piece of steel (Used 90% of it)
1 5' 2x2 1/4" angle iron
1 2' 1.5" square tubing
10 1.5" long half inch, grade 8 bolts and nuts
That's it!
Took me 4 hours to cut and tack weld the majority of it and bout 8 hours to finish it up to the point where it is today.
CT
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Whatever floats your boat, though. I love those dudes I see running stingers bolted to the stock bumpers on their full-size trucks. Just makes me laugh.
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