I did this last month, after pushing my stock bumper back on the trails. I started by drawing up the mounting brackets, and had a local guy cut them on a CNC plasma cutter. The main bracket consists of two 1/4" plates. The first one has capture nuts welded on the backside, and was then welded to the frame and painted red. The second plate has the Toyota logos and Toyota cut out in the middle.

With the mounting brackets finished, it was time to bend some tube. This was the first time I done something like this, I was learning as I built this bumper. I spent a couple weeks looking at various designs, and then designed mine as I bent the tubing. I still plan on adding two more small pieces that tie into the stock bumper mounting location.

Here is the bracket, before the bumper was built.



And the bumper before paint.



And a few pics after paint, I love my roundeye headlights.







And a few pics on the trails

 

Nice bumper but if you intend to use it...you need to brace it to the frame some more as just two mounting points won't do it.

 

Yeah I have been meaning to add the upper bracing... I just have not had time yet. But the brackets are cut, just need to bend some more tubing. The other tie in points will be where the stock bumper mounted to, on the frame horns.

 

thats a freakin nice bumper, looks great im gonna be buildin one like it soon. is that 1.75" diameter tubing?

 

Where did you get the turn signals?

Looks sweet.

 

Thanks, yes the tubing is 1.75" and .120" wall HREW

The turn signals are LED trailer lights, several places sell them.

 

Ya I agree props on the rad bumber dude!

 

looks good but im not liking the turn signals i would covert the side makers into blinkers

 

Very nice job and how hard was the bending?? What do you use for the bending?? What pitch are the four bolts you used to mount that plate?? I am getting ready to build some thing along them lines and build a winch plate and receiver into the design and need to get the bolt size so I can bolt up my plate there as well.

 

Thanks again guys


Bent the tubing with a pro 105 bender, it take a bit of work, but its not to bad.

The bolts are all half inch grade 8. I had bought the right size bolts for the factory nut inserts, but the inserts were shot.

 

looks good i really like the simplicity to your design. i like your turn signal idea of using those trailer lights. while your bracing it up you should put some shackles somewhere in there.

 

Looks good!