progress pics _ new front bumper

Post by **houdini** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 4:03 pm

No quite finished, but taking shape. Big thanks to Richard (frontier2k1)!

Still got some things to finish up, but I will get it done quickly. Just glad to have some steel on the front end again.

The old (busted up in GA)

The New.....bigger and better!

Post by **Dano** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 7:15 pm

That looks sick! What are the specs on the steel your using?

-Dan

Post by **houdini** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:02 am

i couldn't tell you what the specs are, but this bumper incorporates 1.75", 1.5" and 1.25" tube. richard (my fab guy) orders all the steel before i show up and i really just get involved in design and fabrication. i'll have to ask him.

Post by **Dano** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 6:16 am

Looks great! Planning on adding more lights I see

-Dan

Post by **houdini** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:39 am

DanO wrote:Looks great! Planning on adding more lights I see

-Dan

you know it!

first coat of clear is drying now. gonna do a couple or few more coats and then install all 4 hellas and put on the truck. excited about the clear. looks good thus far.

Post by **Big-Bird** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 3:28 pm

I llike the pre-runner style. Boo-yah!

Post by **Dano** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:16 pm

Yep, so do I!

Really gives me more ideas and inspiration for when I get my truck.

-Dan

Post by **Desert Rat** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 8:42 am

Looks real good. similar to mine even.

Post by **houdini** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:53 am

Desert Rat wrote:Looks real good. similar to mine even.

thanks! yep, it is similar. got any good pics of yours to post up? i would just like to take a look.

Post by **NewNismo** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 10:03 am

Sweet!

Post by **Desert Rat** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 11:19 am

Here's one

Post by **houdini** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:26 pm

nice desert rat! does that tube turn back and connect into the frame or subframe for support? still trying to decide how to better brace mine.

clear is dry and lights are on. came out pretty good.

Post by **Dano** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:25 pm

That really came out good! Looks great!

-Dan

Post by **Desert Rat** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:40 pm

sorta...there's a custom brent 1/4 stock bracket that bolts to the end of the bumper into a welded nut and endcap, and goes down and bolts on top of the body mount. It's not the most stable thing in the world, but it will allow me to use a hi-lift on the front of the truck. It would need substantially more gusseting if I were to add a winch.

Post by **houdini** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 1:44 am

thanks desert rat. i had been thinking about and talking with richard about bracing back to the body mount as well.

i am also thinking about running tube from behind the lower outer portion of hte bumper back through the wheel well (keeping it high and tight) to connect to the frame behind the tire or basically under the seats. could then maybe use the tube through the wheel well as a shock hoop mount for the eventual sas.

just a thought.

thanks.

Post by **Desert Rat** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 8:36 am

That's a good idea...tie it back into your slider and use it for fender protection in the trees. A reinforcement down to the frame ahead of the wheel would double its strength.

Post by **White_Shadow** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:43 am

nice bumper! but i am not into the offroading

Post by **jdmfreak** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:10 pm

DAMN! Thats just sick! Im not really a truck guy but slowly Im being converted...

Post by **houdini** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 11:23 am

finally got the center plate installed! let me know what you think.

didn't end up using stainless. the guy with the shear said he could not do it. said he would need a bigger shear, but did go ahead and shear off a piece of aluminum. Freebie! (thanks for handling everything richard!)

i orginally installed the aluminum plate without any holes. just the full plate. it looked good, but i found out a couple of days later that it wasn't going to work. ~70mph on a 95 degree day with the AC on max and the truck started to overheat. i guess no air flow through the skid and 4 hella's up top just wasn't going to cut it.

so....1.5 drills and 24 hours later it has 4 new holes. i think it looks better than it did without.

hope it works well. i don't see why it wont. gotta pull everything this weekend....wire wheel the bumper again and clear coat again. shouldn't take too long, but its a pain the ***!

here are the pics.

later.

Post by **Mr. Plow** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:19 pm

Like I said on CF, that's Billy-Bad-A$$!

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