skoobydoobiedew
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- City, State
- St. Paul, MN
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '91 EB
Finished my custom tube bumper last week. took 2 full days of fab. work. It all started with an ad in the paper for a *pickup reciever hitch $15* so i checked it out.. bought it.. turns out it was a class 5 hitch for an old dodge truck. I figured i could always use a $15 hitch. i ended up shortening it and it slid right into my rear frame rails... except then i couldnt use my rear stock bumper.. so i decided to fab up a tube one. then i thought.. why not move my spare up there? so the project began. i knew i wanted a good aproach angle, tow points, 2" hitch, tire carrier, cb antenna mount, hi-lift jacking points, and i didnt want it to look toooo redneck . so with that in mind... i started cutting. i made it out of 2 1/2" steel tubing with 45 degree miters in the corners. the tire carrier is 1" tubing. tubing seems a lot harder to work with than square stuff.. but the look i got was exactly what i was going for. anyways! enough talk! here are some pictures! i plan to have it coated with truck bedliner, but ill wait until i finish my front bumper and roof rack so i can get them all done at once.. so the black paint is only temporary. enjoy! and tell me what you think!! thanks!!
pictures:
www.cardomain.com
-joey
pictures:
www.cardomain.com
-joey