- Joined
- January 20, 2000
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- City, State
- McKinney, TX
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 76 Bronco
Well BBR ( Bumpers by Rob ) is in business. So far if you want an ugly bumper that's failry cheap call me.
On the serious side, ( Yes I try to get there ) I'm planning on building my bumpers this week. I need to cover some ugly gaps in the front & Back after the Body Lift.
I would like some opinions on what features I should include.
The plan so far is to start with 8 X 8 box tube 1/4 " thick.
I plan to angle the back side of this to help slide of of rocks, so there would be roughly a 45 angle starting 4" down the back of the bumper.
I plan to center my reciever hitch just above this angle, which puts it just about 2" above a line drwan between the frame rails. I plan to have a nice covered pigtail for my trailer mounted in the bumper so I don't have to worry about mud.
Tow hooks will be mounted so that they pull directly from the frame. Not sure yet how I'm going to do this part.
The bumper will actually mount to a 3 X 4 1/2" angle iron that is bolted in 4 spots to the frame.
Later I'll add the swinging tire carrier,gerry cans etc.
What am I missing?
On the serious side, ( Yes I try to get there ) I'm planning on building my bumpers this week. I need to cover some ugly gaps in the front & Back after the Body Lift.
I would like some opinions on what features I should include.
The plan so far is to start with 8 X 8 box tube 1/4 " thick.
I plan to angle the back side of this to help slide of of rocks, so there would be roughly a 45 angle starting 4" down the back of the bumper.
I plan to center my reciever hitch just above this angle, which puts it just about 2" above a line drwan between the frame rails. I plan to have a nice covered pigtail for my trailer mounted in the bumper so I don't have to worry about mud.
Tow hooks will be mounted so that they pull directly from the frame. Not sure yet how I'm going to do this part.
The bumper will actually mount to a 3 X 4 1/2" angle iron that is bolted in 4 spots to the frame.
Later I'll add the swinging tire carrier,gerry cans etc.
What am I missing?