explorer roll pan FOUND!!!!!!

[jbhill]

well not really but we did some modding to jasonf83's rear bumper and made it work. if pics dont work, copy/paste the link into ur browser.

http://jasonf.20megsfree.com/images/bumper1.jpg

http://jasonf.20megsfree.com/images/bumper2.jpg

 

[DeagleDave]

with that bumper pushed in what happens if he gets rear ended?

look good though.

 

[tbomb]

thats pretty neat. roll pans are cool, but everytime i see a thread about em on here, i just think about my accident last september - if i had a roll pan instead of a bumper when that old lady in a buick hit a stopped full size chevy pickup at ~50 mph and pushed him into me...heh, forget about it.

 

[Digger196]

looks good.

 

[jssong]

nice job.. did u basically just cut the bumper? and did u have to cut at the frame rails to do that? are you going to do a write up?

 

[Hartman]

Looks good, paint the chrome and it would look even better.

 

[james t]

Originally posted by tbomb
i i just think about my accident last september - if i had a roll pan instead of a bumper when that old lady in a buick hit a stopped full size chevy pickup at ~50 mph and pushed him into me...heh, forget about it.

i had an accident years ago in the exact same manner as you described, and in the same truck. mine was a 90 chevy with a big block. i DID have a roll pan. i was stopped behind an old lady (turning) and was rear-ended by a kid in a 4x4 Nissan doing 45-50 mph. i was pushed up on the steering wheel, the bed was pushed in through the cab, and my truck hit the TOP of the trunk of her car (mine was lowered, it flew about 3 ft. off the ground.) i was uninjured, the truck was totaled.

my point is, stock bumpers dont do a whole lot as far as high impact crash protection. the frame absorbs most of the impact. a strong guy can almost bend a stock bumper with his hands. they are junk. a roll pan isnt really any more dangerous than a stock bumper, it just helps protect the vehicle in low speed accidents.

oh, and jbhill, how about an explanation on the bumper cutting?

 

[DeagleDave]

only reason i said that was because here in central florida we are the low speed rearending capital of the world it seems.

 

[Yomie]

JBHill tell us how it was done! it looks tight

 

[jbhill]

ill do a write up. yas we had to cut the frame. we cut 4 in out of the bumper. ill get what ever pics yall need. this took some time maybe bout 4 hours to do it.

 

[MONMIX]

That does look good.
I really dig the white emblem.

 

[Ghost99]

I'd put one on in a heart beat!! The rear bumper is bolted directly to the frame rail. If you want added support after a rolled pan then fabricate a "bumper" behind the rool pan out of 2"x2" square tubing. Weld some bracket on it...your done. It'll all be hidden by the roll pan.

 

[nnnick]

i am also very interested on how u did this.

 

[njsjfonline]

LOL looks like my cat when he gets scared

 

[X24]

What?

 

[MONMIX]

Originally posted by njsjfonline
LOL looks like my cat when he gets scared

I stared at that picture for ten mineuts and all I can come up with is you have a strange looking cat.

 

[Big Poppa]

Is there a problem w/ the 1st pic?
So, is there a write up comin?

 

[nnnick]

i dont know but everyone who subscribes to this thread and is obviously interested in a getting a roll pan made, please go over here http://www.fordexplorer.net/viewtopic.php?t=820 and join the list of signatures and vote in the poll so we can get an impressive list going to send to companies, in order to finally get a real roll pan! thanks