What to make bumper out of?

[chris1044]

Alright, I've got a few bumper Ideas. One is tube, the other is made out of square tube for the frame with steel cannel over it..

My question is this: What has everone made there bumpers out of? Wall thickness, DOM...etc

Also, what is the cheapest material you've found to use

 

[bipolarbob]

I made mine out of square and rectangular tubing, looks pretty damn good. Just have to do the light tabs and the skidplate, couple of finishing touches and paint it. I was totally impressed how well mine came out. Cutting angles is way easier than using a bender.

 

[chris1044]

Have any pics?

Also, what size rectangular tubing did you use, and how thick was the wall?

 

[bipolarbob]

Email me. Put bumper pics in the subject line. cmacfarlane@shaw.ca I used the 1x2 and 1x1 eighth inch

 

[JDraper]

Bumper I made for my Zuk is 1/4" & 3/16" plate steel. Used the 1/4" plate to bolt it to the frame and build the winch box, the 3/16" steel for the rest. Here are some pix...

Kit form

Assembled form.

Currently, the lights are removed and there's a MM 9000lb winch on it.

 

[chris1044]

That zuk bumper looks pretty bad ass man.....Thats what I was lookin for. You just welded them all together and then ground the welds flush correct?

 

[JDraper]

Yep...Welded it up and ground it down..real strong too. I've whacked several boulders with it and it just bounces off.

 

[dadirtyrolla95]

Hey whats up guys I heard ur curious about making bumpers i made one last year for my Zr2 i made it in high school i used like i used .25 dom and like .50 dom i had plans on my computer htat may not sound right but i took 9th in the state for in the highschool mites compotition so i mean it was good i used thin wall copper for a bending guide and and make sure u find a notcher to notch it works so well rather then sraight up g riging it ummm i hooked my right up to the frame and well i think if i was gonna do it differently i would make sure u get a alot of metal and weld up where u mount the guard to the mounting brackets thats the huge key re-enforce the hell out of it because i used half inch plate for that and htat wasn't too hott and well it still was a lil shakey i will get a picture of it before i sell the crappy truck mine looks liek a pre-runner bumper liek those pro-comps

 

[Brian1]

For the front bumper on my 91 Explorer I made it out of 2"x6"x3/16" rectangular tube, 6"x1/4" plate, 1"x3" bar, 1/8" diamond plate steel sheet and 3/8 for the brackets to the frame.

 

[msmith65]

I've heard of putting a fitting on one of these and storing compressed air in them. Wonder if there'd be enough to fill up a raft or something?

Might also make good reactive armor in case of a collision. Poof! The Hyundai turns into confetti.

 

[yosh18981898]

Might also make good reactive armor in case of a collision. Poof! The Hyundai turns into confetti.

LMAO!

I built mine out of Rigid Galvanized Conduit. It's basically galvanized .147" wall HREW tubing. I used it because I got it for free and because it won't rust.

 

[JDraper]

I've heard of putting a fitting on one of these and storing compressed air in them. Wonder if there'd be enough to fill up a raft or something?

Might also make good reactive armor in case of a collision. Poof! The Hyundai turns into confetti.

Ithought about doing that with my rear bumper after I had already cut out the light holes :fire: ! Maybe one of these days I'll go get Heep taillights and make a new rear bumper with an air fitting on it. BTW, here's my rear bumper. Made out of 3" x 6" x 1/4 wall box tubing. The ends are 1/4" steel plate.

 

[98Sport]

This is what i am workin on makin with my friend its kinda gonna look like this