im built my mock up out of plywood to get the design right, and im picking up the plate sometime this week.

what would be a good thickness to use? i was thinking 11 gauge for the majority and .250 for the mounts.

and ideas would be cool,

 

What is an arb bumper?

 

http://www.arbusa.com/Products/Bull-...atures/28.aspx

 

Nice

 

well the one in that link looks awesome! no idea how to do it but theirs a guy at my work that does all kinds of metal work i might pay him to make em one :P

 

I'd do at least 1/8" plate...I want to do mine in 1/8".

 

i will post a image of my mock up. so far its similar to the custom4x4fab one. now, here is another question, where can i get the parts for the shackles for the front? i want to use the kind that have the pin so i can pop them off...if that makes sense.

 

get some 1" or 3/4" plate and have someone cut out triangles with holes in them, weld those to the bumper. i'm trying to find pics.

 

Check this link out this is exactly what you want

http://www.rockstomper.com/catalog/r...y/shackles.htm



15 each

 

I gotta see this!!

 

aha, that is exactly what i need.

so here are the mock up shots. the ports that have the stock tow hooks poking through, im most likey goign to abandon that idea, but i wanted to see how it would look. (i determined- not so good, haha)

keep ideas coming, especially on mounting ideas.



that lower corner will be plated in to tie it together too.

 

Looks really good so far man. For the shackle mounts I would put them in the same location as your stock tow hooks or in that area.

 

soooo


do you wanna build me one?
seriously lol

 

thats my thinking. i kinda want to have them tied into the mounting plates, so the pulling force is directly on the mounts/frame vs the bumper.

 

lets see how long this one takes. haha

 

IF i do a plate bumper thats what I'm probably going to end up with.

 

****, when im done i could give you all my measurements and take photos of everything i did to help ya out.

 

aight, that might help

i just kinda shortened up the frame so some of the measurements will be different

 

Matt Cole....so uh.....you wanna make doubles of your pieces, put 'em on a pallet, and ship 'em to oregon?

 

this is looking great so far! *subscribed*

 

Leave it plywood lol

 

put the mounting points on the outside of the stock hooks, put a mount for foglights between the stock hooks.

 

Some paint and some bondo and you wouldnt know the difference!!

 

looks good so far. just rock the wood. metal is too heavy with gas prices

 

x2, but NC instead. lol

That's gonna look great!!