well I finally got my bumper built i still got to finish grind it and get it powder coated my dad got crazy with the welder on some of the welds so



mounting brackets made out of a 3/8" 12"x12" plate and machined to this


mounted with 6- 1/2" Grade 8 bolts on each side













Used the stock tag lights





3/8" plate cut into a strip to tie the 2 tubes together





I had to try it out so i went and got stuck had to get snatched and everythings still good

 

nice! how much did it cost to make?

 

wow, very noce work. that looks stout!

 

i've got 35 in tube 25 in the 2 3/8" plate and my dad had everything else laying around damn thing weighs about 150lbs but i've gotta buy some diamond plate to do on the top of it and then TIG it to the tag box so i have more of a step

 

Good stuff! Very unique, I like that! What kind of tube is that?

 

it deff is it stiffened the truck up so much the firs time i drove it after putting it on i thought there was something wrong with my truck b/c of how rough it was

 

2" Chromoly my teacher at my welding school gave me a helluva deal on it $35 for 35' of it

 

Beefcake!!

Almost what I've been wanting to do. Great work!

 

Are you gonna paint it?

 

yea it took me about 3 weeks to finally come up with an idea for it

yes im going to get it Powder Coat eventually but in the mean time probably just throw some gloss black rustoleum on it

 

Very nice! great lookin welds

 

Looks good, nice work.

 

what he said

 

Not bad. I wanna see painted pictures.

 

wow that looks awsome....i would love to make somthing like that but i dont know if i could...u have major skillz. how did u get all your angles perfect and "u'ing" the pipe to go around the other pipe must have been a pain in the *** having to take it all apart and put it back together test fitting every thng....you couldnt even tack it together until u got all the inner pieces in and the ones going like this III. great work

nice tires by the way (i have the same ones)

 

I Love it... One of the best ones I have seen.

 

Badass man!

 

yea it was a pain *** to get all the radius' the same i bent the first one and it was perfect so i made the rest of the bends memick that one and i like the way it came out i just want to get it finished. I've already got about 40hrs in it designing, bending, cutting and welding it together and i figure i'll probably have another 5hrs of finish grinding if not more. its pretty much the same design as a stock bumper just outta tube i made it stick out 2" farther from the truck just to have a lil more step room when getting in and outta the bed. now i can't wait to start the front one but that'll be after a suspension lift new wheels and tires

 

that looks awesome! nice work

 

thanks for all the comments guys i really appreciate it

 

very nice! If I had a bender and some tube I was going to make one just about like that.

 

looks good man. I like it.

 

Good work man. I really like it. If I didn't make my truck a prerunner I would definitely build something beefy like that thing. I need something a little smaller and lighter. Too bad you didn't live closer to me, you would probably have some business coming your way for rear bumpers.

 

I lived in Burbank until last week

 

are u planning on capping the ends?