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Front Bumper

5/30/2019

 
So i went over to Eastwood today, bought some epoxy primer, and their extreme chassis black. Supposed to be pretty durable, and its an aerosol so i dont have to worry about trying to brush it on the bumper, and into all the crevices. Hopefully i can start painting them in a week or two, but first i need to deal with this:
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​I dont want to cut the sheetmetal, so im modifying the clutch lever again. If all goes well, ill have this sorted tomorrow!

Front Bumper P.13

5/29/2019

 
Bumper installed!
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In case you were wondering, i weighed it, and the bumper comes in at 130#.  The winch weighs in at 72!  And thats w/o 90' of 7/16 cable on the drum.

So id call this project complete but if you look closely, youll notice the clutch lever is behind the valance!
Im gonna look into it tomorrow to see if ill be modifying the lever again, or making an extension or something.

Front Bumper P.12

5/28/2019

 
​Welding is basically done!
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​Mocking up window for fairlead:
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Front Bumper P.11

5/15/2019

 
​So i did some minor grinding with the bumper on the truck, just enough so i could fit and tack the smaller tubes in place. Then, off she came!
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Set up on my cart, outside in the sun, grinding away!
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This part is gonna take a while!

Front Bumper P.10

5/14/2019

 
Gussets for the bumper brackets:
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I decided on two for each side. While im sure one would probably be sufficient, it just looked out of place with one, and i figure a second cant hurt.
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​Time to weld those seams!
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...and more welding....
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...and more welding!
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​So if all goes well, ill be removing the bumper wednesday to begin grinding all the seams and getting them cleaned up, then lots more welding & grinding after that.

Front Bumper P.9

5/9/2019

 
I got the driver corner finished:
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I knew i was going to be doing some tube work, so i ordered some stuff, and took a couple days to upgrade the bender:
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New base with swiveling locking castors, and a hydraulic conversion courtesy of SWAG Offroad.
Just in case i might ever want to switch back to manual for some dumb reason, i added 1/2" holes to bolt it to the floor, and the castors are bolted in place via tapped holes in the base plate.
It is soo much easier to use than by hand! Wish i did this years ago, makes bending tube so much easier to do by myself. No spring-back on the bends either, which is a huge plus over manual bending. So with that done, lets bend some tube!

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Front Bumper P.8

5/2/2019

 
​So i tinkered a bit, this is what i came up with. Its very similar to what i had originally, just some minor changes to the corner to tighten it up a bit:

4" across the bottom, the angled pieces taper up to 3"
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​...and from there tapers again...
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...until the corner, which ends at 1".
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​Pretty tight to the body:
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The end is capped, and i added a bent piece in the bottom to add rigidity to the corner.
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Im pretty happy with this, i think its going to work out well. Now i need to duplicate it on the other side!

I still need to add gussets from the bumper brackets, add a tubular brush guard, mount the light bar, cut the opening for the winch fairlead, and then do an absolute ton of welding!

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