I put larger tires on my Jeep and had some minor rubbing issues with the wheel arch of the bumper. Trying to get into off-roading i figured this was a good opportunity to beef up my bumper a bit.
1st step: I kicked off my original bumper:
used a piece of 1/8" by 8" hot rolled steel for the main outter skin:
after making a few measurements, i made my marks for the first bends
in the press brake:
the initial test fit:
next i used some 4" channel as the meat and potatoes of the bumper that will take any load from pushing or pulling:
Cut some 1/2" steel bar stock to weld into the legs of the channel for mounting shackles
shackle brackets welded in place:
drilled and chamfered the holes for the shackle mounts, again in 1/2" steel plate
cut a hole in the outter skin in formed earlier so the shackle mounts are welded directly to the reinforced channel:
welded the channel to the back of the bumper skin:
using the press brake again, i formed 1/2" by 1-1/2" bar stock for the grill, which i also ripped out.
there’s a lot of missing steps here, but it was all boxed in and then welded the bumper was welded directly to the frame:
Still not 100% complete. I need to weld something to protect the bottom end
of my radiator and put some mesh behind the grill to stop rocks/branches from going through my radiator.
Changed the look of the jeep quite a bit. Thanks to audios for helping me man handle this project.
then let me hire u to make some for mine too 