Specalk's front bumper build

[specialk]

I finished some welding and grinding recently.  Pook and I tacked the stinger in place tonight.

[Rubibago]

Looks cool! 

[OffRoadNewbie]

yeah thats a great looking bumper !!

[Sugarphreak]

I like the braced stinger, looks tough!

What kind of lights are going into the front?

[specialk]

I've got 4" euro Piaa's for the rounds and VisionX LEDs spots for the rectangle lights.  Should be a lot of light 

[esi]

Have you tried flap disks for grinding and smoothing? They work great and won't leave any gouges, but wear a mask if you use them they throw alot of fine dust.

[specialk]

Yep, I do use them. The plan is to bedline the bumper so minor imperfections don't matter much...

[Elsifer]

Nice looking unit!

Uh, shackle tabs are supposed to have holes in them. Maybe get those done before the bumper is fully welded out? Cause drilling that by hand without a press "difficult" at best. Flame-cut would be easiest, but the temps will change the metallurgy of the tabs, making them more brittle.

If they are not part of the bumper (yet), I can have the holes punched vs flame-cut for you. The iron-worker press I have access to will do up the 3/4" thick. Due to variances in shackle manufacturers, shackle sizes are not the diameter of the pin, but the diameter of the loop. So a 7/8" (6.5ton) shackle will need about a 1" hole -/+ 1/32"
http://www.jhenryholland.com/shackles.htm
Or whatever shackle you plan on using.

Otherwise, dang-fine looking unit. I like how you matched the outside angle to match the fenders and flares.
I'll save the "Stock fender vs tube fender" argument for another day!

Nice bumper, how are you going to test it? 

[JackstandJohnny]

Nice bumper, how are you going to test it? 

oh i'm sure he'll dump it on its nose just to make sure the stinger works, right Kev??   

[specialk]

oh i'm sure he'll dump it on its nose just to make sure the stinger works, right Kev??   

That's the plan.   If it works, I'll be building hydraulic side stingers that fly out to stop me from flopping 

The holes are in the shackle mounts now.  Metal hole saw and cutting fluid did the trick pretty quick.  I ran into the differnce in pin sizes when I did my rear bumper.  The front will have 3/4" shackles to bang around!  Almost done... almost done

[Elsifer]

That's the plan.   If it works, I'll be building hydraulic side stingers that fly out to stop me from flopping 

I'd pay darn good money to see that!

- "Whats with all that hardware around Kevin's jeep?"
- "Oh, thats his on-demand-side-stinger-system"
- "Hmm, he kinda needs that, he is always on his side. At least the boners-in-sweatpants will be pointed away from him, for once"

On second thought, I *don't* want to see that!

[specialk]

 

[Rubiclone]

K that bumper is hawt...... ima come down to your place and drool on it 

[Knox]

Rubiclone, I take it you're done drooling on yours already? didn't I just see you yesterday

Kev it is looking good, I likes it.

[Rubiclone]

I take it you're done drooling on yours already? didn't I just see you yesterday



LOL.... that's just and excuse to go drink whiskey. Shhh