homebrew rear bumper

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May 14, 2011 | 10:57 PM

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could not wait till morning

did not smooth out welds. they were just looking to pretty.

May 15, 2011 | 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by karls10jk

Daytime pics?? It's looking good though........

going to smooth out the the welds and repaint after i finish the tire carrier.

May 17, 2011 | 08:02 PM

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D_engel

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Originally Posted by karls10jk

Oh yeah, I like it. I gotta find someone locally to build me something like this.

Im with karl on this one. They made nice, simple bumper tire carriers like this for YJ/TJ's for about $350. Why can't companies throw us a bone and make something clean, simple and cheap for our JK's.

May 18, 2011 | 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by karls10jk

Oh yeah, I like it. I gotta find someone locally to build me something like this.

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Originally Posted by D_engel

5' of 2"X4"X3/16" for main body
3' of 2"X2"X.120 for top (just had it laying around)
2' of 2"X3"X3/16" angle iron for brackets
2' of 2"X3/16" flat stock for caping

metal was about $60-70. got about 6 real hours into it. R&D is fun!

Jun 20, 2011 | 07:09 PM

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did not like the way it was mounted on the outside of the frame rail so i cut them off and started over. mounting legs now go into the frame rail with nuts welded on the inside. now to start my tire carrier next monday.