is there anyone that modified their stock bumper into a stubby that was able to cut the ends off and replace them as end caps on the cut part?

if so, how did it work and how did you do it? could you please post some pictures that show a closeup of what the ends look like?

thanks!

 

yes, someone on her did that. try searching. Its on here somewhere..

it came out really good.. check the write up section

 

i found his original post, but all the pics are missing now.

 

Well I did mine a few weeks ago. There are a few ways you can do it. I slid my ends into the main piece and then secured em. It took a few measurements and trimmings, but was pretty easy. Much more finished look than just hackin it off and leaving it as is, IMHO. Lemme know if you wanna see more pix and I will take some closeups.

 

that is pretty much exactly what i was hoping to be able to do. if you would take some close-ups, i'd really appreciate it. i'm probably going to try to tackle this on the coming weekend.
how did you do your plastic welds? are they on the inside, outside, or both (or none at all)?
any tips or tricks on how you made this work out would be appreciated!

 

you wouldn't happen to live near LBL, would you? just guessing from your location, over on the left, under your name. i'm not too far from there.

 

These photos were taken several weeks ago since then i have cut out about another inch at each end and straitend out the ends.[IMG][IMG][/IMG][/IMG]

 

crap i thought i was going to be original when i did this....

 

 

Ok, here ya go! Lemme start by saying, there were quite a few posts like yours, in which foks were told that this could not be done- wouldn't fit, wouldn't work- whatever. In fact, the day I started mine, I read a post which said exactly that. But since day one, just looking at the bumper, I saw no reason why it wouldn't work.





I used 3 black screws (that were originally from the soft top of my '87 YJ!) to screw the end pieces on. No welds, no glue. Two on top and one is on the bottom rear, out of site. Hey, if I had welded it I wouldn't have been able to easily take it apart for these pix, now would I? I thought about putting some kind of trim piece along that edge, or black caulk or whatever, but I am happy the way it is for now.



I wanted my stubby (heh, heh) to be a bit wider than the grill, so how much metal you cut out of there is up to you. I tried to make it about 1/4" shorter the the outer plastic. I might actually trim another inch or so off at some point, probably when I install a winch into this very same bumper. How to take of and chop your bumper is covered in the write-ups section.



[Pic is of the drivers side end cap]
You will need to cut a notch in here so that it can slide in (right hand side of the pic). The way I cut the back (bottom in this pic) at an angle is not needed. Its just the way I hacked it apart because I really was making it up as I went along. Once installed you cannot see this at all, however, unless you are a mouse sitting on the axle, but if I were to do it again I would use my pieces as templates and make the cuts a lil smoother...



Let me know if ya have any other questions. Hopefully anyone else who does this will do a better job and make improvements etc. All told I spent about 4 hours on this, including lunch, removing and cutting the steel bumper. If fact the most time consuming part was taking off the bumper. PITA!

And btw, Mcnaught6, that is the city motto of Mt. Sterling, KY. 3 hours or so from Clarksville