Originally Posted by tbfreebird

The ones that Woods designed - are they available anywhere?

Originally Posted by VictorS

PM Woods directly. He is a sponsor on this site:
https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/show...t=woods+bumper

Originally Posted by RedneckJeep

Are you talking about actually attaching the sheet to the bumper AND the tub? You cannot do that, as the two move independantly of each other. The tub is mounted to the frame with rubber mounts and will flex independantly of the frame. You are talking about making a valance panel. The proper way is to attach it to the tub, and run it just in front of the rear bumper, leaving a space wide enough to avoid contact with the bumper under any conditions. Valance panels are a body part, not a frame part.

Originally Posted by ToyFamily

The front bumper looks like it is just the inner shell of the stock bumper cut down, it is VERY thin. As for the rear, as mentioned above it is just some 6" C channel, you may not need to weld the hitch on if you have a stock one (there is a crossmember it is bolted to), just 2 mounting plates down the sides of the frame rails.

Nick

Originally Posted by tbfreebird

Any engineers out there can give advice on Aluminum C Channel vs. steel. Seems aluminum would be lighter - just not sure if it is strong enough. Metal depot has both - http://www.metalsdepot.com ...

Originally Posted by Stuka

If you plan on off roading, do not use aluminum. If its for the street only, then good (thick) aluminum will be ok. Jeep started putting aluminum bumpers on FSJ's starting in 79. But it was quite thick.

The C-Channel I am most likely going to go with is 1/4" thick. Its 8.2 pounds per foot. So its really not that much weight.

EDIT: I am still working on measurements and such, when I get some plans drawn up I will post em here.