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Old Jan 26, 2009 | 04:35 PM
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Default Chopping a stock bumper?
Has anyone chopped a stock front bumper down? I am considering doing this and am curious if anyone could give me some advice.
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Old Jan 26, 2009 | 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by RiverRunner
Has anyone chopped a stock front bumper down? I am considering doing this and am curious if anyone could give me some advice.
Have you tried doing a search. There are several threads on this already.
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Old Jan 26, 2009 | 04:40 PM
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[QUOTE=RiverRunner;914306]Has anyone chopped a stock front bumper down? I am considering doing this and am curious if anyone could give me some advice.[/QUO

Try this one.

https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/jk-write-ups-39/stubbie-bumper-101-a-65998/
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Old Jan 26, 2009 | 04:53 PM
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If I could figure out a way to breifly increase my manual dexterity and focus by about 200%, I would have a sweet stubby bumper.
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Old Jan 26, 2009 | 05:03 PM
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try a sawsall (sp) or a hacksaw!

Don't use a lawnmower or a chainsaw, they don't work well on metal or plastic.
Oh and cut on the outside of the bolts where the frame rails are.
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Old Jan 26, 2009 | 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by tambil68
try a sawsall (sp) or a hacksaw!

Don't use a lawnmower or a chainsaw, they don't work well on metal or plastic.
Oh and cut on the outside of the bolts where the frame rails are.
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 05:37 AM
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use painters tape to follow the lines of the fenders. other wise it'll look like mine. cut perfectly square, but doesn't follow the lines still looks kick ass!
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Back when I had mine, we just took a sawzall to it. Not as fancy as some of the more elaborate stock stubby endeavors on the board, but it worked for me!
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 07:44 AM
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This is what I did to my bumper.

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Manned up and cut my bumper













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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 12:54 PM
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Beautiful. Brings a tear to my eye.
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