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Author:  durangotang [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 1:19 am ]
Post subject:  Durangotang's Budget Bumper
Sooooooooooooo... this year at LJS Yazhi gave me some TJ bumpers to play with... this has been a plan in the works since LJS '08 but we didn't get back together for over a year...

FIrst thing's first... we need some tow points. How's 10,000 pounds of solid 2" bar sound?

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Some holes were opened up and the beasts were mounted... (these tow points weigh about 20 pounds each :shock: Grade 8 hardware holds everything together all the way through the subframe.

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Next the front TJ bumper was cut to fit and holes were cut for the tow points... (all you have to remove is the 1/2" lip from the back of the bumper, thus making it a "U" shape as opposed to a "C" shape)

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The fit on mine is tighter than it needs to be but approach angle is priority #1.


Things got painted up and finally mounted...

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a front skid will be coming soon as well as a light bar up front but I'm a little broke just now.... so it'll have to wait :lol:
Author:  riptricket [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 1:40 am ]
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doo doo man that looks great!
All you need is some metal to cover up those spots next to the new bumper and the fender and it will look stock!

Oh and sweet wrangler in the background!
Author:  jsc7002 [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 11:34 am ]
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looks good all painted up! 8)
Author:  Murphyman [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:19 pm ]
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My only concern would be the exposed looking places where the stock bumper used to be. What are you going to cover them up with? Or are you just going to leave it like that. It looks pretty good though, time to go hit stuff :twisted: .
Author:  tumanator [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 1:13 pm ]
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Some people have just taken a piece of diamond plating and pounded it to fit between the bumper and the engine skid....supposedly it can hurt gas mileage and cooling though so i dunno :?
Author:  durangotang [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 1:19 pm ]
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Yeah the edges will get covered with something... may just be a fiberglass piece to cover all the ugliness next to the grill... at least that would be easy to reproduce when I hit it on stuff and break it :lol:

Jayme- Yeah the rack got installed last night... writeup coming on that one too 8)
Author:  jsc7002 [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:30 pm ]
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tumanator wrote:
Some people have just taken a piece of diamond plating and pounded it to fit between the bumper and the engine skid....supposedly it can hurt gas mileage and cooling though so i dunno :?


I did that and I didnt notice any cooling or MPG problems :?
Author:  ohv_kj [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:55 pm ]
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u should cut the edges of the bumper to match the slant of the grill
Author:  tumanator [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:59 pm ]
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jsc7002 wrote:
tumanator wrote:
Some people have just taken a piece of diamond plating and pounded it to fit between the bumper and the engine skid....supposedly it can hurt gas mileage and cooling though so i dunno :?


I did that and I didnt notice any cooling or MPG problems :?


Yea I knew someone had, I wouldn't think it would do much if anything for cooling (that's kinda what the grill/radiator/fan are for?) but I've heard people claim cutting off that under flow of air can effect it.

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BTW so i don't go too of topic here looks like you did a nice job on that bumper, i agree clean it up a bit and it'll be not only effective but sharp 8)
Author:  JL Rockies [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 3:27 pm ]
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Looks awesome. I know where you can get a kick butt winch to mount to it! :wink:
Author:  KJ 119 [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:30 pm ]
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Looks really nice.The yellow tow points tie in well with the VM sticker and rails.
Author:  tommudd [ Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:05 am ]
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tumanator wrote:
jsc7002 wrote:
tumanator wrote:
Some people have just taken a piece of diamond plating and pounded it to fit between the bumper and the engine skid....supposedly it can hurt gas mileage and cooling though so i dunno :?


I did that and I didnt notice any cooling or MPG problems :?


Yea I knew someone had, I wouldn't think it would do much if anything for cooling (that's kinda what the grill/radiator/fan are for?) but I've heard people claim cutting off that under flow of air can effect it.

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BTW so i don't go too of topic here looks like you did a nice job on that bumper, i agree clean it up a bit and it'll be not only effective but sharp 8)


the lower front piece from bumper to the front skid does nothing to make it run hotter at all, I think I did it first over 4 years ago and 95,000 miles not one problem :wink:
Author:  callaway [ Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:30 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Durangotang's Budget Bumper
durangotang wrote:

FIrst thing's first... we need some tow points. How's 10,000 pounds of solid 2" bar sound?



I first read that and thought you had actually gotten 10,000 lbs of 2" bar stock :lol:

Looks good !


What's holding the new bumper to the KJ ?
Author:  tommudd [ Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:37 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Durangotang's Budget Bumper
callaway wrote:
durangotang wrote:

FIrst thing's first... we need some tow points. How's 10,000 pounds of solid 2" bar sound?




What's holding the new bumper to the KJ ?


what else PEANUT BUTTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Author:  jeepmedic46 [ Mon Jul 27, 2009 3:17 pm ]
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Looks good, Great job
Author:  Diggerfreek [ Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:27 pm ]
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8)
Author:  kskj [ Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:10 pm ]
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That bumper looks great and thats a nice rack. Have you figured out a way to mount the rear bumper yet?
Author:  Boiler [ Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:05 am ]
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For the corners it looks like some 90 degree (approx) bent sheet metal trimmed to match the lines would cover up the guts and make it look pretty normal.
Author:  djui5 [ Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:32 am ]
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Looks nice. What kinda watch is that?
Author:  liberty84 [ Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:46 am ]
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looks great man!!!
what holding the bumper??and did you used the turn signals from a JK?? I had been think of that :)
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