Sorry for the delay in providing an update but some personal matters took precedence.....
Monday 12/27 after Christmas I did go to my sheet metal shop and QC the last order of CNC cut and formed pre-made parts. Everything looked good so I extended my lunch hour and drove the parts straight to my street rod fabricator shop so they could go to town
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This past Monday 01/03, I checked on the street rod shop fabricating my initial prototypes and they had 2.5 front bumpers completely tacked up from 100% pre-made parts. They were short a couple parts to finish the 3rd front bumper fit-up. I'll be going by tomorrow (Wednesday 01/05) for final review of one of the fully tacked up front bumpers and if all goes well, hopefully I can release them to full-weld out the front bumper. There have been a few things we've been working through trying to fine-tune fit-up. They also should be starting on changing out a few parts on the rear bumper and starting to make a couple more of them too.
Today I also located my source for mandrel bending round tubing for my front bumper grille guard options. Tomorrow I'll be ordering the mandrel bent formed round tubing for my first, of several, grille guard options that bolts to my front winch bumper design. Once I have a photo of the first grille guard mock-up, I'll be sure to post photos.
I'm getting excited to, after more than 6 months without my KK, be heading into proverbial home base and moving toward completing development of my KK off-road armoring. I'm very ready to be done, to be able to install the final bumpers on my KK (along with the winch I've had since last spring) and to be able to drive, and wheel, my KK again.
I've had some PMs about how to get on the list for the first batch of bumpers and/or sliders I have produced. I recommend posting your interest in this thread, or, if you'd rather, you can send me a private message (a.k.a. PM). I'm just keeping an informal awareness at this time as I don't yet want to keep a formal list. I need to prioritize getting done first. If you go back and read my very first post in this thread, you'll note that in my business model (of having products produced in batches which means I'm financing them being made), you basically won't be paying until we know we've got product to ship so please don't think you need to be putting any money up to be on a list. I don't operate that way. Just keep saving your money for later this year if you're interested in my well-thought-out KK off-road armoring.
Stay tuned throughout January as there should be various updates from time to time as I move toward completing development of my KK off-road bumpers.
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2009 KK Limited 4x4Jeep Green/partially dechromed/Sunroof/OEM Skids/
Gray Leather/uConnect GPS-Nav/DVD Head Rests/
MtnLuvr's Off-Road Front Winch Bumper, Heavy Duty Rock Sliders, Heavy Duty Off-Road Rear Bumper/JBA 4" AaS Lift w/UCAs/16x8's w/ 245/75R16 GY MT/Rs
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