Got ran into this morning, minimal damage to rear bumper, just a few scratches....... But the perfect excuse to get a metal bumper with swing out carriers.
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I kind of thought the same thing. After I cut the big one out I thought "Man, I hope I can pull this off".
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Ha, I tried to drill the radiused corners with a big inhibit. I bit pretty good right at the end. It will all end up covered.
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I will post progress and the finished results here.
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Iv got a heavy-duty bumper sat waiting just need to fab up the carriers, iv got an idea and some "scrap" steel so shouldn't cost to much.
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Hey good idea. Why didnt I think about that. Slam on your brakes , let the guy behind yo smack you good, then let His insurance buy you a new off road bumper (or most of it), smart thinking Bingham
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I used it to bring home landscaping materials and plants. Then with all of the unseasonal rain and snow falling in the Sierra I made a meme.
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I added a RAM mount for my navigation tablet.
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You did great job on those ammo boxes too. Great idea, good craftsmanship.
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This wasn't today, but was less than a week ago. Cant wait for the next trip!
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Hello,
I promised to share some pictures of my mods done to my ARB front bumper.The stock ARB Winch bumper has the winch completely inclosed in a box with no access to the winch spool. Maybe, not so much a problem with synthetic cable, but I still did not like the thought of having to pull the whole bumper to get a stuck cable working again! I wanted to have access to the Winch spool if I ever had a bad backlash or get all the cable stuck on one side of the the winch spool. I think it turned out great. One bad thing, I still need to reach under the bumper to the winch control lever. See what you think? Still need a relocation kit to mount the winch solenoid under the hood.Vance.
I promised to share some pictures of my mods done to my ARB front bumper.The stock ARB Winch bumper has the winch completely inclosed in a box with no access to the winch spool. Maybe, not so much a problem with synthetic cable, but I still did not like the thought of having to pull the whole bumper to get a stuck cable working again! I wanted to have access to the Winch spool if I ever had a bad backlash or get all the cable stuck on one side of the the winch spool. I think it turned out great. One bad thing, I still need to reach under the bumper to the winch control lever. See what you think? Still need a relocation kit to mount the winch solenoid under the hood.Vance.
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Looks very usable to me Vance. Did you have to cut out the bumper from the top to get access to the spool ? How did the winch lever end up on the bottom side of the bumper ? I see now... your winch is bolted to the bumper face instead of to the bottom so that makes your winch lay on it's side. Hmmm I never thought of doing that but did you have a reason for doing that, like no bottom on your bumper. It looks like you welded a winch plate to the face of the bumper for strength, is that true.
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I have a bad habit of high jacking posts, so will answer your questions in “ The Daily Thread”. I enjoy looking and learning from DIY mods other post here! Vance.
Took my truck out and did some exploring around Auburn/Colfax area (Northern CA)
I was by myself so I didn’t want to get too far into anything that might get me into trouble.
I was by myself so I didn’t want to get too far into anything that might get me into trouble.
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I did some more front bumper trimming, though there's still more to do. I also did a little more research on the ZJ washer-bottle conversion for my WJ, if that counts.
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