comanche 88 Posted November 10, 2007 Author Share Posted November 10, 2007 Some flex pics I was in kind of a hurry so I forgot some of the angles. The driver side rear tire is pretty much jammed into the wheel arches, the front has another 2-3" of up travel before it hits anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comanche 88 Posted June 1, 2008 Author Share Posted June 1, 2008 Some updates from this weekend Warn Bumper ready to be mounted Bumper brackets mounted to the car. the bumper is held to these brackets using 14 bolts! Sturdy as hell but it should be as the bumper probably weighs around 60-70 kilos and with the winch that's going on top you're looking at around 100 kilos. Aligning these brackets with bolt holes in the bumper turned out to be difficult, especially since I didn't have anyone to help me. Gave up on two of the bolts, but I reckon twelve should do. The finished result with the T-Max vinch mounted. I also trimmed the flares a little Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLHTAZ Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 :cheers: Excellent job. The Jeep is looking great! Hey...is that at horse carriage in the background in this shot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vzehler Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Nice looking comanche! As a note, you might take that one wheel and tire that needed so much weight back and have them rotate the tire on the wheel 180 degrees. It almost always helps that problem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comanche 88 Posted June 2, 2008 Author Share Posted June 2, 2008 :cheers: Excellent job. The Jeep is looking great! Hey...is that at horse carriage in the background in this shot? It sure is In the rom next to where i was working there's probably another 8-10 carriages. In the background of this shot you see my fathers converted bus with room for three horses, one carriage and living space for four people. It's not really my thing though, but i sometimes help out when my father goes to competitions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BREEZE1 Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Thats one sexy Comanche!! :bowdown: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
possum Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 My truck sat the same way as yours when I installed my skyjacker lift. It leveled out a bit but is still a tad higher in the front. And don't worry the kit gets nice and flexy after a little while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightywelder Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Very nice truck. Are you going to Jeep jamboree scandinavia next week? http://www.jeepclubsweden.se/jamboree/Start.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comanche 88 Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 Thats one sexy Comanche!! :bowdown: Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comanche 88 Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 My truck sat the same way as yours when I installed my skyjacker lift. It leveled out a bit but is still a tad higher in the front. And don't worry the kit gets nice and flexy after a little while. In the begining it was really high in the front which was due to the combination of a Teraflex 1,5" budget boost which was made for XJ's and the Skyjacker kit which was also high in the front. old and tired leafs probably didn't help either. I removed the Teraflex spacer and put in two OME 1cm spacers. after this it was still very slightly high in the front. Now with the new bumper and winch it's a little lower in the front. It probably hadn't settled completely when I took those pictures. It flexes great now, I also removed the overload leafs which I think helps alot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comanche 88 Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 Very nice truck. Are you going to Jeep jamboree scandinavia next week?http://www.jeepclubsweden.se/jamboree/Start.htm I was thinking about it until I heard there would be no offroading. By the way, your MJ is awesome. which bumper is that? Whereabouts do you live, if you live close to norway you should come to some of jeep club norway's meets. So far I'm the only active member with an MJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightywelder Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Very nice truck. Are you going to Jeep jamboree scandinavia next week?http://www.jeepclubsweden.se/jamboree/Start.htm I was thinking about it until I heard there would be no offroading. By the way, your MJ is awesome. which bumper is that? Whereabouts do you live, if you live close to norway you should come to some of jeep club norway's meets. So far I'm the only active member with an MJ There will be some offroading on the jamboree ive heard. The Bumper is homemade. I´m working with almost everything in metal so for me its easier to build than buy. I'm almost living in SAAB Town Trollhättan 20km south ofit an 60km north of Göteborg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comanche 88 Posted June 6, 2008 Author Share Posted June 6, 2008 Took it wheeling on monday together with a few people from Jeep Club Norway and it performed beyond expectation Most of the time I was following a CJ7 and a TJ, both on 35's and with relatively big lifts. there were only a few places where the wheelbase and overhang stopped me, and quite a few where they gave me a definite advantage I've managed to bend the corners of my original bumper everytime i've gone wheeling but everytime I was able to bend it back into shape with almost no permanent damage. This time I really killed it though! actually tore the sheetmetal half off. here's the moment when it really goes I have plans to build a very slim but robust bumper and I actually went and bought 100*30mm square tubing for it this morning, I also asked the welding shop to make me some Tabs for the recovery points. However i'm going wheeling tomorrow and i needed a quick fix for the original bumper so I wouldn't ruin the bed. Here's what I came up with: The center section inside the frame mount seems to be really sturdy but outside the frame it's just flimsy sheet metal until you get to the vertical support that the rubber extensions are mounted to. I just welded in a piece of square tubing that connects the two vertical supports, I also put a few spotwelds along the bottom which should stop the sheetmetal from tearing off. Flexes really nicely now Damn rear bumper :mad: couldn't get close enough to climb this rock Jan-Erik in the Tj also tried but chickened out when his front wheels lifted, pretty sure I wouldn't have that problem. Some more pics Lots of pics here http://picasaweb.google.no/macern7/GP2Juni2008 And here http://picasaweb.google.no/mareritt/JeepSvinndal262008 And finally here http://vagner.jeje.je/bilder/Mandagstreff-GP-02-06-08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comanche 88 Posted June 6, 2008 Author Share Posted June 6, 2008 Also mounted a Warn Transfer case skid: A quick and easy job, and a lot cheaper than breaking the transfer case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comanche 88 Posted June 19, 2008 Author Share Posted June 19, 2008 I've spent a bit of time lately building my new rear bumper since the old one was always getting in the way when wheeling and was badly beaten up as a result. I started out with 100*30*4mm square tubing which was cut to match the angle of the bed sides and sticking out about 1cm on each side. A local welding shop also made D ring tabs for me out of 2cm steel Feeling a bit naked I used the original bumper brackets since they seemed to be quite sturdy and the were mounted to the frame rails using five bolts, I just had to cut to the right length Started by cutting the tubing to the correct length Raised the sides by adding some pieces of the leftover tubing Since the original bumper was mounted so much lower I had to remove a little bit of the bottom of the original bumper bracket. I added some strengthening on the top to compensate Flush mounted the receiver tube D ring tabs mounted and welded to both inside and outside of bumper The protection for the bed sides was made from 4mm steel which I had a the local welding shop cut and bend based on a cardboard template I made. Almost finished Braced the steel plate using some 30*30 square tubing and painted the bumper in semi-gloss black On the car The next project is rock rails, I already have the materials I need Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camjeep3 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 i love that bumper! i'm stealing the design. i want the side protection. looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvusse Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 :agree: Awesome design! I just bought my truck a few months ago, and the current project is making it into a dependable daily driver. Since it had been neglected and the front end had been wrecked, that took quite a bit of work. Next on the list (next year) is a lift, bigger tires and other mods for off road, including hopefully a bumper like yours. Thanks for the inspiration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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