1989 Comanche OEM Rear bumper

[kryptronic]

I was talking to my brother-in-law a while back about his MJ.  He's the original owner of a 1990 MJ pioneer.  Somebody rear-ended him in 1991 and the dealer provided a Fey bumper (or a damn good match for one) as a replacement.  Thought that was interesting.

[54bobby]

On 4/6/2018 at 5:46 PM, Eagle said:

That Fey universal is probably as close as you're going to get, but IMHO it's not very close. I keep wondering if it might be possible to somehow attach MJ bumper end caps to the Fey bumper. That would make it look a lot better.

 

54bobby, were you able to use the Fey brackets as they came out of the box, or did they require grinding to eliminate body interference?

right out of the box worked A.O.K. no grinding and no interference. one thing i did do was to throw a couple coats of rust preventive on all the inside surfaces for a little longer life

[PCO6]

28 minutes ago, krustyballer16 said:

Now you got me thinking!

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I think it would be fairly straight forward.   The first decision would be whether to cut and bend the original XJ bumper to continue the factory stamping into the centre section or whether to abandon it all together.  If keeping the stamped cross section making 45* cuts on the top and bottom flat sections would be easy.  Using and O/A torch to soften the metal for the 45* bends could be done followed by some hammering and finishing with a flap sander should work.   You could cut up an original MJ bumper (hopefully a scrap one!) for the centre section or better still use an old Fey bumper.   Building a centre section from scratch wouldn't be that hard either.   I think you'd also want a horizontal filler strip (diamond plate?) to bridge the gap from the bumper back to the body (more for looks than function).  No doubt the XJ end caps would be a nice touch. 

 

I'm not close to that point on my MJ (other priorities for now) but I think it would be a fun and cheap project.

[krustyballer16]

I think it would be fairly straight forward.   The first decision would be whether to cut and bend the original XJ bumper to continue the factory stamping into the centre section or whether to abandon it all together.  If keeping the stamped cross section making 45* cuts on the top and bottom flat sections would be easy.  Using and O/A torch to soften the metal for the 45* bends could be done followed by some hammering and finishing with a flap sander should work.   You could cut up an original MJ bumper (hopefully a scrap one!) for the centre section or better still use an old Fey bumper.   Building a centre section from scratch wouldn't be that hard either.   I think you'd also want a horizontal filler strip (diamond plate?) to bridge the gap from the bumper back to the body (more for looks than function).  No doubt the XJ end caps would be a nice touch. 
 
I'm not close to that point on my MJ (other priorities for now) but I think it would be a fun and cheap project.

It could be done lol

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[PCO6]

1 minute ago, krustyballer16 said:

It could be done lol

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This is not a laughing matter.   We need to get to work on it!  Ha Ha.

[krustyballer16]

This is not a laughing matter.   We need to get to work on it!  Ha Ha.

I would be interested in EVENTUALLY doing it but you guys keep me busy with the 10753 other projects on here. Ha

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[fiatslug87]

2 hours ago, krustyballer16 said:

...you guys keep me busy with the 10753 other projects on here. 

Project 10754 in an MJ version???

 

[krustyballer16]

Project 10754 in an MJ version???
 

Who made that one? Could be modified pretty simply

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