1989commanche Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Rear bumper build. OK First step Square 1 end of 2X6 tube, then cut to approximate length. I added 2" just to be safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1989commanche Posted April 18, 2019 Author Share Posted April 18, 2019 After tube cut figure out placement of hitch receiver and Recovery points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1989commanche Posted April 18, 2019 Author Share Posted April 18, 2019 Mark holes and plasma cut for recovery and tow hitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1989commanche Posted April 18, 2019 Author Share Posted April 18, 2019 Check for clearance on back of bumper and tack in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1989commanche Posted April 18, 2019 Author Share Posted April 18, 2019 Once placement figured out make 4 different patterns then build bumper brackets. Not really shown but spent lots of time on locating bolt holes in frame and also tap the rearmost nutsert thingy that is there but not tapped for threads, Tap threads and get 8 grade 8 bolts to fasten bumper to body Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1989commanche Posted April 18, 2019 Author Share Posted April 18, 2019 A few more pics of lining up and squaring . Welding up hitch. Plus I built my own Receiver Tubes but didn't take any pics that I can find. Doesn't really show but hitch and recovery points go all the way through and are welded both sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1989commanche Posted April 18, 2019 Author Share Posted April 18, 2019 Bent up end Plates and Welded them in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1989commanche Posted April 18, 2019 Author Share Posted April 18, 2019 Grind Smooth Prime and Paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1989commanche Posted April 18, 2019 Author Share Posted April 18, 2019 Paint with 3 coats Rustoleum Black Hammered. Add 10 Watt LED Reverse Lights and Install. All finished for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilbos440rt Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Nice write up! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatiricalHen Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Noticed you added those little reverse LEDs, but the stock reverse lights don’t look like LEDs really. I swapped some LEDs in my stock housings and it made a huge difference. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1989commanche Posted May 6, 2019 Author Share Posted May 6, 2019 On 4/25/2019 at 8:56 PM, SatiricalHen said: Noticed you added those little reverse LEDs, but the stock reverse lights don’t look like LEDs really. I swapped some LEDs in my stock housings and it made a huge difference. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Yes I added 10 watt LEDS left the stock ones alone. I was thinking about changing all the external lights to LED but haven’t yet. Just the headlights so far. They are way better than the stock halogens were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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