still looking great! I was wondering if you were going to plate the back and corners. I may do something "like" yours for my heep, but I need a hitch receiver for mine.
Sweet bumper. Looks simple and the fact that the shackle tabs are bolted to the frame makes it seem like you know WTF you're doin. All around good looking build.
Looks great, something else to keep in mind is how close the bumper is to the body. I've seen a couple cases in person where when the jeep flexed, the body flexed on the mounts and contacted the bumper. It may not be an issue with yours, I'm looking at this on my phone so it may not be as close to the body as it appears
If you build one and want a tow hitch with it. You will have to make it either sit farther back or lower. The Plate on the bumper is only 1" from the body pan where the hitch would go. I was planning on putting a hitch on mine when I started I just couldn't get it to work the way I wanted.
I did something similar but left the rear crossmember in place. My departure angle obviously sin't as good as Got Muds, but I wanted to leave it since I tow a 3k pound trailer. Mine's done, just have to clean, prep and paint.
Got Mud, you going to Frostbite this weekend?
Here's a shot before we were done, but you get the idea. There are a few other plates around the receiver that bolt to the crossmember, as well as two struts that run from the frame rails to the curved section of the top tube.
Great bumper build. You got me rethinking my plan. I too need the hitch. I may have to copy parts of this bumper. Really like the bolt through shackle tabs.
Any chance you can rehost the pics? It's the best rear bumper that I've almost seen. I think...
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