HAHA I like your thinking!

I haven't welded in over 10 years and even when I did way back then I had no idea what I was actually doing lol! I will be learning as I go basically I do happen to have a step father that is a certified welding instructor and inspector but he lives in Arkansas so he is only good for tips and tricks! I played around a bit on a couple dirty pieces of metal that I literally wire brushed the paint off of lol! After farting around for 10-15 minutes I was able to get to this point. Don't mind all the spatter like I said it is dirty metal and flux so it is what it is

I am going to get some Argon mix soon so I can put down cleaner welds with less spatter

 

It was only half joke, haha. It would be a really really tough bumper. Buddy of mine had something very similar on the back of his Lightning. He got hit and barely scratched it, but the other dudes car was totaled. Plus it'll give you a flat top to add lights/stinger/winch/etc to.

 

my bumper here that I did thisa past weekend is welded to the frame in 4 different spots. 2 original bumper mounts and 2 lower frame.I could pick up the whole truck with the bumper. But if you hit something hard you`ll bend your frame also. Rex, that weld will work, looks good

 

Scrap steel yard is a good place to get steel. Cheap too.

 

Newguy that bumper looks nice!!

I'll have to look for a scrap steel yard. Perhaps I can get some scraps from an actual steel yard for a decent price? I'll just have to call around tomorrow and see what I can come up with I guess!

 

Thanks its 1 3/4 , 1 1/4 and 1 inch schedule 80 pipe. You can get it at homedpot or lowes or similar store. Right now I`m hunting for some 2 inch sguare to make sliders out of. Also have a Idea for the rear bumper out of round tube also

 

I finally got my Flowmaster 44 welded on today! I figured I have a welder now why not use it so I did I did the old rag over the tailpipe leak test and no leaks anywhere!
Size comparison

And here it is all welded. Its not very pretty but owell it works as it should!

 

i recently saw those mufflers on extreme 4x4 tv i wonder how good it sounds. nice job now u got endless possabilities with a welder

 

I can get a sound clip one of these days and post it up for you but of course it will be crappy I'm sure since it will be with my Ijunk! I think it sounds really good I'm very happy with it so far.

 

I need to learn how to weld... Nice muffler im finally getting my super 10 single in dual out put on tomorrow morning if i dont sleep all day again lol