Gave it a bath today, now im working on making brackets on my roof rack for my high lift. ill have that done by the end of today.

 

Looks real good man. I really like that bumper!

 

Very nice...That bumper looks sweet...

 

what did you do with your old rims?

 

Thanks! Im really liking it now that its almost done. not too bad for my first welding/design project.

Right now im in the process of selling them. People keep wanting to see them then bailing lol

Got the high lift brackets done (besides being painted)



Put a quick release pin through the center with a string attached to the clip to get it out fast


I was going to just weld onto the roof rack but i wanted to be able to remove it later so i just bolted two plates together and welded the L bracket on the front plate

 

ride looks sweet!

great job overall, esp the bumper.
hopefully you get time for a write up, i am sure alot of guys are interested..cough cough...
what size mig did you use? gasless?

i have to get my welding skills up.....bumper is def on the to do list.

again great job.

 

Thanks! and yes i will get around to doing a write up on it hopefully by the end of the month. It really wouldnt be a write up but more of a dimensions posting with important tips.

And i just went and bought a cheap 90 amp HF welder to learn with. i thought it was going to be a piece of crap but it actually performed really well and had no problems getting deep penetration on the 1/4" steel. definitely worth the 100$ price tag.

 

thats good to see...i also have the HF special...just forgot to buy the bag 'o skills while i was there.

i am getting better...i guess a bumper would be great practice.
right now my stang is still on my wallet like a leech. almost ready to cut her off and do a winter project.

dimensions would be great...hard to drive daily driver while test fitting bumpers every day or so.

 

What brand roofrack basket are you running? Like the look of that one..What are the dimensions on it?

 

I recommend getting .035 wire if youre going to make a bumper, i started with the .030 then went to .035 and it was a lot easier to weld with.

The one problem i am going to have with posting dimensions is, on some of the pieces i cut both ends at an angle to make it fit so if someone just goes by the dimensions they will end up with a square (or not the right shape) So obviously you will have to keep cutting card board pieces and fitting them and use my measurements as a general guide.

The rack i got is with the and i like it too, it was pretty cheap but its nice and strong