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I want to build a big bumper for my 95 dodge ram 2500. Can you guys/girls show me where to startSent from my iPhone using TapatalkUsing Tapatalk
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Reply:Lots o builds on the webernet. Easier way is to modify a piece of tube.
Reply:Start with getting a sheet of 12 GA sheet and then find someone with the bumper you want to copy to let ya make some templates. I just trace lines on THIN cardboard box for this kinda stuff and then cut it out with scissors. 12 ga is just enough to push down real brush without being battleship heavy on your front end. Easy enough to just do it from scratch off your vehicle with the bumper removed to make your own and work to the design in a picture you like. You just need to figure your measurements from where ya mount on the frame to the body lines if your looking for that close gap fitup.....once you have that just start cutting and fitting plate to the design/size you like.Every fabrication that has a mating piece must have a reference point. I take the actual vehicle it will be mounted on and get my measurements from the some origin point (the frame) to my edges (body line). I use stuff as simple as a four foot level, a long straightedge and a tape measure to find the depth (horizontal) and vertical height measurements....having a short laser level that can measure angles is helpful....but after you get location points drawn out and dimensioned a simple protractor or angle finder is all you really need for fit up. It will also help if you have a buddy to hold those levels and straightedges while you pull a tape to different locations from it. Once you know where everything on that truck is in real space you can build anything you want to look any way you want. I know looking at some of the nicer bumpers and stuff like ARB may look daunting but when you break it down its very basic fitting.Last edited by tommyjoking; 01-30-2014 at 08:41 PM.
Reply:Originally Posted by tommyjokingStart with getting a sheet of 12 GA sheet and then find someone with the bumper you want to copy to let ya make some templates. I just trace lines on THIN cardboard box for this kinda stuff and then cut it out with scissors. 12 ga is just enough to push down real brush without being battleship heavy on your front end. Easy enough to just do it from scratch off your vehicle with the bumper removed to make your own and work to the design in a picture you like. You just need to figure your measurements from where ya mount on the frame to the body lines if your looking for that close gap fitup.....once you have that just start cutting and fitting plate to the design/size you like.Every fabrication that has a mating piece must have a reference point. I take the actual vehicle it will be mounted on and get my measurements from the some origin point (the frame) to my edges (body line). I use stuff as simple as a four foot level, a long straightedge and a tape measure to find the depth (horizontal) and vertical height measurements....having a short laser level that can measure angles is helpful....but after you get location points drawn out and dimensioned a simple protractor or angle finder is all you really need for fit up. It will also help if you have a buddy to hold those levels and straightedges while you pull a tape to different locations from it. Once you know where everything on that truck is in real space you can build anything you want to look any way you want. I know looking at some of the nicer bumpers and stuff like ARB may look daunting but when you break it down its very basic fitting.
Reply:Good post. My son was thinking about us building one for his 2003 Ford F250 Power stroke. |
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