Prerunner Style Bumper Build

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Hello people, i had someone approach me and ask if i could build a bumper, handed me a picture and basically said to build that.  This took me about 30-35 hours total, i bought a jd squared model 3 bender for this and love it.  will eventually convert it over to a hydraulic set up, but it bends 2"x.120 tubing pretty good manually as long as it is mounted to a very sturdy thing.  He wanted the thing to be heavy duty, so i went with 2"x.120 round tubing for the main frame, 10ga steel for the panels and skid plate, 1.5"x.120 for the skidplate frame, and 4x4" and 2x4" 10ga tube for the mounts.  I am very happy with how it turned out, it would have been nice to have a tubing notcher, but i made due without.  It will be going on a 98 F150 I believe.  Here is a picture of the mounts, they bolt right onto the frame.  [IMG][/IMG]These are pictures starting to build the frame.  [IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG]
Reply:This is when I made the panels and welded them in.  [IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG]This was not lining up good, so i had to cut it, space it out, and then weld it back up and grind it down.  [IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG]Now, the fun part...just kidding, this was kinda annoying, especially trying to bend 25" of 10ga around a 5.5" radius by myself.  I ended up making 3 1/16" deep score marks on the back side and of course heated the metal up and it went alright.  [IMG][/IMG]Ended up having to cut the frame and shorten it and make it squre, i kinda was off a little bit bending it because of all the bends on one piece.  [IMG][/IMG]cut out all the sheet metal with a jigsaw, it went better than i thought it would.  [IMG][/IMG]It still needed some trimming, but came out pretty good[IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG]
Reply:This is it pretty much finished, still needs to be cleaned up and have the welds ground down and what not.  [IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG]And there it is, like i said, i am very happy with how it turned out.  it just needs to be cleaned up, cap off the skid plate, and painted.  this is the first bumper i have done, so really pumped with it actually!Last edited by Superlate62; 03-25-2014 at 07:13 PM.
Reply:Holy smokes! One of the best bumpers I have seen. The end caps look great, the welds are very clean, and the look is very aggressive! That is a sweet build.BUT, I couldn't help but notice that big black thing in the background...Any reason you have a stock car in your garage? I know we all have toys, like bikes, atvs, bla bla bla. But man! Gotta make a thread about that car man!
Reply:Originally Posted by Canadian WeldingHoly smokes! One of the best bumpers I have seen. The end caps look great, the welds are very clean, and the look is very aggressive! That is a sweet build.BUT, I couldn't help but notice that big black thing in the background...Any reason you have a stock car in your garage? I know we all have toys, like bikes, atvs, bla bla bla. But man! Gotta make a thread about that car man!
Reply:Love watching the local races. I hope to get involved in Legend car racing in the next few years. I think it would be a blast!
Reply:oh yea, the legends are a great class to watch and compete in.  relatively cost effective and competitive.  ill keep my eyes open for a good deal on a legend!
Reply:Looks awesome!!
Reply:Originally Posted by Murphy's lawLooks awesome!!
Reply:Yeah nice job for a rookie bumper.....the car is sweet...but the garage....um...wow....cleanup on isle 3 lol theres just never enough room for all our stuff...haha I have a couple bent metal shelves cause of all the CRAP i think I need to saveLast edited by chevydyl; 03-30-2014 at 09:40 PM.Miller Syncrowave 210 w/CK FlexLoc 150  3/6/14ESAB PCM 1125 Plasma CutterAtlas 12x36 LatheACER 9x42 3hp millHarig 612 Surface GrinderDRINK Machine              welding&fabrication
Reply:Nice work, what size sheet metal did you use?
Reply:Awesome bumper.  Only question I have about the car is can I drive it?No seriously I have scca and usac open wheel experience.  :-)Miller Dynasty 200DXMiller Spectrum 250DMiller Millermatic 200Bunch of old blue dinosaurs....
Reply:Thanks guys!  Yea, I need a bigger garage...The sheet metal was cold rolled 10ga. Crazy open wheelers haha. Where you run those at?  Are they the big tire class?