I made a Custom front bumper
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Drifting
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From: Largo, FL
Some questions that leap to mind...
Don't get me wrong, I have to give you credit for piecing this together...I doubt that I could have done it myself, so please take the above questions as food for thought and their implied answers as constructive criticism...
- How much does this weigh?
- Wouldn't it have been easier (and more importantly, stronger) to use a break and just bend it out of a lot fewer individual pieces of plate steel?
- What about front recovery points? (Edit: Sorry, just saw the part about the winch and tow hooks (hopefully you don't literally mean hooks as there are a number of far safer alternatives out there).)
- You've done a nice job on the brush guard, but as someone else mentioned, how do you remove the headlight without dropping the whole bumper?
Don't get me wrong, I have to give you credit for piecing this together...I doubt that I could have done it myself, so please take the above questions as food for thought and their implied answers as constructive criticism...
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Drifting
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Not yet, the skid plate its more of a half skid plate, the other half will be a bolt on piece, but I haven't got to that part yet. I'm gathering all Intel and proceeding accordingly to what feedback I get.
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Drifting
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hum let me think!! hahahaha where are you located? anyways, I just replaced the rear quarter panel, rebuilt front driveshaft, made an electric CDL actuator. In the near future=paycheck, I'll start welding the back bumper. I want it to look close to the OEM bumper but made of metal and more squarely.
4wd Low
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Looks great if shipping didn't kill me I'd ask if you would be willing to produce another one but extend everything out 2" so you can change the lenses. To finish it off I would added holes to add the lens washers and used a plasma cutter to cut holes for the stock driving lights. Outstanding job my friend!
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As a matter of fact mine was cracked over the weekend. Would you please consider mailing me a copy of your ruff sketches with measurements for the lower section? If you have it on excel or an engineering software I should be able access at the University I am attending to open that as well.
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