new to the site been lurking around for awhile anyhow I bashed myself a bumper together this week heres a few pics let me know what ya think ...

 

Looks nice, I like the lower profile compared to the ARB. Yours looks similar to the TMJ style.. did you have to modify the body for the winch? Would love to see a couple more pictures of the finished product.

Also, what did this cost in parts? Thank you for sharing

 

That looks fantastic. Between your efforts and the guy who built his own roof rack, you all are making me want to take up welding somehow.

 

thanks guys ...the bumper cost me about 150.00 in metal plus some scraps I had laying around the house it was mostly just cost me time ....which the wife wasn't happy about over Christmas holidays lol.... as far as body mods not much had to cut the 1/2 inch flange below the grill out and thats is only in the spots where the winch hit I have a 12000 pound winch might not have had to do that if i had a 8000 pound winch not sure though but it is very very minimal trimming ill post some pics up I am hoping to put it on this afternoon...hey potxoli you should learn to weld its not that hard as long as you get yourself a decent machine it is a invaluable ability to have if you like to go wheeling ....

 

next is rock sliders rear bumper and im gonna tackle that roof rack i printed out the plans from the site here so the hardest part is already done all the measuring ..lol...

 

Excellent work man, that looks great. My only concern would be that those little fogs are not exactly going to point in the correct direction.

 

Looks nice. Throw some recovery points on there.

 

Seconded

- Couple hundred $$ on Craigslist Hobart Handler 125

- $50 for a helmet (get an auto-dimming one)

- ~$50 for pliers, brushes, clamps, magnets

- some steel (Home depot, lowes, menards will have stuff you can buy for practice or real runs)

From there, its really just learning a little technique along with getting over the trepidation to put your face 6 inches from the weld-zone so you can see the puddle.

Im speaking from experience, as I also learned to weld because ROVER...https://landroverforums.com/forum/di...part-ii-50945/

 

...Im with ya fish I have recovery points there is three holes on the bottom edge of both sides of the winch plate that I have built bolt on d rings for I didnt want them hanging off the front also the floods are pointed that way to light up in front of the wheels and go wide to the sides I figure the led light bar and the 75 watt hids will give me enough forward light to see directly in front the only thing is I cant decide if i like the light bar ...I am thinking some 9 inch round arb leds what do you guys think?

 

I like.
Like the wide angle of lighting too
Now give us a finished project pic