DIY winch bumper, ideas? Designs?

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Re: DIY winch bumper, ideas? Designs?

Post by twiss » Tue Nov 19, 2013 9:43 am

kiwizook wrote:I remeber seeing a bumper built on here that seemed to be quite nice, maybe it was mike's truck. just have a look through e few people's build threads
Mike's bumper is like my one with the top chopped off...
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Re: DIY winch bumper, ideas? Designs?

Post by Jordi » Tue Nov 19, 2013 2:03 pm

If you can get 100x100 box section and just shape the ends of it by cutting some out and leaving a "flap" to bend and weld into place to shape the ends?
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Re: DIY winch bumper, ideas? Designs?

Post by Jay18 » Tue Nov 19, 2013 4:46 pm

I've ordered 100mm x 50mm box, going to bend the ends back and weld it back together ten going to make some plate to fill the gap at the top and some plate to do the angled bit at the bott and then shape the bottom corners, will all make sense when I get on my laptop and I'll uploa the design I'm going for...
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Re: DIY winch bumper, ideas? Designs?

Post by dan_2k_uk » Tue Nov 19, 2013 6:57 pm

Someone did make one similar on here and it was spiffing. Can't find it now.
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Re: DIY winch bumper, ideas? Designs?

Post by Jay18 » Tue Nov 19, 2013 6:58 pm

yep i know someone made on on here somewhere but i have no idea either lol

i remember seing somone built one into the chassis and they has "works" written on it with a marker pen lol thats all i remember haha
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Re: DIY winch bumper, ideas? Designs?

Post by dan_2k_uk » Tue Nov 19, 2013 10:26 pm

I've looked through a fair few recent builds and can't find a thing.

Maybe it was on the Facebook group or posted in the bar or gallery.

Just design your own :D
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Re: DIY winch bumper, ideas? Designs?

Post by dazerede » Tue Nov 19, 2013 10:32 pm

Worth a try
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Re: DIY winch bumper, ideas? Designs?

Post by ScottieJ » Wed Nov 20, 2013 12:37 pm

I like my old one, shouldn't have sold it

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Going to make one like this for mine though, I like simple tube bumpers.

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Re: DIY winch bumper, ideas? Designs?

Post by twiss » Wed Nov 20, 2013 12:49 pm

Yeah scottie your old one looked cool you should have kept it on there!
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Re: DIY winch bumper, ideas? Designs?

Post by ScottieJ » Wed Nov 20, 2013 12:52 pm

I sold it to someone who then decided to cut it up to use parts of it to make another bumper nowhere near as nice :pissed: think he only actually used the chassi smounts, would have been easier to make them from scratch :argh:
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