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New rear bumper.

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 7:33 pm
by 1066 Boy
Evening all, i am thinking of making a new rear bumper for
the pick up. As you can see, at the moment it just has small
bumper corners on each side. Not exactly strong (will bend by hand) :D

I am thinking of cutting them off and fitting a double stack of scaffold tube. :weld:
What do you think :?:


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Re: New rear bumper.

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 7:38 pm
by twiss
I reckon it would look quite good if you welded a large bit of tube between the two corner bits...

Re: New rear bumper.

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 7:40 pm
by twiss
I also think it would look better if the whole bumper was a bit higher up and the corner bits were up near the lights

Re: New rear bumper.

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 9:09 pm
by 1066 Boy
I am thinking of just below the number plate. Want to keep it as
standard as possible. I am only doing it as i will be doing competitions next
year and i know i will smash the rear lights. :argh:

Re: New rear bumper.

Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2014 12:08 am
by dan_2k_uk
I would get it right up under the lights and then mount the number plate to the bumper.

Re: New rear bumper.

Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2014 9:45 am
by andyrew
Thoses original bumpers are quite hard to find.

Don't cut them off. Just unbolt them.

Re: New rear bumper.

Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 7:29 pm
by 1066 Boy
Hoping to do bumper mod next week if i get the chance. :weld:
If i take the Kja bumper corners off are they any good to somebody
on here :?: Free to a good home if you collect them. :doublethumbs:

Re: New rear bumper.

Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 9:36 pm
by donkeychomp
The double scaffold tube has been done to death...can't you use the existing bumper and beef it up a bit?

Re: New rear bumper.

Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 10:17 pm
by 1066 Boy
in a word no. The original one would not last 5 minutes in the type
of competitions that i do. I no that scaffold tube is old school but
its strong and it works. The body on the Kja is very good and it
would be a shame to mash it up. :evil:

Re: New rear bumper.

Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 10:23 pm
by donkeychomp
Looking at your front bumper...why not fabricate something similar to go on the back, that would look pretty trick :brows: