My New Rear Bumper

[rhombus]

Sway-Away T-Bars up front and AAL in the back

[Strom]

So it was Pikachu who had the SLR (National) Spring Pack on his truck. I always get those yellow Xs mixed up!!!! Does anyone know how those are holding up?
-Brad

[Xlax]

Just had a 2nd look and realized that you have not finished your "bumpettes" yet, so my reaction is GREAT JOB !. I like when people makes things fit and keep it original. Quite the expense in Canadian dollars you vent through.

I saw Chuck's MOD and had to adit I loved the room for Fuel, Lift and Condoms....


Claus
Vancouver :silly2:

[Schludwiller]

Well I'm with XLAX. When I first saw it, I thought you were planning on leaving the Xterra bumper ends off, or cutting the rear wheel well. I love functionality, but I also spend effort on trying to make parts seem like they are a part of the truck.

That being said. I think that's probably the best departure angle I've seen yet. It looks solid. (pics of your frame mounting would be good to see).

The hatch cutting scares the crap out of me.

I can envision the rear end caps being put on, some black diamond plating, and it will look quite in line with the truck. As much as anyone who's putting an aftermarket bumper on the rear.

Thanks for posting.

[rrdstarr]

If you had moved your bumper out and inch further or so away from the truck, would you have had to notch the rear hatch? I love how tight it sits to the truck, just wouldn't want to cut my hatch like that!

[Matt Peckham]

Trust me on this one... spend a little extra money and get 5 bar diamond plating, not the cheap crappy 1 cross diamond platingthat is common on American vehicles. For a look at what I am talking about, check this shit out. It's also more grippy than the American crap.



Now that's some diamond plate. also available in black anodized.

[Xlax]

My dream truck !... I drove Landrovers in Namibia (when I was a warlord). If only they were affordable up here...NICE !!
(still love the X)

[ChuckH]

Is that the Rover from Tomb Raider?

That's awesome!!!

[rhombus]

Yes it is and it looks awesome

http://www.rockcrawler.com/features/.../landrover.asp

[Matt Peckham]

hey now! keep it on topic!!!!!

that is a whole lot better than <accent=redneck> that stuff on cargobed toolboxes</accent>

trust me on this one. spend the money and get the nicer quality stuff. oh yeah, it's only made of aluminum.

Matt

[Harbones]

Originally posted by Craisy Daisy
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I plan on making at least one addition; a diamond plate covering the gap between the bumper and the body.

Well i hope you plan on making more than just that one addition, because i have to agree with synchro it pretty much looks like :monkeypis as it is right now. As for functionality, it looks pretty good. Regardless its good to see people experimenting with other options in the long run it can only help the community as a whole - whether the final result is that its great or totally sucks. As for the notching the tailgate thing, doesn't seem like such a big deal to me we do irreversible things to our trucks all the time in the name of modifications. So, for now i'm gonna have to give it a thumbs down overall but keep us updated when its finished i may switch my (probably useless) opinion.

[rhombus]

The one thing that is very cool is that this is a jeep bumper.
(which you knew CD would chose to match the front )

There are a lot of people making jeep stuff so this should give us much more selection.

http://www.bulletproofmfg.com/

http://www.wildernessracks.com/swing_away_tire.html


I also don't think that cutting the hatch is a big deal. It looks like it is just a small cut and the piece does not really do anything.

[ned946]

Originally posted by Matt Peckham
For a look at what I am talking about, check this shit out. .

Where is their web site? I'm gonna flame that thing till its toast........they have no idea what they are doing....I'll tell 'em.

They put the steering wheel on the wrong side, no where is their address?

[Schludwiller]

Originally posted by Matt Peckham
OK, after staring at it a while, I gotta say, why would you waste all that money on something that doesn't go well with the rest of the truck?
Matt

Yes, why would you Matt?

[Matt Peckham]

materials: $0
labor: $0
designwork: $0
roofrack bolts: 6.80
gas: $40
scotchbrite: $12
brasso polish: $2.89
XORust paint and primer: $8.00
aluminum bar for lightmounts and bolts: $11.20
grief from people for it not lining up with the roofline: immeasurable
ability to carry 5 jerrycans along with a bunch of dead souvenirs through the Canadian wilderness: priceless.

Get your facts straight. I bartered the rack. Still haven't had to do anything for it yet, not sure if I will, but I expect to, it's a swap for a website.

Total cost: $72.89

that's pretty darn cheap. And nobody else will have one like it.

there was also nothing like it on the market when I started, much like the KMA bumpers, but it looks like at least my guy knew how to weld, so he misinterpreted some of my measurements, I'm no engineer. Whereas the KMA guys only knew how to cash checks.

What did your bumper cost originally, and what did it cost when all was said and done in man hours and materials?