marlin, if you could figure out how to raise your bumper about 6 inches... i think it would take your bumper from a 5 of 10.... to a 7 of 10... honestly, it would fill that hole and give a more aggressive look
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marlin, if you could figure out how to raise your bumper about 6 inches... i think it would take your bumper from a 5 of 10.... to a 7 of 10... honestly, it would fill that hole and give a more aggressive look
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I am working on it, gotta get some 1/4" plate and make the new brackets and I am also going to move it in about 2". That will bring it closer to the VX, to remedy the tight quarters clearance. My goal is for the bumper to sit even with the bottom of the fangs. Then I can use expanded metal or whatever to fill in the last few inches. Maybe put some marker lights inside...I dunno yet. Once that is done, I can do the skid plate.Originally Posted by pbkid
The weight is somewhere around 50lbs or so I would guess. I dunno, not so much that I need help moving it around or putting it on/taking it off. When I take it off for the new brackets, I will weigh it.
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if you can get it up 6" and in 2" that would make it look SOOOOOO much more like an ARB style... i would honestly fill those gaps between the headlights and the grill with some nice big driving lights, thats exactly what i was thinking before, but it was too big of a gap before.
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I designed some new brackets today to lift the bumper 4" and in 2". That should fill in the space quite nicely and immensely increase my approach angle. I just don't know how thick to make the brackets. I am thinking 3/8".
I would do it tomorrow, but I have been planning an event for 450 people that is being held tomorrow night!!! Once I have that monkey off my back, I can get back to work.
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Picked up a 20"x13" sheet of 3/8" thick plate for 20 bucks. It is hard to appreciate how much steel that is until you hold it. I will cut out the new brackets tomorrow, it should greatly increase the cosmetic appeal of the bumper. Then I can weld up the mounts for the skid plates. Gotta find some grade 8 17mm bolts now.
It was cool to watch them cut the steel....with shears!!!! Their machine is amazing. Can do up to 10 foot cuts, through just about anything, and can bend as well. Gotta be hundreds of thousands of dollars...
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Cut out one of the brackets today, took about 1 hour and 5 cutting wheels. My left arm hurts like a dickens, we got mandatory "flu" shots today, never had a flu shot that felt like a tetanus shot!! Probably some experimental hybrid H1N1 vaccination...
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What do you mean, "mandatory"? Are we living in a police state already?
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