HomeMade 05 Bumper & Skid(Pic heavy)

First Skuff. Paint probably wasn't even completely dry yet.

 

Love the DIY porn in here. Very unique design.

 

looks awesome!

 

That's one of the nicest bumpers I've seen!! Nice job man!!

 

GJ man great looking bumper. I love seeing how it all came together and how the pictures from start to finish took us through a little bit of your thought pattern when designing/fabbing your bumper. I'd love to be able to do this one day!!!

 

Mad skilz, Bro - I totally love it! If there was a masturbation icon I'd use that, but will have to settle for the banana dance.

 

Thanks man, Just get your hands on a welder and make it happen! Also Plasma cutter will help a ton!

LOL will work.

 

1st Place !

 

Impressive!Way to be creative!Unique as well!

 

I like it, it's very unique. The one thing i would recommend is reinforcement brackets for the bumper mounting points. Most manufacturers included these with their bumpers. If they're not used, plate bumpers can cause the plate the studs are mounted to, to tear which could eventually allow the bumper to fall off.

Here is an example of what I mean.

 

Nice, I was thinking about coming off with another mount point further back on the rail. just haven't figured out how I wanted to do it and make it look good. Still tossing around ideas.

But a lot of the weight is supported by the skid plate as well, with the extra mount points on the bottom and to the Drop Bracket.

 

Good job. Love the fact it's different. Are you bobbing a bed in the garage too?

 

The 4Runner(1st gen body on a 3rd gen frame/motor) and the bed are my brothers projects. He's making a Expedition camper trailer thing for his other 1st gen 4 Runner.

 

Did the final touches on the bumper today. I didnt like the gap between the body and bumper so I got some weatherproof flex Rubber from McMaster-Carr and filled the gap. Now It can flex with plenty of room and still look good!









Also I forgot to show my switch set up after all the lights...

 

Damn good work. Nice to see a fresh, unique take on the front end of the taco.

 

very unique Design! i kind of almost like the bumper by itself without the skid plate. could be the DB making the angle flat, though. Still awesome design

 

Damn dude, that is nice! Good job.

 

Great job. Alot of work. How much weight did it add.

 

Yeah I have a smaller(lighter) Skid one planned if I didn't like this wide one. But mostly wanted to cover stuff up and hide the DB(and add support). Also didn't have the huge designed cut out.... Boring. LOL

Not much at all. I can lift and install the bumper myself. The skid is a 2 man job, Not for weight but just large area and hard to start the bolts and lift at same time. Id say 80-100lbs. I didn't even notice any extra weight when driving or off roading.

 

Great job on the bumper! Love to build my own things and do something different! Much respect!