Tube/Pre runner bumper build

welded all the skid plate mounts and the light tabs, Gonna do some grinding clean it up and then paint it.
Eastwood products have been great. including there powdercoating stuff.

 

Good to know. I think I saw you over on SONTT, so would be interested to know how the paint holds up to the elements. Eastwood is a hella of a lot cheaper than Por 15 if I remember correctly, so if it holds up I'm on bored.

 

What is SONTT?
I took some undercoating to everything behind the bumper. looks much better now.

Proof that it is infact bolt on and painted with aerosol duplicolor bed liner.

 

Looks good!!

SONTT is --> http://www.sontt.com/forum/index.php
I may have been mistaken though, now I cant remember if it was on here or there. lol

 

Build me one...take my monies! Looks great!

 

Thanks guys. im actully from saskatoon so thats why you have never seen me on there

 

everything is done except for the skid plate, which i havent located. thinking of using a street sign...

Painted with bed liner, notice the flat color

Cleared mounted with lights on

 

Looks pretty good. Too bad the main tube got a little crushed/kinked at the corners. If you aren't aware, there's a trick when using one of those HF style pipe benders to keep it from crushing like that. If you fill the pipe with wet sand first it will keep it from collapsing/kinking.

Of course none of that is an issue when using tube and a proper tube bender. But I use a HF bender sometimes too and if it's a a bend of anything less than about 130* its common for the pipe to collapse some so sand is useful if you want to keep it from happening.

 

yup i read that trick just figured what the hell... other then those bends its fine.

 

Got Aluminum for the skid plate!!! gonna do that soon!

 

Looks great ! I would paint those wheels black though but that's just my $.02

 

X2

 

i was gonna but then i figured ill just leave it

 

Like he said. I would paint them.

 

You should paint your wheels

 

I love the tube bumper look man but something about a tube bumper in the snow just ain't right

 

So when the snow melts its all right?

 

hah my thoughts exactly. I'm not sure I'd ever let the weather determine my bumper

 

haha i agree. in fact iv had a few people say it looks awesome IN THE SNOW!!