2nd gen bumper build

Looks good

 

having done this on my buddies 1st gen i say round the edges and do not just surface weld them cut a hole in your bumper that way you can eld on both sides of the bumper for strength

 

Yea I think I will round them.
They will be welded along the back and top the bumper will bend/ rip off the frame before they come off.

 

nice man what are you going to finish tje bumper with?

 

Line-x or rhino liner for the main part then the expanded will be red to match the accents on my rims

 

Very nice sir! I am getting ready to do this to my '12 as well in the next couple months

 

I haven't decided if the skid will be aluminum or steel yet though. If aluminum I might leave it unpainted.

 

Steel all the way

 

We'll if you build one make a thread I would love to see how you build yours. It has been really easy just time consuming and that is one thing I don't have a lot of. Building my own let me justify buying a welder though so to me the time spent is worth it.

 

Yea steel will be stronger for sure. I'm just trying not to weigh the front end down too much. Right now the bumper/ light bar setup I can pick up with one hand so steel skids would probably be fine. I'm also in the middle of building a press break so that might help with making the skids.

 

Okay, so people I know keep telling me bed liner will look bad on my bumper. My question is what do you guys think should I just spray bomb it that way I can touch it up whenever I want. Bed liner will cost about $200 and so far I've still only spent about $165 on this bumper including all the steel, the expanded, and light bar. Another thing I've been thinking about is I don't know if it's worth it to pay the $200 to Bed liner it. So basically what have you guys painted this kind of thing with and are you happy with how your finish came out. One more plus to spray paint would be I could have it on and be driving my truck until spring then finish the skid plate setup.

 

Also I plan on building sliders and a rear bumper and I'll want all the finishes to match. So keep that in mind on what will look good.

 

I had mine sprayed with FMJ Bedliner and I friggan love it. I would say if you will be offroad, that may not be the way to go, simply because of trying to touch up all the time.

 

Do you have any pictures? How is it holding up?

 

Another question if I spray paint it now could I bed liner over that in the future?

 

Bedliner sticks to paint. Its made to spray over paint in pickup truck beds.

 

Good point that was a stupid question now that I think of it lol

 

Painting in progress I will update as I go.... Nothing like waiting for paint to dry lol

 

If all goes well hopefully I'll have this baby on tonight.

 

Oh don't mind the disaster zone