The Lumpskie Build - '96 5-speed

OMG..yes..haha way better and safer.

do this.



super simple and work wonders.

 

Sweet. I'll have to try this when I swap out my LCA bushings!

 

yea it works quite well. Super easy to do.

 

Nice fit on the tires! And definitely use the prybar with stock uca's.
Seeing those pics helps give an idea what to expect when I go bigger.

 

Thanks Brett. I'm glad the pics are useful. I've seen a lot of questions on fitting 33x12.5s but no detailed pics. So, I thought I'd throw some up there. If/when you are ready to go bigger, feel free to let me know. We can meet up somewhere and you can take a look for yourself

 

So, I went to Ouray last weekend and saw this old beast on the side of the road. Kinda cool






Here's what it looks like inside:


I thought this placard was pretty cool too. Especially #16 "A good driver smokes at halts only"

 

Love that old iron. Bet it smelled good too.

 

Haha, yeah it smelled like it had been sitting for a while.

 

I've been thinking about putting some plate in the wings of my bumper and mocked the general idea up with some cardboard.

What do you guys think of the idea?

 

Prolly look just fine. I think the satoshi grill metal that Homertaco uses would look really cool as an insert in a tube bumper

 

Didn't BoxRocket do that to his as well?

 

No he didn't.

I kinda like it Lump. i say try it out

 

I'm thinking about making it bolt-in since the tube will be the structural member. I couldn't really see the lines with all the color in there, so I sprayed the cardboard black.
Looking at it now, I'm not sure that my diagonal break line is quite right...

 

eh..cardboard will only show so much. Never really know till you do it with the metal.

 

You're right. I'll see if I can get my hands on some aluminum and we'll see what happens

He plated the top of his TG? I was thinking about bolt-in plate for mine... I'll have to check his thread out...

 

Yea several have done the top of the TG bumper. But yours is tuck up to the truck WAY better then the TG one.

You could weld tabs on the bumper and have bolts and use aluminum for the plating too.

 

Looks like I have an interview tomorrow, so this project is on a temporary hold. That being said, I'm still intrigued by the idea of a "modular" and reconfigurable tube/plate bumper...

 

Do it! I think some plate would look sweet bolted up there

 

Thanks man... I hope so.

I've got one more interview to go tomorrow... but after that, I'll be back at it.