Unique multi mount winch front bumper.

[slosurfer]

bump to the top for a killer bumper.

Getting ideas for my bumper, bumping it up so it's easier to find tonight.

[slosurfer]

Steve, have you changed anything on this or is there anything you would have done different now that it's been on awhile?

Also, what did you do with your front turn signals?

[Robinhood4x4]

Maybe use a little thicker steel where that orange plate is. When I bought it, I thought it was 1/4" but it turned out to be something a little thinner. Other than that, nope, I like it the way it is.

For the turn signals, I ended up building an elaborate mounting system for each one.




































Someday I might rewire the parking lights to be the turn signals. Until then, I just remove the turn signals if I think I'll bash them.

[slosurfer]

Okay, so far the one thing I know for sure that I can do is the turn signal mounts. Too bad one of my turn signals already bit the dust at Hollister.

[Crinale]

finally thinking bout building a real bumper chris? rather than that light bar

[slosurfer]

finally thinking bout building a real bumper chris? rather than that light bar

Yeah, I fubar'd my bumper and turn signals up at Hollister last weekend at Hollister

[Crinale]

ah good job :-P ... i think im gonna do my whole front end (including engine cage and bumper) at the same time i do a rebuild to fix my stupid headgasket.. (currently saving money to get it done) as hot as i got the darn thing id bet i warped the heads too >.<

[corax]

To move it to the back I use 2x2 tube and slide it into the winch bracket.

Love this idea and surprised I didn't see it before. Just to clarify, the bit of square below your winch plate is actually a 2" receiver tube and the cradle was custom bent to fit around that?

[Robinhood4x4]

Yes, the square is hitch tube but the cradle was cut and welded around it, not bent. There's no bending that thickness of steel with hand tools!

[corax]

Yes, the square is hitch tube but the cradle was cut and welded around it, not bent. There's no bending that thickness of steel with hand tools!

Yeah, I was figuring I would use the score / bend / weld method to get the bends.
I need to make a new front bumper and have been collecting ideas again, now I just need to move and get a job at a gargae with a decent MIG again (tired of cleaning up flux core splatter, though it does penetrate well enough).