so the time has come to build a bumper. i looked at thousands of different bumpers on all kinds of vehicles. i loved alot, hated most, and decided i needed to go my own direction with some heavy influence from a few places. i loved bruceTS's bumper, and i like lance's 4th gen bumper. i decided to go mainly that direction, with some of my own ideas. huge credit goes to them both!
i started by following bruce's guide: http://bruce.calrockx.com/4runner/bumper/default.htm
cross beam placed:
3/16" plate for the brackets cut:
scored and bent:
by the time holes needed to be drilled my hands were too knackered to hold down the trigger, so dad stepped in. huge thanks to dad!!!:
brackets will get welded up tomorrow, placed on the truck and the cross bar welded. from there i will start on my tire carrier supports. i have some other features i want to implement and those will be revealed as they come. the plans are not finalized, im tackling issues as they pop up, etc. stay tuned for updates!