Long story short……..
……. It was time for a prerunner bumper anyway.
Finally made some headway on a new bumper so I thought I would go ahead and start a thread as this bumper gets finished up (suggestions welcomed).
First I need to thank some folks: Yves Braun out of Denver who provided me with the chrome-molly tubing to make it happen. John Cooley of http://www.alumicraft.info/"]Alumi Craft[/URL] in San Diego for use of his radius bender, which made this bumper unique. And mostly Jamie Campbell of http://www.raceco-USA.com"]RaceCO USA[/URL] in Irvine for bringing my vision to reality. Jamie is an artist with a welder; all the gorgeous welds you see are his, the others are mine.
Cutting it all off
I put this cross bar in and notched it to clear the a/c condenser's hardline.
The beginning of the boxed in uprights.
This was harder then it looked to make the box and the radius tube look like they grew together. The consistent angle of the radius really made things harder.
Jamie making quick work out of the MIG and laying down some art, ya he has worked for Robby Gordon, Cameron Steele, Penhall Fabrication etc. Truly a top-shelf fabricator!!
Where I'm at as of today. Just need to make a skid plate and burn some tabs on it to hang the skid and some KC HiLights. Oh and I almost forgot I still need to tie-in the top tube ends back to the frame. What do you think? Ideas to help me finish it up.