So I figure it's time for a new project and with some of the organizations I may be getting involved with a winch bumper is finally in order. I'm modeling the base of it off Robinhood4x4's bumper build - I really dig his multi-mount functionality (BTW, anyone else notice in his build that the coolness factor of his bumper must have rubbed off on the IFS and turned it into a SAS?)
Excuse the poor google Sketch Up renderings, but this is what I have so far. I could easily build another tube bumper, something like this
and mocked up to a 2nd gen pickup since I couldn't find a pre-made 4runner model
Or I was thinking of making a tube bumper and then fiberglassing between the tubes to make front storage compartments. The finished product would look something like this, the lines off the winch plate would be tube - the 2 lowest tubes being 1.5" and the 2 upper ones just 1"
I couldn't get the planes on the bumper quite right, but hopefully this'll give some kind of idea where I'm going
I'm getting 1/4" plate for the winch mount and center part of the bumper today, that'll get built this week at work. So what'cha think? Should I go with plain tube or try to build something a bit different with fiberglass over a tube framed bumper?