$100.00 Rear Bumper

[IntrepidXJ]

If you are planning on going in the frame rails like that you need to reinforce it though if you plan on running a swingout.

Mine is set up this way and the frame rails are starting to split on the bottom. It is just too much weight.

well, you know where my tire carrier is.....that's not a concern for me :kissyou:

 

[GermanXJ]

Sweet! Fame and fortune here I come! I'd better start on my paparazzi insults.

Hope the race goes well for you. How many miles (or kilometers) is it total?

It is from A-dam to Dakar.About 3,600 miles.
Its one of those races with a $500 limit on the purchace price of the car or truck. When you get to Africa the truck is given away for charity.
Should be fun.

 

[Tim_MN]

A local steel supplier has a yellow page add that says "open to the public" and they sell scraps, damaged stuff and miscuts for .25 cents a pound. I have found +10ft lengths of 2x2, 2x4 and 2x6 .120, .180 and .250 thick rectangular tube in the scrap racks. My whole front bumper project cost me about $35.00 for the steel.

 

[SCW]

A local steel supplier has a yellow page add that says "open to the public" and they sell scraps, damaged stuff and miscuts for .25 cents a pound. I have found +10ft lengths of 2x2, 2x4 and 2x6 .120, .180 and .250 thick rectangular tube in the scrap racks. My whole front bumper project cost me about $35.00 for the steel.

Yeah, mine was about $40 till I added in the hitch mount, that was $32 all by itself!!!

 

[Gravesdiggerxj]

tech to the top: because israel's bumper is cool...
and so I don't have to keep searching

 

[WheelinJR]

It's pretty cool the stuff these guys do with some square stock and a grinder...

I'm still partial to my $40 (with powder coat included) tube bumper. Call me crazy

 

[xjkevin]

heres my newly built rear bumper. cost about 150.00

 

[xjkevin]

 

[Israel]

tech to the top: because israel's bumper is cool...
and so I don't have to keep searching

I don't know if you caught my "parting my 96" thread, but the bumper is for sale. I got no shame!

 

[xjkevin]

no shame would be asking 200.00 for it...:roflmao:

I don't know if you caught my "parting my 96" thread, but the bumper is for sale. I got no shame!

 

[90Blue_XJ]

I don't know if you caught my "parting my 96" thread, but the bumper is for sale. I got no shame!

Wish I had known sooner. Mine is a copy of yours.