High clearance, tube, winch bumper for XJ

[keith_b00ne]

Great build. It inspires me to get welding! Keep the pics coming.

 

[in4aride]

Great build. It inspires me to get welding! Keep the pics coming.

thanks man, think imma build one for my friend before COFest out here, and hope to get some more build pics as well as some actions shots..:yelclap:

 

[John D]

Why is there a guy riding on your roof?

Ouch on that fender/header panel.

 

[in4aride]

hahahahaha i didnt even see that...
ya the header panel/fender hurt for a second but then i was happy cuz then i remembered the lady agreed to let me make 'tube fenders'(full tube replacement of the sheetmetal that ties into bumper and sliders ) if i damamged the fenders!!

 

[xcm]

i dont see a winch? doesnt look tested to me!

 

[collkid]

Well where's the Winch? X

It does look pretty sweet though X

now you going to do a rear bumper? X

 

[in4aride]

No monies for winch yet. Gotta get steering, belly skid, and rear bumper knocked out first.

 

[in4aride]

Well the bumper is all but wrapped up. Need to run a few more beads and make a holder for the winch hook. But otherwise it's set to go. Winch fits in there exactly how I wanted. Pretty stoked. Went back and redid some old welds as well and welded some spots I hadn't got before.X

Beads runnin on winchplate to tube. Gettin better.X

Here you can see how I trimmed the grill to fit around the winch.X

And lastly a pic of the whole setup

So whatchya think?

 

[stroked88]

looks pretty good man

 

[mcantar18c]

So Mike, dumb and unrelated question, wtf is with the "X" thing?

 

[in4aride]

Haha. It's cuz I'm using my phone and save the pic urls and everything in my notes then just copy and paste to post. Dunno why it does that lol


But thanks for the props

 

[Jeep450r]

How far past the bottom of the grill does the bumper stick out? (not including the stinger)

 

[in4aride]

At the furthest point forward or where the bottom of stock bumper would be?

 

[REWSTER]

not a huge fan of stingers but yours looks good probably cause you didn't go six feet in the air with it LOL

 

[Jeep450r]

At the furthest point forward

 

[Banditt007]

Nice bumper!! I'm sure you are proud, i would be if i never used a welder or bender and came up with something like that. Keep up the fab work you are a natural at it. good work.

 

[in4aride]

At the furthest point forward

5"

 

[RedHeep]

Is your winch plate tied into the front cross member?

Two things I've seen done nicely on front mounts from vendors:

Angle brackets that mount the side pieces to the front crossmember (AJ's) and support brackets that mount the winch plate to the front crossmember (Detours).

If you did something like that, I think you'd be all set to pull on that winch. I don't like the way it's just mounted to the tube and the side pieces, but that's just me.

 

[in4aride]

Interesting take on it.

I've never had a winch that attached anywhere other than side plates and I've never had a problem. I've broken bolts holding winch to plate but never bumper to jeep. :dunno:

 

[in4aride]

Well here it is off the jeep. More welds added and painted for the new owner. Jeep is going different route so my friend is picking it up from me.