My Homemade rear bar and carrier

[witt]

quickie little question. . .

just wondering why you opted to keep the hitch?
you could have easily built one into your bumper... save some ground clearnace & a little weight....

other than that question... thats one of the nicest cleanest bumpers ive ever seen. . . props to you man. . .

 

[Steve F]

Here in Australia if you have a hitch it gets inspected at the yearly inspection. If it's not a rated hitch then you wont pass the inspection. Other than that I fell more comfortable towing with something that has been tested and is rated It actually doesn't eat up much ground clearance as it butts up to the end of the fuel tank skid and sort of follows the lines of that.

I would have liked to get rid of it though, mostly for the weight saving more than anything else

Cheers
Steve

 

[Blaine B.]

Paint it. It doesn't match the new look of the bumper

Just think of it this way - more traction w/ the added weight!

 

[RuffedUpXJ]

Nice work bud, I mounted the bumper the exact same way you did

 

[mellowvision]

nice job!

 

[Bolognablake]

Beautiful work my friend.

 

[xj.jeeper]

Yep, beautiful work.

 

[karstic]

Excellent work Steve.

Do you have a profile pic that shows the tire in relation to the hatch?

 

[Lowrange2]

Check my location

Cheers
Steve

LMAO! Thats hilarious!

 

[Steve F]

Excellent work Steve.

Do you have a profile pic that shows the tire in relation to the hatch?

This is the best I could find, if you want a closer one let me know and I'll grab a shoot tomorrow It's running 32x11.5x15 here. The arm just sits out past the old number plate light and as you can see there is room to go to a bigger tyre, say a 33x12.5 up to about a 38 if I felt like it

Cheers
Steve

 

[Steve F]

WOW, just noticed this thread has had over 10,000 views and is the 18th most viewed thread (I had to know ) in this section......

Might have to post up my camper build as well now

Cheers
Steve

 

[JEFF]

Looks great!!!!! I like how you connect the bumper into the body with the ends. I would have swapped the bumper brake lights for some huge back up lights.....But thats just me. I like it a lot and I have been thinking of making my oun as well.

 

[karstic]

Just the view I was looking for.

Have you any problems with the tire carrier rattling? How is the latch holding up?

 

[Steve F]

The latch is great smooth and not a rattle at all.

Cheers
Steve

 

[Roodki]

Dang, the pics don't work anymore! I'm trying to make one based on your design. Good stuff.

Is there any way to get the pics back up?

-Chris

 

[Steve F]

I'll see if I can get them up over the weekend, the site hosting them seems to have disappeared for now

Cheers
Steve

 

[Steve F]

Pics are back

Cheers
Steve

 

[praetorian]

Thanks!

 

[ty20404]

I'm not going to lie... it looked kinda amateur at first.... can you make me one?!?!? haha, I like it better than ARB.

you should incorporate some reverse lights...

 

[BlueGerbil]

Very impressive work!