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This is a discussion on Custom Offroad Bumper Build (No 56K!) within the Offroad forums, part of the General Discussion category; I am one of those members that has pretty much just hidden in the dark and learned as much as ...
I am one of those members that has pretty much just hidden in the dark and learned as much as I could from this site. I never had much to contribute before and always wanted to so I figured this was my turn. Here's the "little" project I've been working on for the past few weeks. First a little background, though. I just graduated the Air Force Academy with my BS in Mechanical Engineering and before I left, with the little free time granted to me at the end of the semester, I designed and built some bumpers for my 2001 silverado. I started with taking off my stock bumper and built the bumpers out of cardboard, both front and rear. Unfortunately, I only took pics of the front. From there, I took off the cardboard bumper and took the dimensions from that and drew it up in SolidWorks, a CAD program I became VERY familiar with this year. Using that drawing and the water jet machine I had at my disposal, I cut out all the pieces from a 4' x 8' of 3/16" steel. After that, my buddy and I went to work welding up the bumpers and making mounts so that they could be bolted to my frame. I am very happy with how it has all turned out so far. All I have left to do now is buy my winch and fab up the mounting system for that as well as grind down all they welds before taking them into get Line-X put on. I dont have a good picture right now of how they look 90% on my truck but I'll be sure to get one tomorrow for you guys. I'll stop talking now and let the pictures take care of the rest. Enjoy!
Last edited by wichy; 05-29-2011 at 08:25 PM.
USAFA Class of 2011 - Mechanical Engineering Major2001 ECSB 5.3L 4x4, 6" Fabtech lift, XD Addicts, 35" Procomp Extreme A/T's, eBay CAI, Pacesetter headers/ORY, Flowmaster Super 44, 02 Z06 cam, BBP tune, HID's, clear corners, KC daylighters, 2 sealed 12" Fi's, 1500 Watt Sundown amp
Last edited by wichy; 05-29-2011 at 08:24 PM.
USAFA Class of 2011 - Mechanical Engineering Major2001 ECSB 5.3L 4x4, 6" Fabtech lift, XD Addicts, 35" Procomp Extreme A/T's, eBay CAI, Pacesetter headers/ORY, Flowmaster Super 44, 02 Z06 cam, BBP tune, HID's, clear corners, KC daylighters, 2 sealed 12" Fi's, 1500 Watt Sundown amp
Some of the pictures are a little out of order but you get the idea. More pictures to come as I finish up this build!
USAFA Class of 2011 - Mechanical Engineering Major2001 ECSB 5.3L 4x4, 6" Fabtech lift, XD Addicts, 35" Procomp Extreme A/T's, eBay CAI, Pacesetter headers/ORY, Flowmaster Super 44, 02 Z06 cam, BBP tune, HID's, clear corners, KC daylighters, 2 sealed 12" Fi's, 1500 Watt Sundown amp
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"If gun owners are as violent as anti-gunners said we are, there wouldn't be any anti's left."
looks good man
should be very beefy when done
cant wait to see the rear bumper too
97 z71,3" body lift, tow mirrors, cranked and AAL, 35" KM2's, 4.56 gears w/lockright, 6k HID's, strobes/lightbar/leds07 2500hd ccsb lbz duramax, intake, exhaust, cab lights, leveled, about it for now..........
cool build
2011 Chevy Silverado 2500HD Duramax
BDS/BMF/Toyo/Pioneer/Alpine/And more
2011 Chevy Tahoe
Awesome build. Is the "HAZARD" on the outside facing you? If so thats pretty unique. I like
2005 Silverado 1500 2wd 5.3l v8--Borla XR-1 dumped--5f/3r lift--285/70-17 Cooper S/T--4.10 gear ratio--Vette Servo--Performance Tune
props to Brad519 for sig
I plan on doing this on my rear bumper. i like the cardboard idea.
Yea, the HAZARD is facing the outside. Here's some pics of it as they are currently. I've got a LOT of grinding ahead of me...
And this is the RBP rear bumper I modeled mine after:
USAFA Class of 2011 - Mechanical Engineering Major2001 ECSB 5.3L 4x4, 6" Fabtech lift, XD Addicts, 35" Procomp Extreme A/T's, eBay CAI, Pacesetter headers/ORY, Flowmaster Super 44, 02 Z06 cam, BBP tune, HID's, clear corners, KC daylighters, 2 sealed 12" Fi's, 1500 Watt Sundown amp
man your truck us AWESOME!!
97 z71,3" body lift, tow mirrors, cranked and AAL, 35" KM2's, 4.56 gears w/lockright, 6k HID's, strobes/lightbar/leds07 2500hd ccsb lbz duramax, intake, exhaust, cab lights, leveled, about it for now..........
wish i had access to those toolds that thing is AWESOME
95 2dr tahoe tbi 5.7 Sold
2005 GMC 2500HD 6.0 cranked on 285's
so you're a lieutenant now? should i stand at parade rest while i read this thread?i'm joking, bumper looks great. wish i had access to the tools you do.
Bada$$!
--Doug
01 Supercharged Suburban~07 Silverado 1500HD Classic
It's the Air Force you can have your hands in your pocket. I kid, I kidOriginally Posted by rebelbowtie
so you're a lieutenant now? should i stand at parade rest while i read this thread?
My truck is a money pit with no bottom.
1996 K1500 5.7 Vortec
Look great, the only thing i would have done different is start off with a beefer truck.
Last edited by 6.0vortecchevy; 05-30-2011 at 07:22 PM.
2500 6.0 vortec 6in skyjacker lift with keys on 16in eagle wrapped in good year kevlar 285, LPP LT's, gmpp cam, efi live tuning software, true dual flowmaster 40 series Circle D 2500-2800.
You should try turning up the heat, cleaning your metal and moving a little slower. A little more consistancy would help, but it comes with hot metal glue trigger time.
Final product looks well thought out. If you put some shackles in those pull points, put some anti-sieze on the threads. Nothing sucks more than not being able to pull a shackle off when you need to because it's seized up.
1997 K1500 ECSB LQ9/80e/241/D60f/C14FF
2006 Dodge 2500 610CTD/G56/271/AAM9.25/AAM11.5
Haha
looks goood
Those are awesome man. Good job.
-Pat
"Snap it off, then back it off two turns"
2000 K2500-5.7L-4L80E-Crew cab-short box-3.73- GMT400
That's gonna look killer, I agree with the shackle idea.
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