Don wanted me to build a rear bumper for his '95 Wrangler with a swingaway tire carrier. Duplications are from the swingaway carrier I am building for Juno's Cherokee. Here are the start pictures:
Don wanted me to build a rear bumper for his '95 Wrangler with a swingaway tire carrier. Duplications are from the swingaway carrier I am building for Juno's Cherokee. Here are the start pictures:
Second part. Plates hanging off the spindles are 1/4" steel and are for the double shear mounting to the bumper. And no, to answer any questions, the bumper is not going to over hang the sides of the Jeep 10". I haven't gotten to the 'cut to fit' point...
Pete......If this is for me....this is for the 95 Wrangler...not the Rubicon...
Ooops on my part....but only on the title...Right parts, right bumper, wrong year
Pete is showing his age.
Seriously - Nice work Pete. Keep the picks coming. I am interested in doing one for my XJ.
Looking great Pete!
Lookin' good Pete. Spindles are from A to Z???
Actually those are the same ones from JeepTubes and have a grease zerk. The A to Z ones do not. Not that that is a real selling point on the difference.
Here is the update on Don's rear bumper. Pretty much waiting on the Jeep right now for final adjustment on tire carrier height and for the location of the bumper mounts. Everything above the swing arm is just tacked in place right now.
Nice!! so much better than the factory "Bumperettes" !! Is that MelloYellow across the street in the last pic?
Is that MelloYellow across the street in the last pic?
Yeah, he was skulking in the neighborhood....I am doing a bit of 'find the mystery noises' and check and tighten stuff on his rig today.
Update. The first picture shows classic powder coating issues. These were the existing bumper mounting brackets. The powder coating lifted off with a putty knife and revealed a massive amount of rust underneath. Ever wonder why almost all of the fabricators paint their stuff and offer 'powder coating' as an option?
Nice looking welds ya got going there Pete
Awesome as usual Pete!!
Thanks!
Nice looking welds ya got going there Pete
I have been practicing
Nice work, Pete!
Bumpers are looking good.
I like the mounting stud idea Pete!
Shoot me a PM, Jonathan, and I'll hook you up with that mount set up. It worked sweet!
Next in line as I was waiting for the paint to dry on the rear, were the sliders. I cut off the existing ones, added two more mounting points to the frame with plates, used the existing two frame plates that were already there, and added gussets to all of them. I have yet to add the tube kicker, but since I have to do a hoop for the front bumper/winch, I figured I would bend everything at the same time. The sliders were pretty straight forward.