So I was bored yesterday and went to the scrap yard and loaded up on a bunch of miscellaneous metal. This is what I came up with so far. I do not have a winch yet so I have not built the winch box. It is in still unfinished shape and I am going to build a brush guard onto the bumper. I am going to use weld water pipe for the guard so I do not have to rent a bender. It's my first bumper build so be easy.
scrapyard bumper
- Thread starter amschnellsten
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Not bad for quick and dirty! 
Clean and detail it a bit and you're looking pretty solid. Maybe some sort of filler panel by the lights?
How did you mount it?
Clean and detail it a bit and you're looking pretty solid. Maybe some sort of filler panel by the lights?
How did you mount it?
dont mean to thread jack, but what size pipe / tube are you going to be using. I built a bumper as well but after it was done, I didn't realize how small of a gap I left between the front grill and the nose of the bumper.
Scott.
PS - looks really good!
Scott.
PS - looks really good!
Good point on the ends. I am planning on cutting the arch of the fender in the ends. I duplicated the stock mounts with thicker steel. I am going to use 1" weld together pipe. The fittings come in tons of different angles and after you weld them it looks like a piece of bent tubing. I have to do a lot of grinding to the welds to smooth them out and the trim the headlight trim pieces a tad to fit them back in. I have about $50 bucks in this thing and it is mainly chop saw blades, cut off wheels, and mig wire and $6 worth of steel.
scottagnew101 said:
Yes I used the weld together 1" pipe and fittings. I can not remember the proper name but the pipe is for sprinklers. It is a little less than a 1/4 thick. I just used 2 90s and 2 60s.
I did not bend it. They are the weld together sprinkler fittings. 2x 60 degrees and 2x 90 degrees. I love the stuff. After welding them on I just sanded down the welds (no grinding) and then they look like a solid piece and bombproof.