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Old 07-03-2017, 08:36 AM #226
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Got the bumper 95% done this weekend. Teaser pic, had to move over to Flickr:

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Sorry for the awful teaser pic, here it finally is in all its glory. This design started as an idea I sketched in my work notebook over a year ago, I'm glad it's finally done.



I thought I could weld it in 1 day and paint it the next but I was way wrong. Took me almost 20hrs over Saturday and Sunday to complete it: in short I about died bringing this bumper to life! In the end I would say it was worth it and I am very happy with how it turned out.

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$100 1/4" steel sheet
$100 tip for my buddy who cut it out on the plasma table and bent it at work
$120 for 2" .120" wall DOM tubing and machined recovery points
$60 welding supplies/ wire
Access to my Grandpa's shop is free as long as I clean up.

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No, I will not make you one, I am not the best at fabricating and I'm a bit of a perfectionist so it takes me way too much time to do something like this.

No, I will not give you the CAD files. Part of the reason for me building my bumper is that it is completely unique. If there are any specific questions on dimensions or design, feel free to ask, but I designed my bumper by looking at pictures of other bumpers online and using a fancy tool called a tape measure.

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I need to paint my RCI skid black, mount my $18 cube lights in the wings, mount my LED bar in the center, install my Switchpro to activate these lights, and pick up some 35's.









After day one, it looked like one of those short Jeep bumpers:







Start of day 2:



Not many pics of the tube notching but I just notched them with an angle grinder. Spray painted with Rustoleum satin black











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Looks awesome man, really enjoying your build.


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Looks fantastic.

Clean, light and high clearance
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Now that you've finished the front bumper... Any regrets of going the DIY route VS plug-n-play with a commercially manufactured option?
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Now that you've finished the front bumper... Any regrets of going the DIY route VS plug-n-play with a commercially manufactured option?
I'm happy I made mine instead of buying one. If I had a time machine, I wouldn't use it to rewind a year and tell myself not to build it.

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Completely custom one-off design that looks and functions exactly the way you want
Cheaper if you have the fabrication tools already
Fits my body lift
No 8wk lead times

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Took me a year of tinkering with Solidworks for the design and 20hrs of welding and fitting
The "little details" are missing because I'm not the best fabricator, like perfect welds and perfectly rounded corners
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Its so beautiful

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Props to your ingenuity and follow through on your idea. Looks deadly!
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Looks awesome, man! I've dreamed of doing custom bumpers for awhile now, but I have a crappy little FC MIG that I never perfected and haven't used in years -- That's when reality hits me haha.

You did a great job on everything, and I look forward to seeing what else you've got in store!
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It looks light, but looks can be deceiving. I'm guessing it's close to 140lbs being made completely from 1/4" steel plate.

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Looks awesome, man! I've dreamed of doing custom bumpers for awhile now, but I have a crappy little FC MIG that I never perfected and haven't used in years -- That's when reality hits me haha.

You did a great job on everything, and I look forward to seeing what else you've got in store!
Thanks guys! Glad you like the truck so far, definitely more planned very soon!
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It looks light, but looks can be deceiving. I'm guessing it's close to 140lbs being made completely from 1/4" steel plate.















Thanks guys! Glad you like the truck so far, definitely more planned very soon!


Dang, that's almost as heavy as my full plate bumper with hoops at 150#. Regardless, looks sharp


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Hey i've been following you bumper builds. My dad and i have been test fitting a front bumper out of foam board and i noticed your washer fluid tank is not as visible as mine. Did you have to modify your washer fluid tank?

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Sorry for the late response, been busy this weekend.

I simply removed the washer fluid tank, for some reason it wasn't working anyway, so I will need to come up with a more permanent solution in the meantime. Not sure what exactly.
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Sorry for the late response, been busy this weekend.

I simply removed the washer fluid tank, for some reason it wasn't working anyway, so I will need to come up with a more permanent solution in the meantime. Not sure what exactly.
On an old rig of mine, I took the old washer fluid pump off the resevoir (broken from dry rot; it was a '73 dodge), and epoxied it to a lid that would fit on an old 5 qt oil jug. The lid (epoxied to the pump) could be removed allowing me to fill it once a year or whatever. When I filled it, I ziptied it in to my engine bay with HD ties. Snipped to refill, rezipped to reinstall. It was crude, but worked for years!

Now, IDK if the 4runner pump will be doable in such a case, but this could maybe be visited until an OEM unit was found.
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Love these hybrid plate/tube bumpers. Full coverage in the center with minimalist lines on the outside. Nice work. Also laughing at your pro of no 8+week lead time but the 1+year you had lol, I hear you on those custom projects though that's why I try not to do them as much anymore.
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