Coastal offroad front bumper build guide
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montijo505
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Turned out awesome! I love the dds3 amber, it’s a nice clean color. Any reason you went single hoop this time around?
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mavrick1903
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What did you do with the washer tank?
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Jeremy_A
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Bought a small classic car kit and moved it up near firewall
Modified this:
Universal UTV 12V Windshield Washer Bottle Tank Pump Wiper System Reservoir Kit | eBay
To use factory pumps
There is a unused bolt hole on inner fender near passenger firewall. Just mounted it there.
Modified this:
Universal UTV 12V Windshield Washer Bottle Tank Pump Wiper System Reservoir Kit | eBay
To use factory pumps
There is a unused bolt hole on inner fender near passenger firewall. Just mounted it there.
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patrickufkes
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Looks awesome dude nice job. Very impressive, makes me wish I could weld.
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montijo505
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Bringing this post back from the grave as I am currently wrapping up my coastal offroad front bumper project very soon, and I referred to this post a few times to get tips and tricks. Thanks Jeremy!
I'll be posting in the 'what did you do to your 4R today's later as I can't post pictures from my phone.
The bumper ain't perfect (some panel gaps, alignment issues, hood catches on bumper, some welds aren't visually appealing), some Reddit users have roasted me and I expect some people here will as well, but meh.
This has my first welding experience ever, first time fabricating, joining pipes, notching, etc.. so it has been a learning experience.
I used a 125A PrincessAuto (Canadian Harbor Freight) flux core welder because my friend also did the same, and also budgetary reasons.
Do I suggest this kit to anyone who hasn't welded before? Absolutely. I've come out of this experience by learning lots of new things. Just take your time, don't rush it, and expect to make some mistakes.
I've spent the last 3 weekends working on it, maybe 40hrs, and have some final welds and clean-up before sending her off to powder coating.
The hardest task for me was the bull bar fitment/pipe notching (I purchased the full bull bar setup) since there were a lack of videos/writeups on how they proceeded with it. I just had to stray into the roll-cage making videos to get tips & tricks.
On this adventure of building the bumper, it also made me learn how to repair threads on some nuts and bolts via tap & die, and I'll get to do some wiring for the winch and lights, potentially cleaning up the engine bay and going full on with a secondary fuse box for my accessories.
So if you're thinking about taking welding up to do this as your first project, you can do it. Pros will say 'oh, rookie welder, won't be structurally strong' and such, but I'm confident that my multi-pass welds will hold up.
I'll be posting in the 'what did you do to your 4R today's later as I can't post pictures from my phone.
The bumper ain't perfect (some panel gaps, alignment issues, hood catches on bumper, some welds aren't visually appealing), some Reddit users have roasted me and I expect some people here will as well, but meh.
This has my first welding experience ever, first time fabricating, joining pipes, notching, etc.. so it has been a learning experience.
I used a 125A PrincessAuto (Canadian Harbor Freight) flux core welder because my friend also did the same, and also budgetary reasons.
Do I suggest this kit to anyone who hasn't welded before? Absolutely. I've come out of this experience by learning lots of new things. Just take your time, don't rush it, and expect to make some mistakes.
I've spent the last 3 weekends working on it, maybe 40hrs, and have some final welds and clean-up before sending her off to powder coating.
The hardest task for me was the bull bar fitment/pipe notching (I purchased the full bull bar setup) since there were a lack of videos/writeups on how they proceeded with it. I just had to stray into the roll-cage making videos to get tips & tricks.
On this adventure of building the bumper, it also made me learn how to repair threads on some nuts and bolts via tap & die, and I'll get to do some wiring for the winch and lights, potentially cleaning up the engine bay and going full on with a secondary fuse box for my accessories.
So if you're thinking about taking welding up to do this as your first project, you can do it. Pros will say 'oh, rookie welder, won't be structurally strong' and such, but I'm confident that my multi-pass welds will hold up.
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