ventureadict
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How did you get your ARB for $750 with shipping? I tried on their site and the lowest I could get it was $885 with shipping.
Everyone with a plate bumper, post pics here!
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JWaldz
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It's a very large competitive business, they're looking for your money.. you have to call and haggle with them. They were having some very large site wide discounts at the time, though and I was able to talk them down. I can't say if I were to do it all over again I'd get it that low, but I guess I bought it at the right time
HedgehogOutdoors
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I respect that, probably the only custom built bumper I've seen on this forum, I respect you for custom building it rather than buying a generic ARB. Looks good, man!
would you and your brother be willing to help custom build another?
I'd be happy to buy one of these - interested in building another?
Chill will
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Chill will
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A few shots of the front
. Bumpers were made somewhat locally in CT so no shipping. I came up with the design but did not fabricate my welding is in need of much practice. Total cost for front an back around $600
JWaldz
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Holy cow.. I want your connections! Those look great.
I will pay you 600 for your rear bumper. You can have another one made and still come out with a profit.
tacojeff
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Built mine myself. Very little fab experience, but with a little trial and error it was easier than I thought. Only $175 in steel for both bumpers. Build thread for front is below. Much credit given to my metal cutting circular saw.
3rd gen 4runner Front Bumper Build Pictures - YotaTech Forums
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Chill will
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Not sure on the weight but I am very happy. I bang em up on the rocks and they are still straight. Had some issues with the spare tire carrier. First i couldnt access the tailgate with my key so we moved it over a couple of inches. it only had 1 piece of iron and the vibrations and wheeling it came off. So we bent up a hoop so there is more surface area to support the tire. Since then no problems.
Chill will
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Did you see the bumpers from Taco Jeff in the next post? Very similar design and he only spent $175 in steel an probably another few dollars in saw blades. If you can source the steel and make a pattern out of cardboard or something a local fabricator shouldn't charge too much. My first bumper I thought about I wet to home depot and built the whole thing out of PVC then took it to a fabricator. After looking at it for a while I decided to go plate.
revenantdead
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i know its been done before...
gannonrt
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I purchased my 4xInnovations bumper in January 2011 for $650 + shipping. I was one of the very first customers. It was slightly less expensive than many of the bumpers you see here from bumper manufacturers but I do think the design has some inherent drawbacks that I'll eventually fix. 1) My turn signal holes were too small to use with the turn signal lights that were sent out. I have still not fixed that and the lights are duct taped in from behind. (Yes, I know that I haven't fixed it for almost 2 years now. Also, the lights supplied are a different resistance than the stock bulbs so they are dim and blink fast. Adam was unable to tell me what resistance they are so I'll eventually have to go purchase another set to make it work. 2) The side stinger tubes are in the way of the lights so I have to remove the bumper to mess with the lights. 3) The upper surface of the bumper doesn't extend out far enough to mount deep lights without modding the grille 4) I had fit issues on mine that made the bumper and fender rub. However, I used that as an excuse to purchase / install a 1" body lift so I might consider that a plus 
5) The design uses some 1/4" steel as the main structure that supports a winch. It is very heavy duty but creates a "void" area that is impossible to paint, clean or get into very well. I'm meeting with a fabricator that will build my rear bumper in late October, so I'll address this then by cutting out some of this material and reinforcing another way. 6) The front mounting bolts are exposed to the elements and have rusted on my truck. I've seen other bumpers that have found a way to avoid that and would prefer that method on a bumper if I were to buy one again.
I don't want to just knock on the bumper. I took it on a tough trail riding trip with some seriously modded jeeps back in February 11 when I first installed it. I broke my CV 5 minutes in and had to get tugged out of 10+ obstacles with some serious pulling that would have exposed any weakness on the bumper. Additionally, Adam has since corrected the light hole size and I could have been more specific on where I wanted the side stingers. However, now that I've found a good fabricator, I'm going to design/build my own rear one rather than buy it.
Here's a picture of the bumper while I was in one of the obstacles on the trip.
Here's some other pictures at different angles so you can get a better idea on what it looks like.
Here you can see how the same 1/4" piece of steel is bent and used to provide the surface to mount a winch and to act as a vertical support going from one side of the bumper to the other. The area under the winch mount area is very hard to access.
5) The design uses some 1/4" steel as the main structure that supports a winch. It is very heavy duty but creates a "void" area that is impossible to paint, clean or get into very well. I'm meeting with a fabricator that will build my rear bumper in late October, so I'll address this then by cutting out some of this material and reinforcing another way. 6) The front mounting bolts are exposed to the elements and have rusted on my truck. I've seen other bumpers that have found a way to avoid that and would prefer that method on a bumper if I were to buy one again. I don't want to just knock on the bumper. I took it on a tough trail riding trip with some seriously modded jeeps back in February 11 when I first installed it. I broke my CV 5 minutes in and had to get tugged out of 10+ obstacles with some serious pulling that would have exposed any weakness on the bumper. Additionally, Adam has since corrected the light hole size and I could have been more specific on where I wanted the side stingers. However, now that I've found a good fabricator, I'm going to design/build my own rear one rather than buy it.
Here's a picture of the bumper while I was in one of the obstacles on the trip.
Here's some other pictures at different angles so you can get a better idea on what it looks like.
Here you can see how the same 1/4" piece of steel is bent and used to provide the surface to mount a winch and to act as a vertical support going from one side of the bumper to the other. The area under the winch mount area is very hard to access.
racerunner
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djtc
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racerunner any idea of the weight ?(front bumper)
Can you guys post pictures of your mounts and winch plate designs?
I'm about to build mine and I want to make it as light as possible without comprimising the strength needed for the winch.Debating on plate vs tube...plate does look better but its heavier.
Can you guys post pictures of your mounts and winch plate designs?
I'm about to build mine and I want to make it as light as possible without comprimising the strength needed for the winch.Debating on plate vs tube...plate does look better but its heavier.
have you drawn out a design yet?
