Bumper Ideas: Let's See Them!
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I love the Warn stubby. I’ll hopefully get one someday.
With the green Tj’s Like yours, I also like seeing them go the military route, black and green. It’st nostalgic IMO.
Forget all that, and actually put it in the woods and/or rocks for once!
Somewhere I have a photo, but I only used some rattle can black on it (this may have been some type of bed liner or under carriage, I don't remember) and I don't think I pulled the bumper to paint it either because I was trying to get out in the field for some spring turkey hunting.
It wasn't too bad as far as work goes. I just got a CAD model of it and had the pieces for the outer "shell" burned out, though that wasn't perfect, because the plans were in 2D so some stuff didn't work out perfectly. It was still pretty easy. I tacked it all together, left some stuff out and when I got it half way decent I started fully welding it. I still haven't done the tire carrier though I cut and fit everything. That's just the problem when I have a thousand things I want to do so as I get the main parts done, I tend to move on to the next disaster.
Appreciate the input, buddy! I'm thinking I'll let the notion of the tan bumpers go. I have ideas that I love from the start, and then there's ones like this. If I need to internally debate it, then maybe it's not such a great idea...
Depending on where you wheel, the wider bumper will protect the signal/fender from brush/trees. I run the stock bumper and had a tree whack the fender, bending the metal, breaking the light and flare.
Lighter colour will make the bumpers look bigger. If the bumpers are not too heavy, bulky, colour could look real good. But if they are bulky a light colour might make them look massive.
this is right on...
this not so much..
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Here's a pic of what I have (another forum member's ride, not mine). Also, I ordered the rear bumper, as well. They're Dirtworx bumpers. Simple, yet there's an elegance in that simplicity...
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I can't keep front turn signals on my Jeep. I'm in heavy brush and woods almost all the time and I'm running the stock bumper. I was going to go flat fender and move the turn signals to the top, but it looks like a pain to remount all that stuff in the engine bay if I toss the OEM fenders. I've been thinking of getting headlights with integrated turn signals. And I really need some grill protection for my intercooler and custom radiator. I've been actually thinking about a bull bar and something that looks like the protection you see on a lot of older tractors.
On on the Tan, it reminds me of doing the camo stuff for example on your face. If my memory serves me chin, nose and forehead, anything slightly protruding you generally wanted darker as it was supposed to make everything look further away and areas that were recessed you'd go lighter.
Of course it's your ride, do whatever makes you excited. Personally I used to love olive drab, then black, then FDE, and now I'm back to OD. To each his own.
One of the main reasons I went with MCE Flexible Fenders. Everything under the hood stays in its original position. Lots of tight trails with trees here that messed up my stock fenders. MCE flat fenders are not for everyone, but they work for me. My previous almost full width bumper didn't seem to protect the fenders much.
I've never heard this before but it makes perfect sense. I think my "taste" has been unconsciously ruled by this rule. Probably why I dislike this...
They got the colours backwards. Especially the fenders.
crackedcornish
TJ Enthusiast
two Jeeps means two bumpers
the TJ with a Rockhard stubby
and the YJ with an aluminum Metalcloak
the TJ with a Rockhard stubby
and the YJ with an aluminum Metalcloak
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