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Offline calvynandhobbs

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XJ Rear Bumper Installed
« on: March 08, 2009, 10:50:07 PM »
Scott finished building my bumper about 2 weeks ago, but because of vacation I didn't get a chance to get it painted and installed. With this gorgeous weekend I went ahead and painted it yesterday and installed it today. It turned out great. Thanks Scott. I kept it as simple as possible and didn't want to put d-rings on it because the rear bumper mounts to sheet metal in the back rather than any type of frame and I already have a receiver hitch for pulling off of. All I need it to do is hold the tire. I'm very happy that it only sits about 1" from my tailgate so it's tucked in nice and close.




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Offline BayouGold

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Re: XJ Rear Bumper Installed
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2009, 11:57:57 PM »
Looks good!   8)
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Re: XJ Rear Bumper Installed
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2009, 12:21:03 AM »
i like it
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Re: XJ Rear Bumper Installed
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2009, 12:25:01 AM »
not bad, good fab work.
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Re: XJ Rear Bumper Installed
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2009, 01:40:59 AM »
Thanks for the kudos everyone... ;D
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Re: XJ Rear Bumper Installed
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2009, 02:08:35 AM »
You're really producing some nice stuff, Scott.  I can see you doing this after retirement!  ;D
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Offline zjorvis97

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Re: XJ Rear Bumper Installed
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2009, 03:27:31 AM »
Want to fab a steel bumper for a ZJ?
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Re: XJ Rear Bumper Installed
« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2009, 03:55:36 AM »
scott's middle name is "FAB MAN"
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Re: XJ Rear Bumper Installed
« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2009, 05:13:21 AM »
Nice work once again Scott!!

Roger nice choice of paint color.  Looks a lot better then the normal black.
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Offline calvynandhobbs

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Re: XJ Rear Bumper Installed
« Reply #9 on: March 09, 2009, 01:26:43 PM »
Quote from: kirksjeep on March 09, 2009, 05:13:21 AM
Nice work once again Scott!!

Roger nice choice of paint color.  Looks a lot better then the normal black.

I figured I'd continue with my silver to contrast the blue like I did on my sliders and below the trim on both sides. Plus, I only need to stock 1 color of touch up paint.
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Offline Seabee_BUC

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Re: XJ Rear Bumper Installed
« Reply #10 on: March 09, 2009, 02:30:08 PM »
Quote from: zjorvis97 on March 09, 2009, 03:27:31 AM
Want to fab a steel bumper for a ZJ?

Sorry, that was the last thing before I get outta here. I have 6 weeks until my ceremony and then the whole pack out thing so I'm pretty much done. I still need to finish my own sliders for the FJ!

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Re: XJ Rear Bumper Installed
« Reply #11 on: March 09, 2009, 10:33:31 PM »
Does it rattle Roger? Come loose or anything else that worries you? How's the visibility?
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Offline calvynandhobbs

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Re: XJ Rear Bumper Installed
« Reply #12 on: March 09, 2009, 11:01:04 PM »
Quote from: Seabee_BUC on March 09, 2009, 10:33:31 PM
Does it rattle Roger? Come loose or anything else that worries you? How's the visibility?

I've only driven it a few miles to work and back, but it hasn't rattled at all. The visibility is better than what I expected so I'm very happy with that. I did check it when I got home and the latch had loosened a little bit, but was still holding the swingout. I'm going to continue checking it each time I drive. We may have to do a little adjustment in order to keep some pressure on the handle. I was even thinking about a spring to mount between the handle and the 2x2 going up that could keep some pressure on it, but I'll see what it does over the next couple days.
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Re: XJ Rear Bumper Installed
« Reply #13 on: March 09, 2009, 11:05:36 PM »
Did I mention I really don't like that handle??? LOL  >:(
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Re: XJ Rear Bumper Installed
« Reply #14 on: March 10, 2009, 01:41:17 AM »
Quote from: Seabee_BUC on March 09, 2009, 11:05:36 PM
Did I mention I really don't like that handle??? LOL  >:(

Just a couple times. ;D
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