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Title: Front and Rear Bumper ?
Post by: RazBarlow on March 11, 2009, 04:36:04 PM
At work today they were going to through away an old frame that a Robot came on. It is made of 1 1/2" X 3 " U channel . I was wondering if anyone made a home built bumper out of U channel and how wide they used ? I was thinking either go with the 3" "tall" or weld two pieces together to make the bumper 6" "Tall " ?
Anyone ever done this ?
Have any pics ?
Thanks,
Raz
Title: Re: Front and Rear Bumper ?
Post by: Drone637 on March 11, 2009, 04:56:12 PM
Jeep YJ bumpers are basically just a piece of C Stock.  Not sure on the height though.
Title: Re: Front and Rear Bumper ?
Post by: RazBarlow on March 12, 2009, 04:03:32 AM
Here is a pic of what I ended up with , then I took the plasma cutter and cut out all the long pieces.
Raz

(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e73/RazBarlow/RobotFrame.jpg)
Title: Re: Front and Rear Bumper ?
Post by: jeff1997 on March 12, 2009, 06:28:16 AM
Quote from: RazBarlow on March 12, 2009, 04:03:32 AM
Here is a pic of what I ended up with , then I took the plasma cutter and cut out all the long pieces.
Raz

([url]http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e73/RazBarlow/RobotFrame.jpg[/url])
That is one GIG bumper.  :laugh: Just kidding, I have actually made a couple bumpers for jeeps, Zuk's and stock cars from that type of C-channel. It is strong and  fabbed easy. Happy building.
Title: Re: Front and Rear Bumper ?
Post by: RazBarlow on March 12, 2009, 02:39:29 PM
Like I said , it is only 3" wide/wide. Would that  look too small or look ok ?
Thanks,
Raz
Title: Re: Front and Rear Bumper ?
Post by: Jeremiah on March 12, 2009, 03:18:25 PM
It'll be 100x stronger than stock, lighter than box tube, and free material...

Don't see how you can go wrong
Title: Re: Front and Rear Bumper ?
Post by: BRD HNTR on March 12, 2009, 06:08:19 PM
Quote from: RazBarlow on March 12, 2009, 02:39:29 PM
Like I said , it is only 3" wide/wide. Would that  look too small or look ok ?
Thanks,
Raz


I built my rear out of 2X4 tube, and the trimmed the corners with 2X2.  Do the same thing with your channel.  Keep throwing ideas at it until something fits you and the car.
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/Drone637/SDiAI_lJhkI/AAAAAAAAAtA/7eAsWKVYOb0/CIMG2428.JPG?imgmax=512)

And the thread of how I did it.  http://www.zukiworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=21864.0 (http://www.zukiworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=21864.0) Good Luck.
Title: Re: Front and Rear Bumper ?
Post by: suzukiboyoz on March 18, 2009, 04:39:04 PM
I build y rear bar out of U channel.

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d136/suzukiboyoz/bumper3.jpg)
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d136/suzukiboyoz/bumper2.jpg)
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d136/suzukiboyoz/bumper1.jpg)