Thanks man! I am about to head over to the shop with my grade 5(steering box) and grade 8 bolts! so i can finish cutting and welding and have it mounted today=]

my main goal is to figure out gussets though..... Since i am a smart one and didnt put my frame mounts all of the way through the bumper i am going to gusset them with 1/4" plate just need to figure how i want to do it.

 

Looks good so far! Look'n forward to seeing the finished product. Subscribed!

 

Alright so today i spent a bit of time welding and grinding, and welding and grinding, and so on... The only thing left to do now is Grind down the welds a little bit to give it a finished look so i can paint it(after i wire wheel it).

 

and here is how it sits for now:

 

wow looks great now just needs some cleaning up and bedliner coated on it im jealous it looks so much better than mine but what can i say its a learning experience for me

 

I'm all for overkill, but man...holy ****.... if you hit another car with that thing, I think both your jeep and the car might be totaled. The bumper on the other hand will be ready to bolt on to the next XJ.

As far as the winch goes, in my opinion, since you have the capability of cutting that 3/8"s, I would try to set the winch as far in as possible to the grille. When I get a winch, I plan on cutting out a section of my grille to get the winch further back.

Great job so far, and again, holy **** thats gonna be beefy.

 

Thanks! i need to cut off one inch on the driver side... my mounts were centered until i did some fitment adjusting.... Woops! well i will do that when i go in and grind everything down. One more day and i will be done with it But tomorrow i have to go to work...... blah.....

 

Thanks man! and yeah, its way over kill gives a nice thud sound when tapped on and not a ping .... about 80 lbs....So not to bad.

 

the 1 inch wasn't noticeable in the picks i wouldn't have known at all

 

here is the 1" ... it'll bug me... haha. and i used a 1 1/4" hitch that is set into the bumper and welded in solid for a tug point =]

also i know there is missing bolts, there is 4 per side now since i will be having to take it back off again so i left it for now

 

it would bother me to if i knew it were there and it was on mine. as far as the number of bolts holding it on. mine has the three stock bolt locations on each side for now. i have pulled and been pulled out with mine and it hasn't gone anywhere yet, but it has no vert. strength i went to jack up on it and it moved

 

Are you gonna add sides like on the JCR bumper you posted earlier? I think they add to a nice clean look.

 

I used to tug on mine all the time, the bumper it self failed and the mounts stayed put(stock ones) i used a high lift on the stock bumper many times.

Are the holes a bit big for the bolts?

 

yea when i went to mount it the holes weren't exactly lined up so they were elongated to accomedate for mounting

 

Hmmm that could be why, maybe?

but no need to fix something if it aint broke right?