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the old bumper
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As
we all know, the stock front bumper on your trail rig is usually
the first thing to see trail damage. Over the years, I have had
many trail rigs and I've never been a big fan of cookie cuter pre
made bumpers. They seem to be made too thin and don't hold up to
abuse very well. On my new rig I wanted to make something rugged
and functional, that was one of a kind. So I called up SillyFab
Service in Chico, CA to assist me.
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I wanted something smaller, heavier duty, with tow hooks, and with
a winch mount for the future. The 1st thing to do was to hack off
the old bumper and part of the crossmember.
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I
told Phil (aka: SillyNeck) that I wanted a "stinger" and
a bullet proof stubby bumper that was welded to the frame to become
part of the rig itself. I don't like big cumbersome looking bumpers,
so a custom job is the only way to go. Phil looked it over, and
went to work. He boxed in the frame with some heavy square tube,
welded it all up and ground the long front weld down to a nice smooth
look.
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With
that done, he got out some 1.75" tube and bent up a hoop for
the "stinger".
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A
little grinding on the tube ends to get the angle right and a sight
adjustment from me to get the amount it stuck out the way I wanted,
and he welded it up.
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All that was
left, was to install 2 very beefy tow hooks.
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A
little flat black and it's all done!
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I
was very impressed with Phil's work! He is a very good fabricator,
and his work looks like he has been doing it forever. I would like
to highly recommend him for any fab work you want done. I'm going
to hack off the back of the Suzuki and go flatbed so I think I'll
have SillyFab help me out again! This bumper only goes for around
$250 (depending on application) and was done in 3 to 4 hours give
or take a little BS'ng. Way cheaper then the off the shelf stuff,
and in my opinion much better!
Contact info:
SillyFab
Service
Chico, Ca
E-mail: fiveohjeep@hotmail.com
Web site: http://www.jeepsides.homestead.com/jeepsideshome.html
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