Out with the old in with the new

[spdyracer]

i liked the looks of the honcho bumper but i got tired of it hanging up on rocks. thought i would take a crack at building one myself. this is my first attempt at this. just got done with it about half hour ago and i still need to clean it up a bit and get it powder coated. going to go with warlock grey. its a grey metallic texture powder coat that harley used. thought it would be something different than black. i'll post up pictures soon as i get it finished. well here it is let me know what you think.

[65volkswagen]

That looks pretty cool have you had a chance to see how much puishment it can take. Can not wait to see it with a few battle scars.

[jhghah]

Looks pretty good. I would run 2 more pieces of round stock along the contour of your skid plate behind it about the width of the stock mounting holes or a little narrower and weld it to the bottom bar of the bumper and to the skid. To make the skid more rigid. If this makes sense.

Looks good though.

Jason

[spdyracer]

thanks guys, i haven't had a chance to try it out yet im waiting to get it powder coated first hopefully my brother can do that this weekend. i'll post some more pics when i get it coated and let you know how it works.

[runout_mick]

Very nice, and quite original. I'll definitely be stealing some elements of it for mine.

[runout_mick]

I was just going over the things I was going to steal, and it seems that the joint where the tube meets the skidplate is going to catch a LOT of stress.

What do you think of buttressing it with another tube to the backside of the front skidplate (like I've marked in red)?

Just a thought.

[TAT76]

I think your on to something. Looks like it will need more support and can't wait to see what you come up with.