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[Barticus]

LOL I mean bumper.

[Single Six]

Looks good. XJs are about the best bang for the buck going. Shouldn't need to worry about brakes. Get the vibes outta the back?

[Single Six]

Ron just remember, the heavier the rack the less weight you'll be able to carry in it safely. Plus, if you lift your Jeep and put the larger tires on it, you don't want it to be top heavy while offroading. Oh yeah, here's a photo of mine blending into the local surroundings...Ha, ha.... The coyotes don't even notice my Jeep or me on top of that platform.

You can hunt there? Sorry for the hijack.

[huntnsurf]

Nice Job Ron,We need to meet up.  1.jpg   24.04K   5 downloads

[jawbreaker]

Jawbreaker, did you make the bumber? It looks sweet. If you did, can you tell me the materials you used?

I didn't make it, I was going to but found this one for 300 bucks shipped and the materials for the one I was going to make would have been about $180 plus all of my time. If you want to make one all you need is 3/16" flat stock and some 1/4" and a lot of cutting and welding, I'll find some pictures of the last bumper I built when I find them. Mark, Let's go. I'm always up for some fun in the dirt.

[Barticus]

Thanks for the info. I like the looks of that bumper.

[fakawee]

Hey Ron, you ever been up to Corral Canyon Offroad park? That's where I took the wife and some of the other guys and their wives on Mothers Day! We had a barbeque and all then most of them lost it on the trail back to the parking area!

[jawbreaker]

I haven't been there yet, let me know next time you guys go.

[jawbreaker]

Here's a few pictures of the last bumper I made, it's not on a jeep but on his tacoma and it's a rear bumper but the process is the same for a front or rear bumper. I built the rack for him also, he needed to be able to lock up his gear on a surfing/diving trip dpwn to Costa Rica

[huntnsurf]

Hey Ron, you ever been up to Corral Canyon Offroad park? That's where I took the wife and some of the other guys and their wives on Mothers Day! We had a barbeque and all then most of them lost it on the trail back to the parking area!

Went there a few weeks ago with a jeep club. We did the black dimond trail it was very difficult.  1.jpg   36.33K   5 downloads

[jawbreaker]

Haven't done much to the jeep lately but did get some pretty cool stickers for the windows. I am thinking abut camo window vynle instead of tint. Thanks for looking, Ron

[fakawee]

I need to find some of those stickers for my jeep.....

[yoteblaster]

Ron,Hey did you ever get your drawer/organizer completed? If you did wheres the pic's buddy?

[Single Six]

Why does the taco bumper have a dip in the middle but not deep enough for the Lplate? Where's they put it? Just curious.

[jawbreaker]

Yoteblaster, Tha is about all I did with the drawer besides a piece of carpet around the top and sides, I was going to clean it up a little bit but it works good like it is and I'm not wooried about how it looks. It carrys all my gear perfectly and keeps the back a little less cluttered.single six,I don't remember why my brother wanted it built like that. Because we made it a swinng away tire bumper the plate went on a bracket that utilized the studs for the spare tire.

[Single Six]

Ah, that's it. it's a pocket for the tire to swing into.

[jawbreaker]

You just jogged my memory, He wanted to keep the tire as low as possible, Your a pretty fart smeller.

[Single Six]

Well if I'd been paying attention and noticed the swingout I'd have figured it out. We built a similar one for JK not long ago.

[Single Six]

How ya likin' the tan? My truck is semigloss black and it's HOT down here in the heat...

[jawbreaker]

I like it alot, it blends in well out where we hunt and it doesn't get too hot( ost of the time).

[Single Six]

Thanks, may have to do that.

[CA Desert Dog]

Hey Ron. I just ordered 4 quarts of flat Desert Tan camo, mineral spirits based enamel from out of state. I am going to sand the old girl down again and shoot it with my HVLP setup to get a bunch of paint on the steel. I'll let the desert tan paint cure for a month or two and then I'll shoot the camo accents (brown, green, black, etc.) with Krylon rattle cans and palm masks. I am actually amazed at how well the last paint job held up using 25 cans of Krylon. I painted it about 10-years ago and it still looks pretty good. Of course none of this can take place until I finish redoing both bathrooms at the house or my a$$ would be grass.To keep my rig cool, a couple of years ago I bought about 5 cans of that expanding spray foam at Home Depot. I drilled small holes in my cardboard headliner and shot the foam between the roof of my rig and the headliner. I capped the holes with plastic caps. That keeps the rig way cooler in the desert and eliminates condensation problems during the winter months.

[jawbreaker]

I've been trying to decide wether to go with regular tint or a wrap for the windows and finally picked one, here it is. Thanks for looking, Ron

[fakawee]

That looks awesome Ron! Too bad we can't have tinted driver and passenger windows in this lousey state huh!

[timmy]

Great job! That's a hellova transformation.

[Braz]

Hey Ron, how about a picture from the inside looking out. Looks really nice.

[yote9999]

Nice looking camo!

[5150Marcelo]

I've been trying to decide wether to go with regular tint or a wrap for the windows and finally picked one, here it is. Thanks for looking, Ron

Theres a jeep in those pix??????? I dont see one.

[jawbreaker]

I will take some pictures from the inside when I get some time. I was surprised that you can see so well out of the windows with the wrap on them.

[5150Marcelo]

I frikkin told you, WILLIS!!!!!!!! NOW its on!!!! (ya know what I mean, sucka!)