need help making my own front bumper guard

[wrxisthebest]

so i am planning on creating my own front bumper guard.. on tat goes from the side of my car all the way to the other side of my car across the bottom with a skid plate attached... thinking about making it a light bar too.. so i would have one inch tubing running along the entire front of my front bumper, with a light bar area in front of the grill..

so..
i think i will need...

about 10ft 1 inch steel tubing(or should i do aluminum??, or somehting else??)
four 120 degree 1inch tubing bends(or should i just use two and make the bar come out of the one on the bottom of the bumper..
and like 3ftx3ft to make the skid plate with 1/4 inch aluminum.

please help me

thanks
ryan~

[newbie101]

kind of like this?... there are light brackets on top also and skid plate under

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3114/2397435227_72d115c4b8.jpg?v=0

[JacksonRally]

kind of like this?... there are light brackets on top also and skid plate under

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3114/2397435227_72d115c4b8.jpg?v=0


That wagon is so awesome. I was just talking to him about light options for his crazy ass bumper.

[carl]

That wagon is so awesome. I was just talking to him about light options for his crazy ass bumper.
more pics/info on this car?

[JacksonRally]

more pics/info on this car?

06 wagon, Forrester struts, Gravel Crew cage kit, Sparco seats. Oh and its his daily driver :machinegunleft:

[WRXCMM]

next week hopefully i'll have something to look at, i'm currently working with some friends and their shop they're hooking me up with diff protector, skid plate (all 1/4") and i might throw in a light bar/bumper protector...i'll see what they can do...they do rollcages and lots of mods...i'll keep you guys up to date...

[JacksonRally]

more pics/info on this car?

somewhere in here (from Glen Helen 2007) not sure which but there are some pics and vid of the car

http://www.formularallyx.com/photos.shtml

[carl]

what'd he do with his radiator to get it out of the way?

[newbie101]

That wagon is so awesome. I was just talking to him about light options for his crazy ass bumper.

last time talked to him he got some and was just waiting for them

06 wagon, Forrester struts, Gravel Crew cage kit, Sparco seats. Oh and its his daily driver :machinegunleft:

he was on tokico d specs but he blew them out and now is on sti struts from what i remember

what'd he do with his radiator to get it out of the way?

think its still there

[wrxisthebest]

kinda like that... but less ghetto looking lol.. i mean it looks badass.. but i want to be able to have it look nice too.. im gunna have it match the shapes on my front bumper of my bugeye

[wrxisthebest]

kind of like this?... there are light brackets on top also and skid plate under

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3114/2397435227_72d115c4b8.jpg?v=0

ok.. kinda like this, but the other way.. the bar would wrap around the bottom and then go up in the center...

[JacksonRally]

Yeah rad. is in stock local. Maybe mistaken on the struts, but its got to be Forrester springs then with the height its at.

[RS-ti_Andy]

like...
http://alliedarmament.homestead.com/mad_max.jpg
http://alliedarmament.homestead.com/new_bumper.jpg
http://alliedarmament.homestead.com/bumper01.jpg
http://alliedarmament.homestead.com/bumper04.jpg
http://alliedarmament.homestead.com/bumper02.jpg


???

http://alliedarmament.homestead.com/Bumper.html

[RS-ti_Andy]

orr

http://www.oregonoffroadsubaruclub.org/Outback_Baja_Together.jpeg


http://www.oregonoffroadsubaruclub.org/baja_bumpers.htm

[newbie101]

Yeah rad. is in stock local. Maybe mistaken on the struts, but its got to be Forrester springs then with the height its at.

ya im almost positive he is on forester springs... i know he got the sti struts from chris at the shop tho

[iceflap]

all i can say is if your going to be really involved in rallying i would try to loose the need of making every thing look nice, my plastic welder is on back order but once i finally get the thing ill post a thread on how to plastic weld so that if you do crakc a bumper (all subaru bumpers ive come across are plastic) you can weld it up and you wont even know its there if you paint it. but like on mine i have a few cracks but its not painted so you cant even tell its been cracked about 50 times.

[WayBack]

all i can say is if your going to be really involved in rallying i would try to loose the need of making every thing look nice, my plastic welder is on back order but once i finally get the thing ill post a thread on how to plastic weld so that if you do crakc a bumper (all subaru bumpers ive come across are plastic) you can weld it up and you wont even know its there if you paint it. but like on mine i have a few cracks but its not painted so you cant even tell its been cracked about 50 times.
There's a trick for that, but you need to make a flat smooth surface in exactly the same profile as the area of the crack. You basically press that against the crack, heat/melt the material around the crack, and press it against said smooth surface. you reeeeaaaly have to get that surface right, though. I've only ever done it on smooth undertrays, and one glovebox hinge.
If you can get some one to let you make a clay cast of that region of their bumper..... :)

[wrxisthebest]

orr

http://www.oregonoffroadsubaruclub.org/Outback_Baja_Together.jpeg


http://www.oregonoffroadsubaruclub.org/baja_bumpers.htm

very much like these.. but over the bumper instead of replacing it, and it wont slope down at the end.. just straight across the bottom!

[wrxisthebest]

well not so much look nice.. just not ghetto rigged if u catch my drift.. lol

[WayBack]

Banged this out yesterday, took an afternoon with a bender and a welder:
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/5484/lightbarsil8.jpg

The hardest part for you will probably be finding mount points. My skidplate is 1/4" thick 5000 aluminum, I just drilled and tapped my mount holes in it. You'll need to find sometign solid down there to bolt to.

[rollo]

Thumbs up, very clean!

[wrxisthebest]

ya.. see thats clean.. i want to do something like that but with thicker bar, and have it go all the way across..

[twohlix]

If you're doing the welding go with steel because Aluminum is a bitch to weld (unless you know how to weld Al). Welding aluminum is like, okay its getting hot... getting hot... OH WTF ITS GONE. I sucked at welding aluminum, but steel is a breeze.

[iceflap]

na way back. just place aluminum tape over the crack and v groove it out then just heat up your plastic welder and fill the crack in with the correct plastic rod (much like a hot glue gun) than do the same on the front side you wont loose the surface design then just grind it down smooth and cover it with easy sand then sand the easy sand like you would bondo. seamless id have to point out where the crack was its that invisible. ive been wanting to do a diy post on that for the longest time but my plastic welder is on back order:pissed: but hopefully soon i can do that. anyway good luck with the bumper guard. kinda got a little off track

[stormsurfin]

I have a bugeye wagon with Forester struts....I've often pondered bumper replacement with a tube bumper and possibly doing something neat with regard to the headlights....

I'm afraid of how much it'll cost to do it right, however.

[JeffS]

This is robably not the closest shop to you but when I made my skidplate they were helpful:

Metal Craft Warehouse
1806 Enterprise Blvd
West Sacramento, CA
(916) 374-9003‎

I gave them a drawing and they were able to cut a piece of aluminum to the correct size and shape (angles and everything). I think it ended up costing about $50. They don’t bend or weld material but you could probably get the tubing there as well.

[boostedlegacy87]

I'm a WABO certified welder here in Washington State. If any of you locally would like anything done I will do it for a reasonable price.

[wrxisthebest]

ill just do it with my professional welder friend... he does it for a living.. lol

[MetalNeverDies]

ive been wanting to do something like this and that skid plate mounted one is pretty cool idea.

does it shake alot or is it pretty stable?

[NY_04WRX]

cool, I've been thinking about making my own brush guard/ deer killer for winter time. Is there a good place to mount one on the underside frame? post some pics if you get one together.

[M_anstrom]

I've got a buddy who's opening a jeep shop and he's gonna fabricate a full bumper for me...
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b298/kc9fje_the_guitarist/l_0a0d4904f68a06945a7289e56d9edee1.jpg
You can hardly see it but his jeep has his first custom bumper on it...

[durt]

here is a basic design
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b143/Durtschi_n93q/100_6673.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b143/Durtschi_n93q/l_4ccda3c5d9d44c4ad24e53cb17a71af1.jpg
durable

[scootfd3s]

those small vents are awesome. where can i get those? what are they called?

[ALL NATURAL]

those small vents are awesome. where can i get those? what are they called?


They are oem, they come if you dont have the factory fogs...

[haji]

those small vents are awesome. where can i get those? what are they called?

How much are they worth to you?
I could mail them from OR for probably not that much.

-haji

[MY02WRX]

I've got a buddy who's opening a jeep shop and he's gonna fabricate a full bumper for me...

You can hardly see it but his jeep has his first custom bumper on it...

dude I also have a Jeep Wrangler - is there a link to this Jeep shop?

here's a link to see mine
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3300376

[phyte]

This is old but can someone send me designs for some of these bumper guards?

[adamthomas625]

I was thinking of this a few months ago and you have the exact idea as me.. a bar that runs along the bottom of the bumper so that when you drag the front of your car it scrapes the bar and not the bumper.. I was thinking about running two support bars up in front of the radiator and connecting it to the metal piece that is right in front of the top of the radiator. Is this a good idea? anyone?

[newbie101]

http://a367.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/114/l_4171ce86bee33a176c0773990f87d5ee.jpg

[haji]

MOAR!

[08OBS]

I want one.

[pjhe]

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-XbjkwLxPaGg/ThWwoiqVgiI/AAAAAAAAFHs/FXrzUP4jwcI/s800/IMAG0098.jpg


the one i made for project 323

[08OBS]

Today I drove into a plastic jump for bikes :cry: So now I really want a bumper guard. I am going to have my friend make one and hopefully it will be similar to newbie101's.