So I mentioned in my previous update post that I plan on making a bumper, a rear bumper to be specific. Normally I'd pick up one from ScalerFab. But at $40+ shipped to my house with the license plate option, I just can't spare that kind of cash from my budget for this build. Once again, I'll make my own!
I looked at a few bumpers online and really like the Rock Armor G6 rear bumper (I would buy it, but with the excessive metal between the frame rails, it would interfere with another upgrade I'll be doing later in this thread). With that as my inspiration, the build began!
I took a piece of 1"x1"x1/8" aluminum angle and cut down one side of the angle to look like this. I also drilled two 1/4" holes for LEDS.
Next I cut down the other side of the angle to 5/8" of and inch, forming the top of the bumper. The back of bumper is shown here, where I cut out some side panels and JB Welded them on. In order to set them up to dry, I tacked the panels in place with super glue to exactly where I wanted them before applying the JB Weld.
In order to make the panels seamless where they were JB Welded to the bumper, I also applied JB Weld to the seams on the outside acting as filler. Shown in the pics is a before and after of sanding. If you also notice, there is hole in the bottom of each lower panel. I put those in for rear under-glow lighting later in the build.
Here you can see the sloppy JB Weld on the backside of the panels. Moving on, I went ahead and drilled holes for license plate...
BTW I had my first day of school today so feeling a little worn out. I'm heading out to the shop though, will update tonight hopefully with some more progress.