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edlucky1 · 07-29-2009, 09:37 PM

Well I have been working on building an offroad bumper for my Dodge Ram 1500. Basically I have taken ideas from a bunch of different posts and put them together to create a bumper for my truck. Here are some CAD drawings that I made of its basic shape. I have finished making a mock-up of the bumper with cardboard. Those pics will come soon.

Here are the cad drawings, please let me know what you think.

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Ramsport999 · 07-29-2009, 10:20 PM

looks good ed. i am interested in seeing your mockup whenever you get those pics up.

edlucky1 · 07-31-2009, 09:41 AM

Okay so i have finally gotten pictures and everything so here they are. Instead of just welding the whole bumper to the frame i have it setup to just bolt onto the stock brackets. Tell me what you think. Thumbs Up!

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olyelr · 07-31-2009, 01:19 PM

Oh yeah! Very nice Thumbs Up!

crow5716 · 07-31-2009, 01:23 PM

Quote:On 2009-07-31 13:19, olyelr wrote:
Oh yeah! Very nice

even your cardboard mock up looks better then some finished bumpers i've seen. ha ha

-crow

mopar · 07-31-2009, 01:53 PM

are you putting a winch inside it ? if not why not make it a bit shallower .... if you are then never mind Silly

RamSport59 · 07-31-2009, 02:22 PM

Stock brackets are a bad idea.

Rick

edlucky1 · 07-31-2009, 09:18 PM

Thanks. And yes eventually I do plan a winch Thumbs Up!

, but i dont want to put any mounts for it becuase im not sure which one I will get.

Why not mount it to the original brackets, its a great place to base everything off of, and if i need my old bumper its super easy to change. I will probably reinforce them somehow.

Thanks
Ed

MoparMan03 · 08-01-2009, 09:16 AM

looks good Thumbs Up!

Plannin on puttin in any lights like in the first picture?

RamSport59 · 08-01-2009, 09:17 AM

Quote:On 2009-07-31 21:18, edlucky1 wrote:
Thanks. And yes eventually I do plan a winch , but i dont want to put any mounts for it becuase im not sure which one I will get.

Why not mount it to the original brackets, its a great place to base everything off of, and if i need my old bumper its super easy to change. I will probably reinforce them somehow.

Thanks
Ed

Stock brackets are no where near strong enough for a winch, or the weight of a couple hundard pound bumper.

Rick