What to do.....

Looks good like that

can you weld. make up a simple bumper with some tube

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I'll even draw some CAD models for you to follow

Frijolero said:

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I'll even draw some CAD models for you to follow

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That would be awesome! Does cad have special file types though? I might not be able to open them...

I was thinking about a winch in the front then paint the radiator support black, Mount a winch plate between the frame rails. Like this one... - Harbor Freight Tools - Quality Tools at the Lowest Prices

I want to get this winch, I think my friend told me they are on sale for 149.99 right now at the local harbor freight... (deffinatly getting the 3 yr warrenty...)

- Harbor Freight Tools - Quality Tools at the Lowest Prices

for a winch you get what you pay for, get a ramsy/warn or something along that line the winch on my XJ is a $900 winch i would not trust a 150 to pull my rig out if i was stuck

Yeah dude I can totally design a bumper for you and send you screen shots and PDFs of 2d with measurements. What are you fab skillz??? Tube? Plate? round? square? Trapezoid?

My uncle has a mig welder, I have used it for exhaust many times, i took a few welding classes in high school last year, my welding skills are up to par for making a bumper I would trust. I think I found a solution looking around, I can buy a universal winch plate for my frontier and mount it inbetween the frame rails, The winch will fit perfectly in there, as long as radiator airflow is ok I think it would work great.]

I dont have equiptment to cut and bend tubing so i will probably have to stick to square tubing

You would still need a method of cutting the square tubing,, but a hacksaw can accomplish that. Can you take measurements of the front frame where the bumper support bar bolt to? I'll draw a sketch of what I mean in a short while. I can't measure my truck because I cut 5" off the front of my frame.

just an FYI, mine cost 500ish... save your pennies and have a pro build it... do you trust your welds?

Cmon josh.. let the guy have some fun. As for a "bumper" newb bugger welds can suffice, should you try to throw a winch on there, definitely not.

I have a huge a metal cutting circular saw, I can cut tubing but it won't fit together well..I am a good welder, I have welded a lot, but I don't do it as a profession by any means...

I haven't had the plastic valance on mine for about a year now. I haven't had any problems. I spray painted everything under there black and it looks a lot better. I have actually gotten quite a few compliments on it. People seem to think it looks more rugged without the plastic.

yea i think im going to do a winch mounted inbetween the frame rails and a nice 3/8 skid plate with reinforcements then paint the rest of the ssupport black

I'll draw something over the weekend.

cool, thanks in advance..