Hey you got any angle shots of your front bumper? I am in need of some examples for my build and yours looks the best so far, only one I have seen with out the original bumper still in use.

What type of material did you use for it and your sliders? I want to get them built before AZIII. If I can sign up before all slots are taken, (That would suck), did allot of convincing today with Frontier Lady just to go.

Frankie Seifert
MANC
www.geocities.com/midwestallnissan
Frontier_Cowboy@yahoo.com

If I'm not mistaken, the front and rear bumpers are from 1.75" .120 wall tube, and custom made by John Hunter of Hunter Offroad here in Tempe. The sliderz are ala Me and Datz510. They were on my Pathy as a bolt on assembly, and now they are on the Meany as a weld on deal. They are 2x3 box tube and .188 wall. I wasn't able to break them, so I'm sure Andy won't break them.

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Frankie, I'll have to dig out some pics when I get a chance at home and upload them. I probably won't have time to do it tonight, but should be able to tomorrow night.

Mikey is correct on the materials. For the front, I removed about 6" from the crumple zone frame ends for better approach angle. I'll try to get some closeup pics up tomorrow evening.


1998 Frontier 4x4 seriously built
2002 Xterra 4x4 still stock
"Conjunction Junction, what's your Dysfunction?"

what i am trying too see is the way you mounted the front bumper, basically what you had talked about before, cutting frame and such. Thanks for your help guys. will be doing it this weekend I hope, gonna pick up a welder tommorow

Frankie Seifert
MANC
www.geocities.com/midwestallnissan
Frontier_Cowboy@yahoo.com

Plan on spending more than a weekend doing this project unless you are an excellent fabricator. This isn't something I could even come close to doing. Most of the bumper is just one solid piece that's been bent in many different directions. There are definitly alot of compound bends.

To mount it, where the crumple zones were cut, a plate was welded in (probably 3/16) and then the bumpers were bolted to the frame there, and to the front most body mount. (on both sides)

_____________________________

I'm a Funky Chinaman from Funky Chinatown. LET'S GET IT AWN!

You know, we need some of those "Row Sticks"
-88Yota, near the Grand Canyon

"Lolly Lolly Lolly, get your adverbs here!
Got a lot of Lolly, jolly adverbs here!"

To be honest, I don't think my mounting system is robust enough. I plan to add more gusseting at some point. (I like overbuilt stuff) Mikey pretty much nailed it. The mounts inside the fender - theres an end plate with a 3/4" nut welded to the inside. There are 1/4" steel custom bent brackets that go up from the body mount bolt and are angled to bolt to the bumper ends. The guy who did mine is an extremely talented fabricator, and like Mikey said, some of the stuff he did would be way over our heads.

Find a good tube bender/fabricator in your area and have it done. That front bumper was under $400.


1998 Frontier 4x4 seriously built
2002 Xterra 4x4 still stock
"Conjunction Junction, what's your Dysfunction?"

I can't find the closeups I had, but hopefully these help...




Here's a closeup of when I killed a tierod...



1998 Frontier 4x4 seriously built
2002 Xterra 4x4 still stock
"Conjunction Junction, what's your Dysfunction?"

Hey Andy, I don't have anywhere to post pics, but I'm sending all of the pics of your bumpers when the Meany wasn't exactly Mean, but kind of Nicey... hahaha

_____________________________

I'm a Funky Chinaman from Funky Chinatown. LET'S GET IT AWN!

You know, we need some of those "Row Sticks"
-88Yota, near the Grand Canyon

"Lolly Lolly Lolly, get your adverbs here!
Got a lot of Lolly, jolly adverbs here!"

Hey thanks, those will work just fine, just trying to get some sort of ideal of what I should do, not gonna copy but just shows me what has been on a truck not using stock front bumper along with pre runner bumper.

Frankie Seifert
MANC
www.geocities.com/midwestallnissan
Frontier_Cowboy@yahoo.com

Here's a couple shots from when I had them made...(thanks Mikey)



And don't freak out at this shot, but yes, once, long ago, the Meany was a stocker....



1998 Frontier 4x4 seriously built
2002 Xterra 4x4 still stock
"Conjunction Junction, what's your Dysfunction?"

andy, what about that one picture when you went to that comerical shoot in california?? I could of sworn seeing a couple of other good photos of your front end. Just a thought.




GOT ANY BALLS??????????

Um, look at the first pic I posted above.


1998 Frontier 4x4 seriously built
2002 Xterra 4x4 still stock
"Conjunction Junction, what's your Dysfunction?"

not those, the one am thinking of is the one under member's rig on the main page. It's the one with your right wheel on the dirt mount with the left wheel hanging freely.




GOT ANY BALLS??????????

Oh, you mean this one..




1998 Frontier 4x4 seriously built
2002 Xterra 4x4 still stock
"Conjunction Junction, what's your Dysfunction?"

yeah, you need to teach me how to put photos on the thread. I still dont know how to do it.




GOT ANY BALLS??????????