DIY rear bumper build

[Nissan KingCab]

So after seeing that one of the plastic corners on my Patrol rear bumper were loose and removing it, I couldn't stop.
Eventually ending with a naked Patrol in the rear.

Patrol agter sonder bumper.jpg (297.35 KiB) Viewed 5682 times

Patrol kant sonder bumper.jpg (317.7 KiB) Viewed 5682 times

Now I have decided to build my own steel bumper with decent recovery point for all sorts of other 4x4's
The following pictures are of the template I made of cardboard to see if my measurements are correct.

Patrol with cardboard template rear.jpg (298.83 KiB) Viewed 5682 times

Patrol with cardboard template side.jpg (272.34 KiB) Viewed 5682 times

Now I have sent these templates to a engineering shop who will cut those nice blue pieces out off a 20mm mild steel plate.


Waiting to get them back and start fabrication off bumper.

[IanT]

Help my old baby has a bear bum, put some pants on her quick Danie

[ricster]

hahahaha.....

Take measurements off all your templates please, I also want to build my own rear bumper ( well for the Iron Maiden I mean ). I like the challenge of doing this and enjoy tinkering around with this kind of thing!!

[Alex Roux]

Danie

Will you only be replacing the plastic corners or the whole bumper.
In my case I replaced the corners only and I retained the alluminium bit in the middle.
It is much lighter that way, but you also get to keep the cross bar that protects your main tank in the event of the a rear impact bumper bash.
Also, it is mostly the corners that gets in the way when navigating rocks. The rear is protected by the cross bar and tow bar.

[andredurand]

Ek soek ook een .ASB

[hugejp]

Lyk baie mooi!!!

I'll be getting popcorn for this one!!!

[iandvl]

Danie,

Jy is nie dalk lus om te double-up met jou bestelling nie ?

Ek sal bier bring.. :)

[Nissan KingCab]

The original towbar in the picture is going to stay, will just shorten it to be closer to body and improve departure angle.

Those blue cardboard brackets will also be welded to a 12mm flatbar going to under chassis and bolt to same place as towbar.
So the recovery point will be bolted on the side off chassis with two 16mm bolts and two 12mm bolts through the chassis on the bottom.

The rest off the bumper will just be for cosmetics and the steel will not be that thick the important bits are those recovery points.

Ricster, I will happily give you a copy off that template if all works out well.

iandvl, laat ons eers sien wat uitkom, dalk hou jy nie daarvan nie.

[andredurand]

E k wil graag weet waar de M##r is Madibeng :is nog van tyd

[Nissan KingCab]

E k wil graag weet waar de M##r is Madibeng :is nog van tyd

Dit is Brits, Madibeng is die hele plaaslike distrik naam.