Front winch bumper

[eaglefreek]

Looks good! Just make sure it's attached incredibly well, or it might just pull only your bumper if you are really stuck.. haha

It's attached with 1/2" grade 8 bolts. I think you could lift it up by a crane from the front bumper and not have any issues. 

Very nice, fits the lines of the car well. Bet the front suspension rides different now, probably nice n smooth. Bet there are Jeep owners out there who see you drive by and go into a jealous fit.

  I actually can "feel" the weight of the bumper and winch. It will take some getting use to.

if i had TIME, i could steal your look and all and build my own. i dont have time. they say time = money. how much would you charge to build another?? that might fit right on an sx4. that would look so flippin SWEET on my 2 1/2" lifted sx4. i want it bad. then i could just build from there with a "cow catcher" as they are called out here. (grill gaurd) i stinkin LOVE it. i want one SO bad now. cept i have to get my race car ('79 spirit drag racer) tuned, and my casper car ('62 rambler classic custom 2 door) show car going before i have time to mess with something like this. o ya, shipping. your probably gazillion miles away. im so envious right now. i want THAT bumper!!!!

I just don't have the time to do it. As long as it took me to make it I'd have to charge more than what most have paid for their Eagles.

  Looks almost like an "A-TEAM" car  Darn good job, next you'll be building a roll cage for the out side!!   LOL.

  Sounds like you could make a few more and retire from being a carpenter only those "red ants" are a little worse then splinters.  LOL

I'd have to make more than a few to retire. Plus fortunately I'm not a carpenter anymore. I stumbled into a new career field. I am now a geophysical and hydrophysical logging technician. My body is grateful for the job change.]

How far off is a Cherokee bumper from the Eagle? 

Not a clue.

[shaggimo]

How far off is a Cherokee bumper from the Eagle?  I like what you've done, looking to do something similar but with a whole lot less effort on my part

You'd have to lengthen the mounts considerably, the chero bumper has stubby mounts. Width I'm unsure of, however I do have my homemade cherokee bumper off at the moment, and I could get you some measurements if you like, then you could compare to your eagle dimensions.

Question for Eaglefreek, did you box in the backside too or leave it open? I thought about building something for the Eagle, that gives a few ideas, looks good!

[eaglefreek]

How far off is a Cherokee bumper from the Eagle?  I like what you've done, looking to do something similar but with a whole lot less effort on my part

You'd have to lengthen the mounts considerably, the chero bumper has stubby mounts. Width I'm unsure of, however I do have my homemade cherokee bumper off at the moment, and I could get you some measurements if you like, then you could compare to your eagle dimensions.

Question for Eaglefreek, did you box in the backside too or leave it open? I thought about building something for the Eagle, that gives a few ideas, looks good!

I left it open but I did add some bracing that isn't in the pics.

[shaggimo]

Ah, that's good, probably helps to keep the weight down a bit I'd imagine.

[Bird-o-Prey]

DISCO!!!!!!!!  Have an egg on me!!

Cheers

[eaglefreek]

Today I took some time to fix the right side of the bumper. IT WAS BUGGING ME!

Before:


I cut it right at the corner and then raised it up with my hydraulic jack:


I cut a piece of steel to fit in the gap:


After welding and grinding:


A little dab of body filler and some sanding and painting and it is fixed:

[shaggimo]

It's the little things  ........... That would've bugged me too, looks great  .

[j2sax]

Any chance we can get a profile shot where we can see both front and rear together.... good work! 

Jesse

[eaglefreek]

Any chance we can get a profile shot where we can see both front and rear together.... good work! 

Jesse

It's hard to get a good view of both the bumpers in the same shot. I went to my Uncle's place and took a pic from his upper bridge with the Eagle on his lower bridge.

[j2sax]

Excellent! That's the most proportionally perfect set of bumpers I have seen to date! 

[mick]

That looks fantastic!

[eaglefreek]

Thanks again for the compliments. I'll let someone who knows what they are doing put them into production. It's actually not that hard to do, just time consuming. I decided I wanted to fab some parts for my Eagle and since I don't have a bunch of money to pay someone to do it, I bought a welder on Ebay last year and figured it out on my own. I still let someone who knows how to weld with better equipment, take care of the critical stuff. I also want to add, it takes alot of time, materials and tools to do fab work. I have no argument with what a fab shop would charge to make such an item. It's just that I have more time than money.

[Bird-o-Prey]

Did you take/have detailed measurements you could throw onto a sketch of the bumpers?  That would go a long way to helping someone else fab something up.  Personally, I love both of them (front & back) and would love to have them on my eagle!!

Cheers

[Prafeston]

Great work eaglefreek!

[HappyPappy]

Don't we all, still looks like a pro-job. Now you drive nails with a keyboard!! LOL