SFA Hilux pipe bumper
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SFA Hilux pipe bumper
Hi there
So I've always disliked the SFA front bullbar and bumper they're ugly and decrease the approach angles badly so I decided to design and make my own pipe bullbar from the original bullbar.
Bumper removed: Committed now: Bracket design to be laser cut: Wooden mockups made from a 1:1 scale print out: Wooden mock ups fitted with original top tube: Putting on tabs to mount the bracket: Checking the fit: New holes in the old mounting brackets: Cleaning off the last of the old welds: Top tube tacked in place: Miters for the side tubes: I found the most amazing little program to print out cutting diagrams for mitering tubes together, it's called TubeMiter.exe. You give it the OD of both tubes, the wall thickness and the angle at which they meet and it generates a paper template that you can cut out and stick onto the tube to make a cut line for the grinder. Super simple and easy. Available here: http://www.ozhpv.org.au/shed.html
Side pieces welded in place: Lower tube test fit: High lift points in the lower tube: Almost finished: And ready to be sent for acid dipping, galvanizing and powder coating:
So I've always disliked the SFA front bullbar and bumper they're ugly and decrease the approach angles badly so I decided to design and make my own pipe bullbar from the original bullbar.
Bumper removed: Committed now: Bracket design to be laser cut: Wooden mockups made from a 1:1 scale print out: Wooden mock ups fitted with original top tube: Putting on tabs to mount the bracket: Checking the fit: New holes in the old mounting brackets: Cleaning off the last of the old welds: Top tube tacked in place: Miters for the side tubes: I found the most amazing little program to print out cutting diagrams for mitering tubes together, it's called TubeMiter.exe. You give it the OD of both tubes, the wall thickness and the angle at which they meet and it generates a paper template that you can cut out and stick onto the tube to make a cut line for the grinder. Super simple and easy. Available here: http://www.ozhpv.org.au/shed.html
Side pieces welded in place: Lower tube test fit: High lift points in the lower tube: Almost finished: And ready to be sent for acid dipping, galvanizing and powder coating:
Happy trails
Nic
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Re: SFA Hilux pipe bumper
Stunning
Can't wait to see the finished product.
Can't wait to see the finished product.
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Re: SFA Hilux pipe bumper
Looking good so far.
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Re: SFA Hilux pipe bumper
looking good
did also made my own gives the bakkie its own look
Martin
did also made my own gives the bakkie its own look
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Re: SFA Hilux pipe bumper
Looking good!
Now cut down the original radiator hoop a tad and mount it slightly forward facing like a stinger. Makes a nice protected area for mounting your spots and looks good as well.
Now cut down the original radiator hoop a tad and mount it slightly forward facing like a stinger. Makes a nice protected area for mounting your spots and looks good as well.
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Re: SFA Hilux pipe bumper
nice work
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Re: SFA Hilux pipe bumper
No thanks, not a fan of the stinger things and for the kind of stuff I usually do it's overkill. Will be mounting LEDs on the lower tube though.Mud Dog wrote:Looking good!
Now cut down the original radiator hoop a tad and mount it slightly forward facing like a stinger. Makes a nice protected area for mounting your spots and looks good as well.
Happy trails
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Re: SFA Hilux pipe bumper
Dropped it off at Helderberg Galvanizing this morning
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Re: SFA Hilux pipe bumper
Are you going to close in the sides and centre with mesh or something similar??
Looks awsum so far cant wait to see it fitted.
Looks awsum so far cant wait to see it fitted.
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Re: SFA Hilux pipe bumper
Thanks. Collected it from the galvanizers today and dropped it off for powder coating.MOFASA wrote:Are you going to close in the sides and centre with mesh or something similar??
Looks awsum so far cant wait to see it fitted.
Not going to fill it with mesh, there's no point, there's just sheet metal behind it on the sides and the LEDs are going to take up all the space in the center.
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Re: SFA Hilux pipe bumper
Dit lyk BAD ASS!!!
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Re: SFA Hilux pipe bumper
MOOI !!
thanks for the tip on joining two pipes and getting the cutting lines sorted
thanks for the tip on joining two pipes and getting the cutting lines sorted
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Re: SFA Hilux pipe bumper
ChrisF wrote:MOOI !!
thanks for the tip on joining two pipes and getting the cutting lines sorted
It's a pleasure Chris. It saved me lots of time, effort and wastage. I tried to get the pipes to join correctly by cutting by eye with a test piece and it was horrible. I was close to trying to make a 3D CAD drawing of the joint and then mapping the join line onto a 2D surface but that would have been hours of work. Drawing curves onto tube is virtually impossible but with that thing it was super easy.
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Re: SFA Hilux pipe bumper
Incidentally does anyone want a SFA bumper? Not the greatest condition, one plastic side piece needs to be fastened back on (the glue perished) and the other is riveted on. Make me an offer or wait until I am actually throwing it away.
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Re: SFA Hilux pipe bumper
And it's done! I'm really happy with how it turned out.
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Re: SFA Hilux pipe bumper
Looks great
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Re: SFA Hilux pipe bumper
BAKGAT !!
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Looks very good.
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Re: SFA Hilux pipe bumper
looking forward to seeing the finished product
see foto of the one I built
Martin