Building my own bumper!!

[supra_mkii]

Here are a few pics of my bumper I manufactured:








and the end result:

[Bushwacker]

Great job Reinard, what is the weight of the bumper, and thickness of the steel and total cost?

[ThysdJ]

Nice bumper Reinhart.. now build us a rear one too!!...

[supra_mkii]

Due to the fact that I used 4.5mm mild steel is is a bit heavy. It is about 25-30kg. The material cost including the cutting and bending could prolly be close to about R3000 I guess. I never did an exact calculation. Normally one would use 2.5 or 3mm mild steel and the material cost would only be about R1500 +-.

[Bartho]

25-30kg is not heavy, it's about the same as the limited edition's bullbar. If I remember correctly the ARB & Desert Stormer is 40kg's plus.

[Tristan]

I agree 25-30kg doesn't seem very heavy for what you got there
I really like the way you have done the recovery points, looks great :!:

[Knersus]

Great looking bumber. Can I put in a order for a 95' hi Lux. You can use 3mm steel plate on mine

[supra_mkii]

Any nice ideas for the rear bumper?
I am going to remove the side steps and replace them with pipe. They always seem to get in the way.

I am going to build a bumper for my dad's 85 Hilux in about a month. Will keep all the templates for that and see what the total cost on that is.
I'm pretty sure it wil be exactly the same as the 95 Hilux?

[Knersus]

Yes it will be the same and if it fits my pocket I will definitly order one from you as well.

Please place the pic of it and keep us posted.

[Umvubu]

Can't wait to see the end result :!:

[Bosvark]

it looks great so far

Better than my canopy

[supra_mkii]

Hey everybody, sorry for the people I hav'nt reply to yet. I havn't been on the site for a while.
I will be doing a decent costing of the bumper pretty soon and I will let you guys know what the price to manufacture one of these is.
I might be starting to build bumpers on the side line due to a lot of enquieries from the one I made.

Thanx for the compliments everybody!

[supra_mkii]

the incomplete rear towbar with lots of clearance:)

[Joseph Rakauoane]

I really like that bumper. I can see that it can also sweat my Hilux. That good work

[Scooter]

Hey Reinard, any pics of the making of the rear bumper yet?

[Engel]

dis darm baie netjies, inteendeel mooier as n arb!

[Toybox]

Out of interest, what spots did you use?

[Mud Dog]

They look like Hella 130's

[Capt Caprivi]

Supra_mkii
Woon en werk ook in Stellenbosch, het die selfde bakkie as jy het jy nog die template.
Capt caprivi

[volstruis]

Wow looks great.
Really looking for something along these lines to build my own bumper.

[volstruis]

Any chance of getting the measurements?
I will design my own I just need the basic sizes and so forth.

[Traveler]

Baie, baie netjies gedoen. Regtig impressive.

[Uys]

Ja nee, dis baie netjies. Maar jy het duidelik al van tevore met plaat metaal gewerk.