Rifraf
04-02-2001, 08:29 AM
Well, the long anticipated day has come, sitting in front of the garage on Friday was over 100 lbs of metal madness, my new Jeeperman (www.jeeperman.com) bumper, and "Wow" is all I could really say. In a nuclear holocost, this would be the last thing standing. On the trail, it should serve more than just fine!
I'll post some pictures below, but you can find all my jeeperman bumper hi-rez pic's at:
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=907832&a=11949686
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=907832&a=11949686&p=45518965
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=907832&a=11949686&p=45518951
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=907832&a=11949686&p=45518941
If you look closely, you'll see that my license plate is lit by little lites in the mounting bolts. I decided to relocate my plate because it allowed me to mount my reverse beam where I wanted it and this way I could use the light-n-bolts.
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=907832&a=11949686&p=45518984
Some details:
- The bumper is currently mounted with 8 bolts (6 on rear, 2 on bottom). However, Sam provided 12 locations (2 more on rear, 2 more on bottom) to mount for extreme durability.
- The pivot is a 1" OD bolt with a 1" ID pipe on the swingout, he added a grease zirk as well. Very sturdy so far.
- Though not pictured, there is a hi-lift mount horizontal across the back. I had a problem with this, I couldn't get my hard top window open with the hi-lift mounted. Soft top owners will have no problem. The design of the swingout will make it real easy for me to weld two studs on the bottom to mount the hi-lift vertically.
- I measured to drill the extra holes. I would reccomend that you actually mark them with the bumper in place. I ended up have two of my bolt holes not line up.
- The spare is sitting on a 8-10* angle, it looks really good.
So far, I'm loving it. I look forward to trail testing it, I'm sure it's 1/4" steel construction will prove to be bulletproof.
I'll post some pictures below, but you can find all my jeeperman bumper hi-rez pic's at:
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=907832&a=11949686
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=907832&a=11949686&p=45518965
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=907832&a=11949686&p=45518951
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=907832&a=11949686&p=45518941
If you look closely, you'll see that my license plate is lit by little lites in the mounting bolts. I decided to relocate my plate because it allowed me to mount my reverse beam where I wanted it and this way I could use the light-n-bolts.
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=907832&a=11949686&p=45518984
Some details:
- The bumper is currently mounted with 8 bolts (6 on rear, 2 on bottom). However, Sam provided 12 locations (2 more on rear, 2 more on bottom) to mount for extreme durability.
- The pivot is a 1" OD bolt with a 1" ID pipe on the swingout, he added a grease zirk as well. Very sturdy so far.
- Though not pictured, there is a hi-lift mount horizontal across the back. I had a problem with this, I couldn't get my hard top window open with the hi-lift mounted. Soft top owners will have no problem. The design of the swingout will make it real easy for me to weld two studs on the bottom to mount the hi-lift vertically.
- I measured to drill the extra holes. I would reccomend that you actually mark them with the bumper in place. I ended up have two of my bolt holes not line up.
- The spare is sitting on a 8-10* angle, it looks really good.
So far, I'm loving it. I look forward to trail testing it, I'm sure it's 1/4" steel construction will prove to be bulletproof.