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Make your own ... Bumpers & Sliders. Is it possible?

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stuntman:
Hello one and all. After a very eventfull days greenlaning around ashbourne I've decided quite quickly I need a strong front and rear bumper, mainly beacuse my standard ones are now scrap  :P

Has anyone got any idiots guides to making your own bumpers and sliders at all, and maybe even streering gaurd. I'm really into making my own stuff rather than buying someone elses. Nothing against paying out but I like the feeling of making my own.

Any help would be appreciated.

Andi K

Disco Matt:
It's possible - but bear in mind that you will need to be able to work metal to a very high standard. To give an idea of the stresses these parts are under, the steering guard on mine is a 7mm thick aluminium plate. It still bent noticably when the front wheels fell into deep ruts!

lee celtic:
stuntman wrote


--- Quote ---Nothing against paying out but I like the feeling of making my own.
--- End quote ---


me too  :D

I used to build custom bikes so I can't leave anything standard :lol:

and in the list of things to do sliders are being made after the boot floor :cry:

Ja1983:
i have a selection of scaffold tube, an old hilux tow bar, and a welder... i also spotted some nice bits of 1/4 plate at work in the "recycling" pile ... might be recycling them into something interesting soon.... weather/time/motivation dependant :roll:

Les Henson:
I made my own rock sliders. Main part is 100mm x 50mm x 4mm box section, front tabs (for the bulkhead bolt) are 5mm, and the rear mounting bracket to attach to a series outrigger is 2.5mm. I also had to buy longer bulkhead bolts.

Les.

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