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Old Sep 12, 2011 | 04:27 AM
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so i finished drawing up and modeling the basic bumper design ive been working on. let me know any suggestions and any input. there's space in it for a winch and it will have tow points on it eventually. probably will be 1/8th steel for the most part.

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this is the shell... i dont have any of the mounts or anything else modeled in yet.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2011 | 10:55 AM
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Looks like you got yourself a pretty good start adam... cant wait to see it finsihed.. think you shoud cutout the words "jettanator" in the middle and light it up with LEDs..
 
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Old Sep 12, 2011 | 01:02 PM
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Nice design, the tow points will be a bonus since they don't have em' from the factory. Are you going to mock up a grille guard to put on top also. It even looks like you have radiator puncture protection in that design too. How's the rock sliders going?
 
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Old Sep 12, 2011 | 02:08 PM
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rock sliders are commin along pretty good. i need to get some measurements off the rango for the distance from the frame and what not. and if the frame goes straight back or if the distances change on me. haven't had time yet, ive been working too much lol
 
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Old Sep 12, 2011 | 04:13 PM
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I forgot to ask, are you putting in mounts for those of us like you that have factory fog lights?
 
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Old Sep 12, 2011 | 05:16 PM
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yeah...there will be places to mount fogs.
 
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 12:00 PM
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There is an opening on the bottom by the license plate that needs to be carved open for radiator/condenser cooling.


Duranged408 Has one kinda like that:

 

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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 03:35 PM
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yeah, ill be putting breather holes in the design...
 
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im working on drawing each piece from the 3d model in 2d so i can get it plotted and make my cardboard version here soon to check fitting..
 
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Old Sep 20, 2011 | 03:04 PM
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so i got all the pieces drawn and plotted to scale... geezes it looks big on paper... now im just workin on trying to find big pieces of cardboard to use to cut and glue together... then ill be able to tell if its too big and needs to be tweeked or if i did it right and nothing needs to be changed... ill probably put a small stinger on the front of it for grill protection... well see... depends how it looks...
 

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