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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 08:25 AM
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If the tubing is 2 3/4" or less it will come thru the space in the bumper. Or the bracket can be made to come out further on the sides. The brackets use the factory mounting holes behind the hooks. Just get 1" longer bolts, remount the hooks ang you 're good to go. Let me know what you need, they are easy to fab as I have done several now for winch mounts.
 
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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 08:35 AM
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Thanks Bert!
The more I think about this, the more I like it. It sounds like I can just sandwich a piece of plate steel in there and have if over hang the inside by 2" then come off with some 1 1/2" DOM and make a couple 90 deg upturns and then lay a cross piece between them and put on some light tabs. A couple of Rallye 4000s should give me all the light I could want.
Ihave some1/4" plate that I could use for the mounts, or would it tend to flex to much and make the lights bounce?
 
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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 08:36 AM
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Hey Woligator.................When ya power up those lights, everone south can see the
" Northern Lights ". You must light up the entire sky
 
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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 09:02 AM
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I don't think 1/4" will flex at all. Depends on how you weld it and if you don't make the 1/4" flat too long. Use angle where you can. My winch mount is 3/8" with 3/16" tube, a 12000# winch and I haven't even made it budge on any pulls. I am thinking if you extend the inner flat out past the bumper, you can then mount any config you want on it.. You could also maybe cut the tubing at the correct angle and weld it to the bracket as is, since you have the bender and notcher.

Man the stuff I could make if I had a bender and notcher. Can you make exhausts with that stuff?
 
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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 10:36 AM
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I suppose I could, but it wouldn't be pretty. Anything thinner than .095 wll tube will tend to wrinkle on sharper bends. A .095 tube header would be heavy.
My setup isgeared toward making structural roll cages and stuff.
It's probably not as expensive as you'd think. Check out Williams "low buck bender" at www.lowbucktools.com. I got a manual bender and notcher for under a grand that is small and portable and only takes about 8" of floor space. Different size dies are about $250 each. Very good quality stuff for a DIYer like myself.
Now the hydraulic setups like you see on TV run several K[sm=bling.gif]
 
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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 02:30 PM
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What kinda bumper set up is that? that loks BADD AZZ !!

What kinda headlights are they?

Are those scoops JUST scoops, or did you buy the whole hood?

Looks AWESOME !!
 
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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 02:49 PM
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dang woligator ready for a blackout? lol
 
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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 04:53 PM
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Well mayfair this bumper is custome made be me and my guys ,1/4 checked plate armor over the whole winch and it goes right to the track bar to protect it,the pipes are 3' X 3/8 thick ,this is the max i can bend whit my dies,my press is 80ton but i have no dies biggers yet :P
i dont remember the making of the headlight but ill check this week-end i still have the boxes in my shop,
inexpensives ones but they are good to me,about 30$ each,i wont put 10 light a 200$ each :P
and for the scoops i cheated,yeahs they are only scoops,110$ for both of em,i painted them at the same time
we did the bumper and the flat bed behind whit epoxy primer and polyurethane paint.
 
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