Right now...the truck has a fuel cell AND the factory tank....I'll be pulling the body off and sandblasting the frame, painting it and plumbing up the fuel system....guess I oughta make some drop brackets for the bumper I got for it...nothin like 6 inch round stainless pipe to stop a train......gotta take some pics of the bumper that the winch came with...meant to before I started hackin on it....oh well, probly just drop 125 lbs off of it tonight cuttin it up......heh...so much for keepin the Bronc's tailgate.....
dude you wanna build a bumper for a 96 f-150?
same thing as your second just no diamond plate and 3" pipe running from the grille guard to the outside edges of the bumper.. gotta have horizontal support. ha
so what do you think? my mig is out of commision... cant afford to replace it.
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Hey, i know this thread is really old, but if your still making bumpers, i have a question. You said that this one is for up to a 91 f150. I have a 93, what's different that this design wont fit a 93. I want to make one like this because it looks great, but if i can't use these dimensions, could you tell me what i would have to change for a 93? I just really need a good solid bumper, and the stock one doesn't exactly cut it. Your design looks really good and i want to make one if you could help me out a little bit.
Ford started making different frame horns as they changed the new front end design. The 92-96 frame horns have the crumple zone in front(looks like an accordian) with an angle plate in the front for different mounting. The 70's-91 are a straight frame horn so the mounts wouldnt work. in other words, the up to 91 all the mount holes out be perpendicular with the front of the bumper. 92-96, two would be perpendicular and two paralell (on each side)
The dimensions would work for the most part, but the top profile of the bumper will be different because the front clip curves rather then a flatnose. Again, as i mentioned, get some cardboard and make up a bumper out of that. When I built both of my bumpers, I built them exactly the same out of cardboard as i did with metal. In fact, I disassembled all the parts that made up the cardboard bumper and traced them onto the sheet of metal to make the parts for the bumper. I wouldnt worry too much about the frame mounts until the cardbaord bumper is assembled. The mount to the frame will be the exact same, but the mounting to the bumper will be different if you have a different style bumper, body lift ect.
Ok, thanks, I just made a cardboard bumper out of your dimensions, and i'm heading out to see what i need to trim or change to make it fit my nose. I forgot that my truck was at the beginning of the more rounded body style. I guess i'll have to see how to make some mounts when i get the old bumper off. I had another thought though, the grille guard you put on yours looked good, but it looked a little flimsy on the sides. Did you ever come up with a way of reinforcing it from folding sideways, or is it sturdier than it looks. I was just wondering because i've always wanted a grille guard like that so i figured i'd make one. The problem is i work my truck hard on a farm and i didn't want to hit something and lose all my hard work breaking it off sideways. i was just curious, but it looks good and thanks a lot for your help. you do good work.
Update: I went out to see how far off your design would be, and it's not bad. It fit just golden snug on the sides, But the middle is a long ways off. I'm thinking about just taking off my bumper and tracing the curve directly from the stock one so it fits up nice to the front. There were only two mounting points i saw. The was a plate that came off the side of both of the ends of the frame rails just past the accordion section. There were two bolts on each plate going to the top and the bottom of the bumper. Time to hit the cardboard again i suppose.
your better off getting everything right with the cardboard rather then metal!
It wont collapse, if you hit something, it would probably tip the truck over before folding the grille gaurd. Make it out of 3/16 and wrap the edges with 12x3/8 flatbar if your afraid of that. You could hit it with a sledge hammer and it wouldnt budge. 1/8" might vibrate a little without the flatbar. Tack and hit it when you get a gap when you are wrapping it around. Weld downhill on both sides so you dont get any warpage. saves on welding material too. Welds on that arent that important. If your going to be beating on it a lot, i'd go with 3/16 or 7 ga instead of 1/8". Then you dont have to worry about dings and dents. As I mentioned before, 1/8" is fine for a daily driver and weekend mudding ect, but it your going to be strictly mudding or beating on it, 3/16 or 1/4 would be better. A little heavier.
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