Bumpers!!
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That bumper def looks funny but I'll bet it'll crush anything it hits! 
Depends on the definition of awesome and happiness...haha. ..but yea a sweet F250, a cigarette boat, big house, a lambo, and a whole lot of $$$ to spend on fam and friends would make me pretty damn happy! haha
Depends on the definition of awesome and happiness...haha. ..but yea a sweet F250, a cigarette boat, big house, a lambo, and a whole lot of $$$ to spend on fam and friends would make me pretty damn happy! haha
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As far as I know weight is not covered in any laws. As for height its a state-by-state thing. Some states have laws that it can only be a number of inches away from stock, some don't even have bumper laws. I'll try to dig up a post about it. I saw one somewhere. Width.. well, i'm not sure if theres a law, but you probably want it to be wide as your truck lol.
As for your imagination, draw up some bumper plans and share with the rest of us!
Edit:
Guess there wasn't a bumper law post. It was this:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...-in-u-s-a.html
As for your imagination, draw up some bumper plans and share with the rest of us!
Edit:
Guess there wasn't a bumper law post. It was this:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...-in-u-s-a.html
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Well, as some of you know per my other thread, I just got finished with the design of my bumper, I gotta go get the steel cut for it in the next day or two, might take till next week. Here's the pics and an off-scale-but-still-kinda-gives-an-idea-of-how-its-going-to-look picture lol.
From rear left
From rear right
From the side
From the front
The preliminary shot
The bumper WON'T be as big as it looks here, from top to bottom is only 9". I wanted a low-profile bumper that will be great for approach angles and not look like it was something out of Mad Max, but would perform like it was
. It should also be tighter in towards the body and not stick out too terribly far.
From rear left
From rear right
From the side
From the front
The preliminary shot
The bumper WON'T be as big as it looks here, from top to bottom is only 9". I wanted a low-profile bumper that will be great for approach angles and not look like it was something out of Mad Max, but would perform like it was
. It should also be tighter in towards the body and not stick out too terribly far.
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Has anyone just adapted an old rear bumper instead of making a new one? I'm going this route with a cheap build right now and its way less money than new metal. Its an old dealer installed one with two sections of C channel that run a couple feet into the frame of the donor.
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I'm not really sure what you mean by that.
Whatever you do with it though, make sure it's got the gussets/braces in the right spots.
I twisted up my old rear bumper trying to get through a ditch at the bottom of a hill lol. It wasn't stock, but it wasn't all that strong. My F350 has a pretty beefy front bumper, but I just had it laying around. Only reason i'm running it.
I might go about making a new bumper. Plenty of idea's in here. If/When I do the '41 body swap to the F350, it will need some new bumpers. The current ones wouldn't match very well.
Whatever you do with it though, make sure it's got the gussets/braces in the right spots.
I twisted up my old rear bumper trying to get through a ditch at the bottom of a hill lol. It wasn't stock, but it wasn't all that strong. My F350 has a pretty beefy front bumper, but I just had it laying around. Only reason i'm running it.
I might go about making a new bumper. Plenty of idea's in here. If/When I do the '41 body swap to the F350, it will need some new bumpers. The current ones wouldn't match very well.
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damn kids and yer fancy pants computer programs. whatever happened to pencils and paper chances are if i get a welder my bumpers will be sketched out and i'll transfer the dimensions to cardboard, trace it on sheet steel, and cut it out with an angle grinder. i can't see spending time using a computer drafting program to make one bumper, now if you planned to produce multiple bumpers, yeah, it keeps the continuity flowing.
chances are if i get a welder my bumpers will be sketched out and i'll transfer the dimensions to cardboard, trace it on sheet steel, and cut it out with an angle grinder. i can't see spending time using a computer drafting program to make one bumper, now if you planned to produce multiple bumpers, yeah, it keeps the continuity flowing.