I have watched this video several times over the last couple of years, I am in awe of Martin and his skills,.... So Cool! I have a Cherokee XJ and can only dream of having it look as nice as his, ha sets a very high standard,.... Thanks!
I understand that custom work takes a lot especially if your not a big company and don't have the machinery to help out like water jet and so on never the less great job and keep the vids coming they are very helpful thank you ...... Bryan
Martin, your bumper is beyond belief! My question is did you tie into the nutstrips or just the four bolts on the OEM brackets? Anything else tied in on the unibody anywhere else? What are your thoughts on the strengths of only using the 4 bolts? I just installed a Shittybilt. I also installed a set of Ironman 4x4 Fab SRBs. I was thinking ahead. If you install the Genrite Fuel Cell and Skid plate, they're going to have to be installed last. So I put the SRBs first and the cut out sections of the Shittybilt Bumper Brackets and only used the very last nutstrip bolt. There's no way to really use them all together unless you bury the skid plate and fuel cell. You'd have to remove the bumper brackets and the SRBs just to replace a fuel pump!!! Also I noticed that you reveresed the JKS shackles? What hole did you use on the SRB? Are you using the factory hole on the front leaf spring eye? I have the Ironman 4x4 Fab front brackets that have 4 holes. I'm using the hole closest to OEM...
It was an existing tire carrier that I used the metal went down inside the unibody frame and attached to existing holes that were in the unibody. and then the rear quarters of the bumper are also tied to the body. Yeah sometimes you goyt to plan ahead and one project should be done before the other. Thank you for watching 🙂
your welcome martin,all you videos that i have watched are so very well done and great info.i have an xj myself here in England..and im liking it very much,please keep up the good work on your XJ and also the videos.regards Den.
no I don't have a sheet metal bender. all the bending was done by scoring the backside of the metal with a cut off wheel on a angle grinder. then by clamping the metal on the edge of my welding table and clamping another piece of that I used as a lever to bend the metal.
I'm not sure I understand. The piece of metal directly under and behind the taillight I made from 1/8 thick steel. It is there for cosmetic purposes only.
Martin- beautiful work! I don't suppose -would u by chance have any drawings of the components for this project? I have access to the equipment to make this, but very limited time to do a "trial and error" fab... thanks!
I have a 99 S10 Blazer that I hate the factory marshmallow looking bumper. Being the bumper itself is the lower rear quarter panel I was trying to figure out what or how to make it fill in correctly. This is a superb instructional video👍👍👍👍👍
friend a question that you used in your tube bumper ... Might publish measures? to make one like it, thank you greetings. from Venezuela I use google translator.
I'm using the JKS boomerang shackles installed backwards that works better on this particular application. and I also have the Rough Country shackle relocation. This combination seems to give me tons of travel.
Buddy congratulation your ride is amazing, I love your videos im starting my project with a 93 XJ and I would really hope finish with a beautiful machine like yours!!. very good videos!!!
Hi Martin, I had a question. I’d like to make my own tire carrier bumper eventually as well. Do you think it would be sturdy enough to tow from without plates tied in to the nutstrips?
How did you fab the curve in the bumper. That you mentioned around 9:57 from the pics in the beginning of the video it looks like originally it was one straight piece of box tube. I’m guessing you notched it or a pie cut? Anyone care to chime in. Thanks for the advise
Thomas Campos Yes I laid the tubing in a chop saw and and made a cut on three sides. Then I took a come along and put a hook on each of the tube and by ratcheting it it pulls and puts the bend into the pipe. Then welded seams shut.
Gotcha. Thx anyway. I would've paid around $500 for something like this. I thought you were trying to get into business with this. Best of luck in all your endeavors.
