1995 Jeep Wrangler Don's Jeep Build

[Brody]

Don wanted me to build a rear bumper for his '95 Wrangler with a swingaway tire carrier. Duplications are from the swingaway carrier I am building for Juno's Cherokee. Here are the start pictures:

[Brody]

Second part. Plates hanging off the spindles are 1/4" steel and are for the double shear mounting to the bumper. And no, to answer any questions, the bumper is not going to over hang the sides of the Jeep 10":D. I haven't gotten to the 'cut to fit' point...

[ColoJeeper]

Pete......If this is for me....this is for the 95 Wrangler...not the Rubicon...

[Brody]

Ooops on my part....but only on the title...Right parts, right bumper, wrong year:lmao::lmao:

[MelloYello]

Pete is showing his age. :D

[MelloYello]

Seriously - Nice work Pete. Keep the picks coming. I am interested in doing one for my XJ.

[ColoJeeper]

Looking great Pete!

[Popsgarage]

Lookin' good Pete. Spindles are from A to Z???

[Brody]

Actually those are the same ones from JeepTubes and have a grease zerk. The A to Z ones do not. Not that that is a real selling point on the difference.

[Brody]

Here is the update on Don's rear bumper. Pretty much waiting on the Jeep right now for final adjustment on tire carrier height and for the location of the bumper mounts. Everything above the swing arm is just tacked in place right now.

[Java]

Nice!! so much better than the factory "Bumperettes" !! Is that MelloYellow across the street in the last pic?

[Brody]

Is that MelloYellow across the street in the last pic?

Yeah, he was skulking in the neighborhood....I am doing a bit of 'find the mystery noises' and check and tighten stuff on his rig today.

[Mporter]

Actually those are the same ones from JeepTubes and have a grease zerk. The A to Z ones do not. Not that that is a real selling point on the difference.

Mine have those too. Bought from Comp4x4.com

http://www.comp4x4.com/Bearing-Housing-for-use-with-1750-pound-Spindle-and-84-type-spindles.html

[Brody]

Update. The first picture shows classic powder coating issues. These were the existing bumper mounting brackets. The powder coating lifted off with a putty knife and revealed a massive amount of rust underneath. Ever wonder why almost all of the fabricators paint their stuff and offer 'powder coating' as an option?

[Mporter]

Nice looking welds ya got going there Pete :thumb:

[Beefy]

Awesome as usual Pete!!

[Brody]

Thanks!

Nice looking welds ya got going there Pete

I have been practicing:lmao::lmao::lmao:

[4runner freak]

Nice work, Pete!
Bumpers are looking good.

[Popsgarage]

I like the mounting stud idea Pete!

[Brody]

Shoot me a PM, Jonathan, and I'll hook you up with that mount set up. It worked sweet!

Next in line as I was waiting for the paint to dry on the rear, were the sliders. I cut off the existing ones, added two more mounting points to the frame with plates, used the existing two frame plates that were already there, and added gussets to all of them. I have yet to add the tube kicker, but since I have to do a hoop for the front bumper/winch, I figured I would bend everything at the same time. The sliders were pretty straight forward.

[Brody]

Next was the front bumper. Nothing to take or cut off here, just figure out some mounts and how the ends were to be tucked back. Don wanted a stubby, but also wanted the ends clipped and returned back to the wheels a bit, with the addition of two tow points. It will get a winch hoop tomorrow when I bend the slider stuff.

[Rick]

nice work;;;;; I will be talking to you later about my sliders. not really a need but would like to make them better

[Brody]

Yeah Rick, I did to Don's what I suggested doing to yours pretty much, but you have more mounting points, so it would be a matter of beefing them and replacing the outer parts.

[ColoJeeper]

Looking good Pete....I like it. Have hated that chrome crap since the day I bought that jeep. Nice work!

[Heather]

Have hated that chrome crap
Chris could give you plenty of advice on painting over chrome... :erm:

Looks really nice as always, Pete!!

[Popsgarage]

Shoot me a PM, Jonathan, and I'll hook you up with that mount set up. It worked sweet!

Will do, when I actually get some time.

[Brody]

All the funky retro chrome goodies are gone, front bumper done, rear painted and mounted and serious sliders installed.

Here are the before and after:

[Brody]

And the last couple. Clever eyes will notice the shining stuff on the winch fairlead. Surprising what a MF brush on a grinder will do to rust.......:lmao::lmao::lmao: The rust was jacking my clean/ shiny/new photos all up. Took about 60 seconds to spin the rust off....

[Beefy]

Much better! Excellent work as usual!

Need to get my rig over to you again soon. I just need to get the damn bushings!

[MelloYello]

That looks ready to rock. Nice work Pete.

[ColoJeeper]

Great Job Pete.....was a pleasure doing business with you. Will do so again!

[Popsgarage]

Shoot me a PM, Jonathan, and I'll hook you up with that mount set up. It worked sweet!

Meant to ask you about them last week, but got busy and ran out of time. Where did you get 'em or was it something you dreamed up.

[glacierpaul]

Nice job as always Pete!!:thumb:

[ctracy5]

Love the bumpers!!

[95tacoma]

Looks awesome!:bowdown:

[Brody]

Thanks! Don was happy, too!

[ColoJeeper]

Very pleased Pete....thanks again!

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o76/ColoJeeper/Cars/IMG_0336.jpg

[WDoG]

Great work. Very clean! Can't wait for you to take a look at the Rodeo for some sliders!