Project sneak peak.

Post by **landshark** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 10:01 pm

Been working on my new project a bit - can't take credit for it all but I am customizing it a bit and doing some finish welding before i paint it...

Wanted a 18" LED but a buddy of mine needed it and gave me the 2 stage 20" instead.. guess i will live with it ;)

Working on getting the new syntheic line and fairlead.. will be drilling one more hole up front to fit a standard 10" hawse fairlead.

Post by **Kinder** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 10:11 pm

That's going to look sharp!

Post by **Jesus_man** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 2:34 am

Nice work Chris! Did you and a guy-who-shall-remain-nameless create this from scratch? I want to see what you have on the backside. Consider any hi-lift jacking points? A very nice looking bumper for sure!

Post by **ZOSO** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 6:52 am

Nice job Chris,

Been a long time coming for that and glad to see it come about now.

Post by **Entourage** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 7:58 am

That is going to look great - is that for the Red NM Bronco that you have been building for me? smokin

Post by **Digger** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 8:24 am

Very nice!

Love the LED lighting!

Post by **cravenbronco** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 9:40 am

Looks great now I want one lol

Post by **landshark** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 9:44 am

Jesus_man wrote:Nice work Chris! Did you and a guy-who-shall-remain-nameless create this from scratch? I want to see what you have on the backside. Consider any hi-lift jacking points? A very nice looking bumper for sure!

Chris Hefty (heftyfabworks.com) created this from my requests.. I took a day off and finished it with him working on nuances and then brought it home and have been working on some other stuff in my garage to customize it to my use. I think I pretty much have the welding done and might try to heat up the garage this weekend to paint it.

I moved this way up on the front of the bronco to stop the snaggle tooth bumper I had on there before due to a 3" body lift - the bumper actually sits slightly higher than the frame horns so I added little ramps to the bottom to cover the frame. i will get some pics once its painted.

I didnt' think of adding any hi lift jack points on this and not sure where I would put them without being "snags". I could just use the d-rings if i had to.

The back side isn't that pretty as most of the welds are mine :)

There are two plates that slide into the frame where they bolt to a 1/2" plate welded into the frame itself. I added some horizontal braces to help with the lateral movement on the bumper mounting points but we are pretty sure the frame will break before the bumper.

Working on the Warn 8200 scope creep at the moment.. looking at replacing the solenoids with a solid state Albright solenoid (http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SPW-90-14452/) or the Warn unit which is a bit better but so is the price.. (http://www.amazon.com/WARN-34971-Contractor-FACTOR-Bracket/dp/B000OV6JKA)

plus the synthetic line.. and fairlead and and and ;)

Post by **Jesus_man** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 11:04 am

Ahh, I think I ran into his father at a Costco one time after he saw a t-shirt I was wearing. Really looks like some good stuff. I can't wait for more pics!

Post by **Justin** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 12:56 pm

Looks great! I'm not sure if you need to open up the hole for the winch line any, but if you want to use the plasma we can knock it out.

Post by **landshark** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 3:45 pm

Justin wrote:Looks great! I'm not sure if you need to open up the hole for the winch line any, but if you want to use the plasma we can knock it out.

i had to close it up actually. The winch i have has a fairlead bolt spacing of 11 1/4" rather than the 10" standard.. i welded in a section so that I can run a standard 10" hawse style fairlead.

Post by **mickphatmac** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:22 pm

LESS Sneaky!!!

MORE Peeky!!!

Post by **Digger** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 9:14 pm

landshark wrote:
Jesus_man wrote:Nice work Chris! Did you and a guy-who-shall-remain-nameless create this from scratch? I want to see what you have on the backside. Consider any hi-lift jacking points? A very nice looking bumper for sure!

Chris Hefty (heftyfabworks.com) created this from my requests..

I went wheeling with him a few years back. Good guy.

Post by **landshark** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 10:46 pm

Got everything fitted, drilled and tested. Now onto primer. Paint tomorrow. A little concerned with air flow into the radiator but I will cross that bridge when the time comes.

Post by **ZOSO** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 6:23 am

Just an FYI that marker writing will bleed through the paint also as it did the primer.

Post by **landshark** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 8:14 am

ZOSO wrote:Just an FYI that marker writing will bleed through the paint also as it did the primer.

i put another couple of coats on it after this picutre and you can't really see it. i think the paint should cover it as iam brushing it on then might hit the final coat with a light spray depending on the color. Trying the hammered paint.

Post by **Jesus_man** » Mon Mar 02, 2015 2:55 am

Hammered paint covers a lot of that sort of thing. Or maybe just makes it blend in.

Post by **landshark** » Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:30 am

Final coat of hammered, didn't like that it was more of a grey - but already knew it would be

So decided to make it black - final coat and set to cure for 5-6 days. Seems like it will hold up very well, wish it was warmer but got the garage to 62 F

Hopefully get it mounted up toward the end of the week and then move on to the rear tire carrier ;)

Post by **Jesus_man** » Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:32 am

Yeah, I remember the black coming out more gray as well. But I just went with it...

Looks good and it'll look great installed!

Post by **Justin** » Mon Mar 02, 2015 9:47 am

Did you use Hammerite?

Post by **TOOLMAN** » Mon Mar 02, 2015 9:56 am

That's real nice, Clark...

Post by **landshark** » Mon Mar 02, 2015 10:14 am

Justin wrote:Did you use Hammerite?

yes, "black" but its really - grey.. i top coated it with black rustoleoum

Post by **Justin** » Mon Mar 02, 2015 10:16 am

I'm using the same stuff on my axles. I like the color for them, but good call on topcoating it.

Post by **landshark** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 6:12 pm

Everything works. Wiring isn't final but it's run for now hopefully get the rest of my parts this week and I can start building my panel.

Two more weeks I can pick up my synthetic line and fairlead

Post by **akaFrankCastle** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 7:21 pm

What's going on with that drivers side coil?

Post by **landshark** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 8:48 pm

akaFrankCastle wrote:What's going on with that drivers side coil?

its not that bad, camera warp... they bend slightly never had an issue with them

Post by **Moab Mike** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 6:27 am

That is pure sexy right there!

Post by **landshark** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 7:30 am

When I first mounted the bumper the body was an inch higher on the passenger-side I had to remove almost half an inch of spacers in the body mount. To get it close. No idea why he had that many shims in the body mount.

Post by **ZOSO** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 7:42 am

Looks good.

Where are you getting a synthetic line from? Im thinking of going with these guys.

http://olympusoffroad.3dcartstores.com/ ... _c_11.html

Post by **landshark** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 7:49 am

Custom splice. 125' of 3/8" line with all the goodies including hawse fairlead. Slightly less than $500 includes shipping. I priced several places and he's priced pretty good.

www.ColoradoClassicBroncos.com