So after a bit of dismantling, grinding, cutting, more grinding, welding, seam sealing, painting and reassembling, the new bumper has been bolted on 2inches higher on the chassis.
Now for a few pics.
Came home to a parcel on thursday night.
Friday morning the work bench was put outside and the back yard engineering began.
Started off with some 90x90 box section
Cut it to this shape so it cleared the 2inch body spacers and the flimsy cross member (don't know the proper name).
Took my old track rod and cut it down to size to make some crush tubes
Used the hole saw to drill a big hole so i had more area to weld it on top of the chassis rail
Bolted the bumper through the top hole on the chassis leg then propped it up to get the right angle before tacking the new bracket in place.
Once tacked on i also marked where the top holes needed to be drilled on the new bracket. It was then a case of welding all edge that were in contact with the chassis and welding the crush tubes in the right place.
A liberal coating of tigerseal then hammerite was applied
Once it was dry it was just a case of putting the front end back on and bolting the bumper in place.
Quite pleased with the results, took the best part of a day but i think it needed to be done to improve the overall looks. Looks a bit **** when there's a gap between the bumper and the body.
Now just need to work out what i'm going to do for the rear bumper
Got my hands on some 60mm tube so i'll be using that some how.
Cheers
Ben
