Has anyone tried making a bumper?

I was wondering if anyone has tried making a steel replacement bumper for the renegade. If not, what do you think would make it difficult.

I am considering building one, but would like others insight before I rip the Rene to pieces to go for it. Would like a light bar mount and winch mount integrated as well.
I've built off-road bumpers before but having nothing to really copy the look of so far has made me a little wary to go for it on this.


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I built this as making a whole bumper was going to be too time consuming.


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Do like

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That looks nice


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I have a light bar mounted on top of it now.

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Is it over the stock piece there?


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Yes, it is 1/4" diamond plate. Sits about a 1/4" away from the stock bumper. It is mounted underneath at the same points as the factory skidplate and at the top it is mounted where the recovery hooks mount. I hit a racoon at 70mph and it didn't even dent it.....made a mess of the racoon though.....lol

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Nice, I think I'm going to try for the bumper just can't imagine taking the Rene out of service that long lol


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So....where's mine?

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You just need a 4' x8' sheet of 1/4" diamond plate. Bring it to my house, and a long weekend. It'll be fun!!

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If I hadn't moved to Vegas last weekend.....

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Vegas is cool.....

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Someone in Peru made this bumper. I am going to build a version of the bumper but with some modifications


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A dealer in Peru made that one actually.

And Vegas isn't cool, it's HOT AF lol

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Now seeing a better pic of it, that steel bumper is a half replacement. So the colored plastic attaches just like it would to the black plastic on the stock bumper.

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That bumper from Peru is a good start, I like it a lot actually. The "half" or "split" bumper may be the best idea because where the factory bumpers attach are very curvy and im not sure how one would manufacture a metal bumper to match up with the factory fenders and look good on there.

 

Can you post a pic with the light bar?

 

It's dirty.....

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I like that it's low profile.