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| Author: | speedchaser [ Sat Nov 22, 2008 11:55 am ] | ||||
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Hello All Well started to make a front bumpers for my Ride
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| Author: | adnoh [ Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:36 pm ] |
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looks good speed. How did you do the ends, bought or made pieces. |
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| Author: | speedchaser [ Sat Nov 22, 2008 7:05 pm ] | ||||
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Hello well I scraped the above bumper after hoser sent me some pic's of other front bumpers. Thanks I changed the front angel made bumper 5" wider Thanks for looking SpeedChaser 
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| Author: | hoser [ Sat Nov 22, 2008 7:20 pm ] | |||
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speedchaser wrote: Hello well I scraped the above bumper after hoser sent me some pic's of other front bumpers. Thanks
I changed the front angel made bumper 5" wider Thanks for looking SpeedChaser Nice! Are the upper mounts too strong? We have had this bumper discussion many times since the LIEwire bumper fiasco http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9epoTz5pfm0 You seem to be a bright and civilized human open to new ideas so perhaps we should discuss them again? I took some pics of the upper mounts on a stock Pilot front bumper and the front bumper I fabricated for my Pilot. First the Stock Pilot bumper mounts, they are pretty much sheet metal that is design to give, IMO they give too easily, you can kick the bumper real hard with your foot and make it move, when you hit something harder it pushes the bumper to the frame.
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| Author: | hoser [ Sat Nov 22, 2008 7:22 pm ] | ||||
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Here are pics of the bumper I built, after seeing KIOWA smash a few of the bumpers I built him I think the upper mounts you see in these pics might be slightly too strong, they are made of 1/8" material, I will be taking the bumper off to repaint it when I do I am going to take a cut wheel and score the upper mounts to thin out the metal and provide a weak point for them to bend if I ever hit something.
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| Author: | hoser [ Sat Nov 22, 2008 7:33 pm ] |
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Some other bumper pics http://www.pilotodyssey.com/sl99-2.htm http://www.pilotodyssey.com/oops/oops.htm Here is a mock up of the 4th bumper I was going to build for Kiowa to test lmao http://www.pilotodyssey.com/newbumper.htm |
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| Author: | hoser [ Sat Nov 22, 2008 7:41 pm ] | |||||
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Here is a ATVR Desert bumper on my wifes Pilot, I think the mounts are too strong, Pilotman can comment here this is his old bumper he crashed long ago and I rebuilt, he should have before pics some place...
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| Author: | speedchaser [ Sun Nov 23, 2008 2:23 pm ] | ||||
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Hello prototype 3 After seeing pic's of other bumpers I felt that the bumper was going to be to stiff and not to be able to collapse. So this is what I came up with four 1/8" thick plates that hold the front bar all together spacers can be added to make it more stiff . I'm planing on putting a strap in front of both 1/8" plates to box them in for mounting a skid plate Thanks For looking Speed Chaser
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| Author: | Ody_Stable [ Sun Nov 23, 2008 2:41 pm ] |
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That is very good looking, I especially like the approach angle, looks much safer than the stock bumper's. Sweet! |
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| Author: | hoser [ Sun Nov 23, 2008 3:44 pm ] |
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Ody_Stable wrote: That is very good looking, I especially like the approach angle, looks much safer than the stock bumper's.
Sweet! Add a nice .125 thick aluminum skid and its really nice 
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| Author: | litespeed [ Sun Nov 23, 2008 9:17 pm ] |
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That is some pretty impressive fab work Speedchaser! I keep getting more and more "thoughts" of building my own buggy to have a try at fab work. Very impressed. Tom |
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| Author: | hoser [ Sun Nov 23, 2008 9:21 pm ] |
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litespeed wrote: That is some pretty impressive fab work Speedchaser!
I keep getting more and more "thoughts" of building my own buggy to have a try at fab work. Very impressed. Tom Do it! Your fab skills on the Drakart mods and repairs looked top notch.. 
You thinking 2 seater? |
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| Author: | litespeed [ Sun Nov 23, 2008 9:36 pm ] |
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hoser wrote: litespeed wrote: That is some pretty impressive fab work Speedchaser! I keep getting more and more "thoughts" of building my own buggy to have a try at fab work. Very impressed. Tom Do it! Your fab skills on the Drakart mods and repairs looked top notch.. You thinking 2 seater? No it would have to be a single seat car. I'd end up doing something stupid with my son in the car and regret it. I still plan on getting a RZR or the like for the 2 seat thing. I'd basicly make something similar to my Drak with 4 stroke power and a REAL frame. I need to track down most of the parts before I really give it much more thought. Tom |
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| Author: | hoser [ Sun Nov 23, 2008 10:31 pm ] |
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litespeed wrote: hoser wrote: litespeed wrote: That is some pretty impressive fab work Speedchaser! I keep getting more and more "thoughts" of building my own buggy to have a try at fab work. Very impressed. Tom Do it! Your fab skills on the Drakart mods and repairs looked top notch.. You thinking 2 seater? No it would have to be a single seat car. I'd end up doing something stupid with my son in the car and regret it. I still plan on getting a RZR or the like for the 2 seat thing. I'd basicly make something similar to my Drak with 4 stroke power and a REAL frame. I need to track down most of the parts before I really give it much more thought. Tom viewtopic.php?t=4890&highlight= |
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| Author: | speedchaser [ Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:59 pm ] | |||||||
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update well worked on the front bumpers to day. Ended up running with a 2" top tube because of the good deal on the tubing Plus gave more approach angel I'm building 4 extra this time around thanks For looking SpeedChaser
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| Author: | hoser [ Thu Jun 04, 2009 9:24 pm ] |
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Looks good, rear bumper and nerfs in the future? |
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| Author: | speedchaser [ Thu Jun 04, 2009 9:33 pm ] |
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hoser wrote: Looks good, rear bumper and nerfs in the future?
yep soon on rear bump nerfs are half way done |
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| Author: | bugeye59 [ Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:17 am ] |
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Very nice Speed.Well done Mate! But a bigger one would look nicer on the front of my racing Drakart!
AND even BIGGER ones for Tom's and Hoosier's buggies to suit their driving style!
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| Author: | speedchaser [ Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:10 pm ] | |||||
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mozzy wrote: I may be asking too much here, but, would you be willing to give me the plans to make one of your front bumpers for the 350? If not, I understand. It's just that the design is great & would cost a bit too much in shipping from the US. Cheers . Hello I will Post the centers brackets plans on forum the other is self done bottom bar can be had from stock bumper witch is 1-3/4" Diameter the top bar can be made to your taste top diameter is 2" approximately 29-1/4" long thanks SpeedChaser The pdf template will print out full scale Go to File Page Scaling (( NONE )) the 3 1/4" holes are there to hold them all together about 7/8" a part I used 7/8" nut as temporary spacers. there are four plates needed for one bumper. I used the frame of the fl350 as a fixture to weld it all together thanks SpeedChaser
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| Author: | mudbogger [ Fri Jun 12, 2009 4:41 pm ] |
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Got some set aside for your best cusotmer I hope right??? |
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| Author: | afastcar [ Fri Jun 12, 2009 6:34 pm ] |
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We need to get you a Pilot so you can start making bumpers and nerfs for them.......................... |
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| Author: | mozzy [ Sat Jun 13, 2009 6:43 am ] |
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Awesome, thanks Speed. |
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| Author: | mudbogger [ Mon Jul 20, 2009 9:13 pm ] |
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FOR SALE friend or no?
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| Author: | speedchaser [ Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:38 pm ] |
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Mudbogger wrote: FOR SALE friend or no? Will be posting in the for sale viewtopic.php?p=48373#48373 I have 5 ready to go out next week Wednesday Thursday waiting for box's to ship them in After they sell I will make another set Thanks SpeedChaser
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| Author: | speedchaser [ Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:04 am ] | |||||||
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make some bracket for a skid plat mount Note the brackets only bolt on one side of the bracket so the bumper can still collapse
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