Hello All
Well started to make a front bumpers for my Ride

looks good speed. How did you do the ends, bought or made pieces.

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.

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.

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

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...

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

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

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

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

Looks good, rear bumper and nerfs in the future?

yep soon on rear bump nerfs are half way done

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!

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
Print
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

Got some set aside for your best cusotmer I hope right???

We need to get you a Pilot so you can start making bumpers and nerfs for them..........................

Awesome, thanks Speed.

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

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