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Old 12-26-2008, 05:04 AM   #10
MrBeast
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Re: Doing somthing sneaky for christmas.

So the face of the bumper is complete less the light holes.



Doing the bottom edge of the bumper was a nightmare, Every cut was a compound miter cut, and my saw isn't a compound miter saw, this means for every different angle, I had to build a jig.



This is VERY time consuming, but I got it done. Tomorrow should go realitively fast compared to today. I am going to whack the old bumper off the truck first thing after snaping a few photos of it. Then I am going to get busy with it. First order of business will be to build the brackets, and get the bumper mountable, then I will build the end plates, and contour them to match the wheel well. Then I will add some gussets to the back side to make it way stronger, and I need to cut the holes for the lights in, and weld in the pipe rings and brackets to mount the lights.

Need to do all of this by like 4:00 or so and have the bumper mouted on the truck to go over to dinner and suprize him. Time is going to be ticking. Speaking of which, its 3:10 am, and I desperately need a shower.

'Night all!
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