I need front bumper plates.

[heapxj]

Anyone know where to get pre drilled front bumper mount plates? I'm talking about the ones that mount down the frame rail past the steering box. I will be making a bumper and I'm just too lazy to trace out my frame. Thanks.

[HeavyMetal]

heapxj said:

Anyone know where to get pre drilled front bumper mount plates? I'm talking about the ones that mount down the frame rail past the steering box. I will be making a bumper and I'm just too lazy to trace out my frame. Thanks.

you may be able to buy em from marty at rocklizard

www.rocklizardfabrications.com

or maybe shoot the guys at JCR a mail
www.jcroffroad.com

or make it yo'self

www.twisted-halo.com/digicam/xj/Bumper%20mount.pdf

all the holes there are right except for the front 2, they are a bit too far forward(at least on my XJ they were a good inch or so) so ull wanna double check for those, just measure them against the other holes in the diagram on ur jeep.

[heapxj]

Cool, thanks. Yeah maybe I will do it myself. Do you know if both sides have the same hole dimensions? If so I can just trace my steering box brace for both sides and add a few holes up front. I'm thinking 1/4", sound right?

[HeavyMetal]

1/4" plates is spot on for mount plates. if you do d-ring tabs, weld them direct to the mount plates, and make them 3/4" tabs.

but yeah the brackets are identical for both sides, sorry i keep movin ur stuff lol, this has just become more of a tech thread

you can see how we did it on mine

[heapxj]

I like your bumper. I'm gonna do the same thing but I'm gonna use 2"x4" box stock like I did for my friend's rear bumper this weekend. Don't worry about moving the thread, its in a better place now, ahha. - Ben

Sorry there is no pic of the final product because it was too dark for my P.O.S. camera. Anyway it's not done yet because we still have to wrap the bumper under the quarter and back to the frame rail.