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Any special projects involving a decent amount of fab work (bumpers, sliders, roof racks, etc)

by ErikSS » Sat Oct 31, 2015 12:32 pm

I dig it. I'm pretty happy with the MDB kit though.
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by HARDTRAILZ » Sat Oct 31, 2015 2:41 pm

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by v7guy » Sat Oct 31, 2015 3:42 pm

Kyle and Erik suck! :raspberry:
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by ErikSS » Sat Oct 31, 2015 4:39 pm

Jason, quit being so mean to this kid! Man! What a jerk! Leon, has anyone asked you what kind of terrain you're interested in? Sand, Modest mud, Trail riding... That bumper should be fine. I think it looks pretty cool. Man, we just have to get that Jason in line. Guy is CRAZY.
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by v7guy » Sat Oct 31, 2015 4:54 pm

I think I might of been told that a couple times...
I'd be happy to have that on my truck to fend off those fugawi and jackalope infestations we run across. They're brutal in those larger fields with high weeds.
I think Robert almost lost his radiator because of one, so did Matt, and then there was the particularly big jackalope Dave ran over that pierced his gas tank!
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by ErikSS » Sat Oct 31, 2015 5:01 pm

Lions Tigers and Bears! Oh My! But Fugawi are straight up scary.
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by DirtyBacon04 » Sat Oct 31, 2015 5:02 pm

Jason, that might may have prevented your love affair with that nice tree, though... so mmuch good came out of that
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by ErikSS » Sat Oct 31, 2015 5:23 pm

Good point Bacon. If Jasons bumper held, this bumper should be golden!
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by v7guy » Sat Oct 31, 2015 5:50 pm

Oh little tree of doom, how I miss thee!

I can't even imagine the madness Bacon has seen in his travels! The horrors! I assume there are things worse than fugawi and jackalope, I ain't ran across em yet.
That Bigfoot that shattered James windshield was pretty bad now that I think of it. If James had a bumper like this one maybe he could've mowed down that bad boy at full throttle!
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by ErikSS » Sat Oct 31, 2015 6:12 pm

Leon, how do you feel about this Bigfoot Killer name for your bumper?
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by TBYODA » Sat Oct 31, 2015 7:19 pm

v7guy wrote:Oh little tree of doom, how I miss thee!


This tree?
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by ErikSS » Sat Oct 31, 2015 7:23 pm

Broke Back Tree Love! Bwahahahaha
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by bartonmd » Sat Oct 31, 2015 8:35 pm

Feets001 wrote:I hindsight I should have merged the bottom tube end up to the top tube. There would be more approach angle. The middle part will be fine. I have never wheeled so " I don't know". Like I said earlier, all we have are trees, and limbs so I should be fine. Sorry about the rotated pic.. I'm an idiot.


Cool! I really wouldn't have guessed that, based on the first pic!

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by v7guy » Sat Oct 31, 2015 11:13 pm

Got any more pics Leon?

Generally you get your best angles by getting low, think camera height around bumper level... generally works for all vehicles.

Some good overall pics would be cool, everybody likes pics!
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