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I have all the pieces from the factory rack sitting in my basement left over from my roof rack replacement project. PM me and I can set you up.

Thanks guys - sure glad to have this one behind me! Simon - the bumber takes a little different line then the stock bumper fascia but it does not interfere with the tire at the top of suspension travel. I know what you mean though - yesterday when I got it on I took it out to a parking lot so that I...

Well it is on the truck and almost done. Only things remaining are aiming the fog lights and filling in the horizontal space between the bumper and the lights. I want to thank all the members that have contributed with thoughts and ideas as I was designing and building it – having you guys there to ...

Hey Deeker - My experience is with POR 15 and it has been a very positive one. I don’t know anything about the rust bullet, so I can’t speak to that. As far as the POR 15 I selected it because of what I read and I wanted to have a ‘do it your self’ solution for my X projects that I can do in my gara...

I agree that SAS is the way to go for off-road capabilities. Staying as IFS is only something that has crossed my mind and I do like a few features of it for a rock solid DD with greatly improved off road reliability over stock 2nd gen setup. With the IFS the steering system would be more native to ...

I have often wondered if it would be possible to switch over to something like an F-150 drive train. It would be a lot of research and fab work, but it would open up the aftermarket possibilities and replacement parts are everywhere and cheap. Off the top of my head, I am thinking fitting in a front...

Welcome to the club - you have a nice looking truck there.

Well it was a very busy week with some very late nights, but I was determined to get it dropped off for sandblasting today. I got the skid plate fitted, most of the ABS is fitted, and everything is cleaned up. I dropped it of this morning and will have it back on Monday. Here are a couple of poser s...

Believe it or not I have actually been working on this quite a bit, but with the shape of the bumper set the progress and hours are hard to spot. I got it all welded and cleaned up and fitted my abs webbing. One of the major challenges was to get the fog light sockets fitted since they have to be al...

Happy Birthday Carri - Now get out there and do some doughnuts in the parking lot.

This job is becoming an exercise in patience. I wish I had more of an update as I have been working on this most of my available time, but the bumper is pretty much looking the same. The latest challenge was getting the recovery points into place. The rough opening was cut with a grinder and filed t...

Rev - thank you for the compliment. There will be significant progress next week with pictures to follow. Mike - I have not thought of riveting the panels into place - I will give that some thought this weekend as I will be stepping away from the project. Once again you have given me something to th...

Ron actually turned me onto ABS and I am quite excited to try it out for a number of reasons: - I can work it using my woodworking tools (table saw and router) - I have no experience or tools to work with thin metal/aluminum and I don’t think I could do it justice welding it into position. - from wh...

Hey Ron - that is a good writeup and is along the lines of what I was thinking. In the beam deflection scenario, the beam will fail on the tension side of the member, not on the compression side, so the tensile strength of the material is the best number that I can think of using in my evaluation. S...

Not much to report from the last few day. I wish someone would have told me how reasonable laser cutting is - I just spent two nights hunched over 3/16 flat stock with a sawzall and a grinder making gussets and cutting my fog light brackets. A buddy of mine did me a huge favour and got my recovery p...

Hey Mike – you have given me a lot to think about over the last 12 hours. I am definitely not an expert on this and I wish that I could consult an expert, but I do have a degree in Engineering Physics so I feel that I am at least competent to look at this problem from that perspective. On the practi...

Hey Mike - Here is what I am planning for the recovery point. It is 1/2" bar that is inserted from the back of the tube, welded on the back and front, with a physical feature that will prevent it from pulling through. The tube it is going through is notched at both ends and gusseted to perpendi...

Here is an update from this weekend - got the light hoops in and added the support structure. Here is what it looks like on the truck... http://i822.photobucket.com/albums/zz147/gham35/X_Front%20Bumper/IMG_2108.jpg still a lot to do but it is getting there. I have updated the Photobucket album link ...

Once again thank you for the compliments and for tuning in. Another cold one out there tonight! Not much more done other than cutting/grinding the wing end supports into place. http://i822.photobucket.com/albums/zz147/gham35/X_Front%20Bumper/IMG_2097.jpg Pete – come by any time buddy – if you see th...

Well it was a very cold night in the shop since I was working on the frame brackets and fitting the bumper to the X. That means the garage door was open with half the X inside and half outside. I sure hate taking the OEM fascia on and off constantly, so when it is off I got to get as much done as po...