Silverado Bumper Build #2!!

[Easemaster3000 [Veteran Member]]

It gets even better folks!! Here is the second bumper I build for a 2002 Chevy Silverado. In my personal opinion I kick my self in the @$$ for not getting mine built this good.

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Here is the truck prior to any modifications.

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Tear down time I think there's a total of 12 bolts that hold the factory bumper on 6 on each side I'm not really sure it was back in August when I built it

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As I did on my bumper I cut the factory bumper mounts off it's the only way to make it solid. How ever I did make actual mounting plates this time in which I cut 4 peices of quarter inch steel same size tacked them all together and drilled 4 holes in each corner. This way they'll all line up.

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Here are some fab pics I got...sorry I didn't take many pics before the outer shell was on when I start building I just get carried away

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Here is my buddy Bryan plasma cutting some peices out for me

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An here is one more pic before I go to bed. This picture would have shown what all I had accomplished from Friday night to Saturday night. Here is the basic mock up of the bumper just tacked together

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I'll try to get the rest of the pics posted up tommorrow so y'all can see it all done!!

Here we go again here are the corners where the bumper meets the fender...this is how I wanted to do mine an I just couldn't make it work but anyway this looks way better



And here it is with the winch holes drilled an winch mounted



And as the first weekend came to an end this is the shell spot welded out

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Now the start of weekend number 2 of course trimming some gussets I sheared



This picture shows some of the braceing behind the bumper....I don't think I have a pic of the braces that run out to each wing though



And this is me cutting out the fog light holes...only action shot I get



On the foglight holes I took 4 1/2" pipe cut it to the angle the wings are at an welded er on for a slight sleeker look

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Here I am sanding with a flap disk



And here is the sanded product



All sanded she was ready for a coat of primer



3 o'clock in the morning an 3 coats of paint later



Fog lights installed



I'm tryin to work here an your over there snoring



Here's the moment you've all been waiting for the finished product and after being 800 dollars richer I still honestly didn't charge enough







And the Warn 8274 sits beautifully in place



Hope yall enjoyed

[balage [Veteran Member]]

[GPD605X [Veteran Member]]

Looks good! Wish I could build me one.

[T Smith [Veteran Member]]

That does look good, how thick is that plate you're using?

[dvdswan [Veteran Member]]

nice. looks very stout. more. need more.

[Easemaster3000 [Veteran Member]]

That does look good, how thick is that plate you're using?

I used 1/4 for the center where the winch mounts an the rest is 3/16....I used 3/16 on my front bumper an it bowed after winching

[Rhino [Veteran Member]]

$800 is a pretty reasonable price if he was your buddy, you could probably get a few hundred more from other folks, looks good, i wish i had a plasma cutter and big wire welder at home, i usually bum ours at work for my stuff

[Easemaster3000 [Veteran Member]]

$800 is a pretty reasonable price if he was your buddy, you could probably get a few hundred more from other folks, looks good, i wish i had a plasma cutter and big wire welder at home, i usually bum ours at work for my stuff

Yea your right most people say well I ca buy a ranch hand for that price but in my opinion most of your aftermarket bumpers want hold up to the abuse this bumper will...I actually pay a buddy to use his shop for any bumper work I do..I've bout decided to charge 800 or 900 just for bumper an then an extra 150 for the 2 round foglights set back in the bumper lights included...it's a task to get the pipe right for the lights

[Rhino [Veteran Member]]

yeah i know what you mean

[Easemaster3000 [Veteran Member]]

I now have this bumper and finally got tow tabs welded on.