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Tue Jan 05, 2010 5:34 pm

I am building a class 11 look alike out of a 67 bug.I want to beef up the stock bumpers does anyone have any suggestions?I was thinking of using 2"x2" square tubing and contuing it to my bumper and putting it behind the bumper.

Tue Jan 05, 2010 6:32 pm

you could use 1/4 inch or bigger flatbar the length of the bumper and put bolts through the bumper to hold it. you could add angle gussets. more or less build a bumper out of heavier steel and skin it with the stock bumper.

Tue Jan 05, 2010 6:38 pm

There used to be sold of through the parts accessories.
About a 1" square steel tube that was curved to fit inside the bumpers.

Tue Jan 05, 2010 6:41 pm

Wed Jan 06, 2010 4:02 pm

blitzschnell racing wrote: Why?

I plan on taking it into the woods often and that tiny bumper will bend easy.

Do you remember who sold the 1" bracing or who would have some more info?

Wed Jan 06, 2010 4:53 pm

Would not be hard to make your own.
Get a piece of square or round steel tubing, and start shaping it to the back side of your bumper.
When you are satisfied, then drill holes to match the stock bumper mount holes.
Go to the local hardware store and get stainless carriage bolts long enought to mount through the bumper and the stiffener.

Wed Jan 06, 2010 5:05 pm

here is the bumper i built for the hunting truggy. it does a good job pushing heavy brush and small trees over. i do plan to add a skidplate also. i cut off the ends of the stock bumper mounts and extended it out with heavy flat bar to the bumper.

Wed Jan 06, 2010 5:40 pm

Just go to class 11 coalition.

Wed Jan 06, 2010 11:16 pm

ottvw wrote: blitzschnell racing wrote: Why?

I plan on taking it into the woods often and that tiny bumper will bend easy.

Do you remember who sold the 1" bracing or who would have some more info?

You might want it to bend or you may end up bending the body instead

or plan on tieing braces into the body and bumper brackets.