Ok Jacob maybe bring the welder tomorrow. Wonder what would happen if I cut off the front ~1" of this L bracket. Might allow us to rotate the bumper a bit and still get the bolts threaded in...
I always think better with beer in me...
Ok Jacob maybe bring the welder tomorrow. Wonder what would happen if I cut off the front ~1" of this L bracket. Might allow us to rotate the bumper a bit and still get the bolts threaded in...
I always think better with beer in me...
welder and beer what time should I arrive?
Whenever your heart desires. If i'm still in bed past 7am i consider that a miracle.
lol - so glad we're past that stage.. I'll be there before lunch, but not early by any means
Anyone who's met my son will love this...
The little dude went in the garage after he got home tonight (my wife and i were in there looking at the Jeep), he walked right up to the bumper and said "Daddy, this is nice.... BUT you definitely need to put something here to fix this" as he pointed to the huge gaps in the sides.
..... thanks bud. Just got called out by my 4 year old lol
Lmao!Originally Posted by Matt
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Jon I know you will. But I also have a lot of respect for you and what you're doing for us, and small businesses in general (my dad is a small business owner, and he's a one man business), so I want to do everything I can to make it work.
I really wish you were there to witness the "test fit".. but hindsight is 20/20. And I can see your fab guy doing a bit of CYA right now; he probably built it side-by-side to yours and didn't have any reason to think it wouldn't fit. So i'm hoping this doesn't hurt your relationship with him, but maybe used as a "lessons learned". Hopefully show him the pictures so he see's how far off it is. The next time he makes one he may want to build it on your vehicle so he gets some of the tribal knowledge Doc had from making the original. Right now i basically have a really expensive prototype
I'm still going to hold true to my promise and write you some install instructions. And depending on how it goes today, there's a few areas where I think you can change a dimension or add a cut which will help with the install as well; or at least reduce the likelihood of someone having a tough time putting it on.
I have two main goals today:
1) Get it presentable so it's not embarrassing to leave it on.
2) Get it so the R&R is as easy as it should be. As of right now it's a two man job, puts a lot of stress on components and uses the hitch bolts to "wedge" it on; giving those threads a limited number of uses. Screwing up the threads on that L-bracket would be bad, really bad.
If you do this, run a bead of weld down the length of the bracket after you cut off the inch of material. If sure you already thought of this. Just my .02Ok Jacob maybe bring the welder tomorrow. Wonder what would happen if I cut off the front ~1" of this L bracket. Might allow us to rotate the bumper a bit and still get the bolts threaded in...
I always think better with beer in me...
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Matt, sorry to read u are having problems with your new bumper. But I know u pretty well and I am sure u will make it fit somehow.
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