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FedEx dropped off all 240 pounds (or thereabouts) of steel just before lunch. The guy was nice enough to drive up to my shop and back in so we could unload the steel. What I received met my high expectations of quality based on the rave reviews Eddie has received over at Jeepforum. He completed the bumpers as predicted a month earlier (he's a month behind with orders) and promptly shipped them out. So far, so good.
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I wanted a stinger and grill guard, but Eddie would not weld up the grill guard to the bumper due to shipping issues and fitment issues - he said the legs needs to be cut to length and fitted to be whatever distance I wanted from the grill. He did agree to bend and ship the grill guard and I could fit it and weld it in (along with the stinger to grill guard supports.)
Not wanting to waste any time with the project, I removed the factory front bumper and did a trial fit of the new bumper, hydraulic winch, and grill guard. I cut the legs of the grill guard to length and did a little grinding to tilt it back towards the grill. It looks darn good (a little more tweaking is needed), but having unrestricted access to the sway bar bolts and the top mounting bolts looks like it's going to be a little tricky. I might need to slice off part of the rear leg and weld on a patch plate to clear the sway bar mounting bolt. The legs could have used another couple of degrees of angle in and there would be no clearance issues. Oh well...
More later.
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I wanted a stinger and grill guard, but Eddie would not weld up the grill guard to the bumper due to shipping issues and fitment issues - he said the legs needs to be cut to length and fitted to be whatever distance I wanted from the grill. He did agree to bend and ship the grill guard and I could fit it and weld it in (along with the stinger to grill guard supports.)
Not wanting to waste any time with the project, I removed the factory front bumper and did a trial fit of the new bumper, hydraulic winch, and grill guard. I cut the legs of the grill guard to length and did a little grinding to tilt it back towards the grill. It looks darn good (a little more tweaking is needed), but having unrestricted access to the sway bar bolts and the top mounting bolts looks like it's going to be a little tricky. I might need to slice off part of the rear leg and weld on a patch plate to clear the sway bar mounting bolt. The legs could have used another couple of degrees of angle in and there would be no clearance issues. Oh well...
More later.
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