Well, some of you may have heard me talk about this. If you haven't, hear's my story.

Roby, the owner of Draken Off Road, had seen my truck at the Back To School Run in 2009, and said he could design a front winch bumper. He and I have been chatting back and forth for the past 2 years. He had put together some 3-D images for the bumper, which I was pleased with. All he needed was a truck to make the prototype.

Well, I finally found some time to get my truck to him. And after chatting a bit more, he's not only going to design a front bumper, but he's also going to design a rear bumper with tire carrier and sliders.

I have asked Roby to provide me with some pictures as the project progresses. Here are a couple from the first stage - stock bumpers off!





As I receive updates and pictures from him, I will post them here. I'm getting excited myself, and can't wait to see the final product!

UPDATE - 8/31/11
Here are some pics of the front bumper design. Roby is wrapping up the rear bumper and slider designs this week, hopefully. He's running off generator right now due to the storm this past weekend.

Front angle view


Side view


Front view


Bumper will be made out of 1/4" steel, and will be about 135 lbs. The 2 scratch marks on either side of the winch opening are Roby's personal signature design. The next 2 vertical holes I'm not sure what those are for, although they could be just part of the CAD design. The next 3 holes - 2 small ones with a large one in the middle - is for the D-rings. The far slots are where the factory fog lights will be located behind.

On the side view, there is a T-notch. That is specifically for a Hi-Lift jack lifting point.

UPDATE - 10/6/11
Here are some shots of the rear bumper design.





UPDATE - 10/18/11
I finally have some shots of the bumper tack welded together!!

I'll be keeping track of this thread...

Nice, Mike

Nice, can't wait to see what Robby designs for it.

I cannot wait to see this at B2S11

Mike from what you have showed me back in march, your rig will be sick!! Can't wait to see what everything looks like.

Sweet mike! I cant wait to see what he does with it! is it going to be done to take home and on the trails on the B2S run?

Yeah, cant wait to see what Roby fabs up. I'm sure it will be awesome.

Mike, is the rear bumper going to use a design that integrates the rear side steps?

Hopefully yes and yes.

Good question, Steve, and good eye on the rear pic. Yes, Roby is going to try to design something to incorporate the rear corner stemps.

Don't forget the problems that Dan (Matrix12480?) had with the sides of his bumper flexing into his rear quarter panel. Definitely want to make sure you get enough support there.

here ya go: http://www.thenewx.org/forum/showthread.php?t=7634&highlight=bumper

Thanks for pointing that out, Bobby.

Check out the first post for new pics!

Beautiful