An actual bumper for the VX!!

[Marlin]

Well, Joe Darlington told me it was ok to go ahead and let the cat out of the bag. I have found a VX for Joe D real cheap. It needs a tranny and a few minor things, but I am "brokering" the deal for him. He retires soon and wants to use the VX as a template to make an actual bumper. His plan, make a bumper that looks OEM, but made out of plate steel with winch mount and shackles and whatnot!! He will probably come up with some other goodies, skid plates, rear bumper, who knows, he is awesome when it comes to that stuff and will plenty of time to work on it. He still makes the diff drops of course. I am sure he will chime in soon and start a thread with more info. Maybe I will be able to sweet talk him into a deal on the prototype bumper...hint hint Joe

[VX KAT]

just curious, why do you have to broker the deal for Joe?

[Marlin]

just curious, why do you have to broker the deal for Joe?

The truck is here in charleston, Joe is a 5 hour drive away, and I happen to know the current owner.




































and no, its not my truck...lol.

[Triathlete]

and no, its not my truck...lol.

Joe's not that desperate!

[Bob Barker]

Well that's cool! All kinds of parts wanted come to mind that a good fabricator could make.

[crotchrocket]

Well that's cool! All kinds of parts wanted come to mind that a good fabricator could make.

Cup holder ?

[samneil2000]

Cup holder ?

You Brits and your cup holders. haha

[pbkid]

Out of all the little problems with the vx. The brits want a cup holder. At least your a cheap date

[blacksambo]

Sounds grand!

[Grif]

At least a grand, prolly two. hehe

[JHarris1385]

Snorkel please?!

I am going to start saving now!

[BigSwede]

IMO what a VX really needs is a good way to carry an oversize spare tire...and more headroom.

[tom4bren]

If you remove your passenger seat & put the oversized spare there, the center hub of the spare IS your cupholder. Now with no passenger, you can lean into that volume and gain headroom.

There, I just fixed all of the VX problems ... now turning my attention to solving the world economic crisis.

[Joe Darlington]

If you remove your passenger seat & put the oversized spare there, the center hub of the spare IS your cupholder. Now with no passenger, you can lean into that volume and gain headroom.

There, I just fixed all of the VX problems ... now turning my attention to solving the world economic crisis.

Sweet... So simple... you should run for president...

Now for those who would like to have a passenger next to them while they are in their VX (although the tire might be better company in some cases). I have a few ideas on a bumper/bumpers for the VX, but since my exposure to them has been limited most of the ideas are in my head at the present. There are alot of smart people on this board who have had bumper ideas and maybe even have drawn them out on paper/electronically, or just don't have the equipment to build the parts themselves. I really would like to hear/see what you would like in the way of a front Winch Bumper. I would like to explore 3 bumper avenues, a full bumper to replace the front plastic cladding, a hidden bumper to mount behind the cladding and a bumper that would incorperate some of the cladding into the design.

So, tell me what you would like to see in a winch bumper, if you have some drawings then send them my way also. Lets try to keep this thread about front winch bumpers only. If your wanting me to look at building another part, i.e. cupholders for the Brits, rear bumper, .50 Cal mount for the roof rack, etc... then start another thread for that part.

[Mile High VX]

This would be a good place to start:

http://www.vehicross.info/forums/showthread.php?t=19840