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1988 K5 the "Big Blue" compromise
- Thread starter scouthead
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167 lbs
soooo I actually don't remember! it was one of 2 weights
was either 100 pounds right on the nose (pretty sure it was this one), or it was 80 pounds exactly.
trying to remember if the bumper was 100 pounds and i had assumed it was around 180 with the winch and hardware?
...orrrrrr it actually WAS 80 pounds and thats where the 80 is coming from.
-edit- i found some old posts from another forum - it was 100 pounds exactly (before paint and without the winch!)
was either 100 pounds right on the nose (pretty sure it was this one), or it was 80 pounds exactly.
trying to remember if the bumper was 100 pounds and i had assumed it was around 180 with the winch and hardware?
...orrrrrr it actually WAS 80 pounds and thats where the 80 is coming from.
-edit- i found some old posts from another forum - it was 100 pounds exactly (before paint and without the winch!)
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either way, my badass driveway bench consisting of 2 upside down trash cans and a couple ancient oil soaked and burned boards had held up through the weight of it, and came in handy several times since then!
had to get it on to the truck one more time for test fitting to make sure nothing went wrong during all that welding
really happy with how the final geometry turned out- that cable would be wrapped around the roller and making serious u-turns before it could contact the bumper itself
winch all apart. nice brand new 6.6HP motor all gutted
and back off one more time for paint. Im really impressed with how well the rustoleum hammered line of paint holds up- thats what is on the wheels in these photos, and i pulled the same cans out for the bumper (all though i really liked the way it looked raw!)
-couple of light coats quickly, and then after its good and tacked, one more heavy coat. When Ive done smaller parts, they go in the oven at 200 degrees after the heavy coat tacks up - leave em in there 30-45 min, and then let cool. the next day the stuff is so hard it might as well be powder coated - very chip and scratch resistant.
My kitchen oven was not big enough to get the bumper into it, so I had to let it cure and dry on the trash can bench, but it held up fairly well over the last 10 years. will eventually get another coat, or come off for powder coating. we shall see.
-couple of light coats quickly, and then after its good and tacked, one more heavy coat. When Ive done smaller parts, they go in the oven at 200 degrees after the heavy coat tacks up - leave em in there 30-45 min, and then let cool. the next day the stuff is so hard it might as well be powder coated - very chip and scratch resistant.
My kitchen oven was not big enough to get the bumper into it, so I had to let it cure and dry on the trash can bench, but it held up fairly well over the last 10 years. will eventually get another coat, or come off for powder coating. we shall see.
not that it would really matter, but with the shackles flipped up the bottom angled plane of the face is continuous across the bumper
still had some hurdles with wiring, and some other details to figure out, but for now:
BOOM.
BOOM.
whoops! we have a proof reader!
uhhhh- i guess they are right side up in that photo lol - maybe it's just that my memory is upside down!
(i just looked up the details on one of these photos i posted - these are from 2009, so that was 12 years ago already? yikes!)
All jokes aside, I really like that bumper.
Martin
Martin
thank you sir.
sometimes i look at it and think - "wow, i made that...."
and also think, "wow, how many hours of my life are in that thing??!!
"
it is a nice looking bumper 
I like that bumper.
Give you tree fiddy for it.
Tree fiddy?! -Russ is that you? -I already took your tree fiddy. Where’d you get another one?!
first thing to do with a new bumper is to go out and scratch it on something
searching... lots of small white rocks... searching...
searching... lots of small white rocks... searching...
parking...
