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Knothead 08-03-2023 12:44 PM

Suburban/Panel Rear Bumper
 
Has anyone modified the Rear Bumper to anything other than stock ,excluding roll pans?

spacedebris 08-18-2023 03:09 AM

Re: Suburban/Panel Rear Bumper
 
Not a modified stock bumper. But my brother is a great fabricator, we took an "Iron Bull" bumper from a mid 70's Gmc and modified it to fit. I'm sorry I have no pics as the truck is currently in storage with a family member in another state. But when assembling my Panel, I decided that if there was any kind of accident, I wanted the other vehicle to take damage, not mine. So we installed armored bumpers front and rear. It took months of searching images online to find the type of look I was looking for. I wanted something rugged without looking like I was building a rock crawler. I finally settled on one that had all the angular panels rounded off a bit so it looks sort of like someone made a stock looking bumper out of 3/8th inch plate and reinforced it. Also, I needed something a little stouter than stock as we also installed a swig away spare tire mount attached to the bumper. Its obvious that it is not stock but at a glance it does not draw attention, which is what I was going for.

Knothead 10-11-2023 05:30 PM

Re: Suburban/Panel Rear Bumper
 
Thanks for ideas, modified brackets to accept front bumper. Turned out nice . In my search for replacement for front bumper I stumbled upon a rear panel bumper. It needed some finessing. Those original bumpers are solid, they don’t straighten easily. It ready for paint now

Knothead 10-11-2023 05:43 PM

Re: Suburban/Panel Rear Bumper
 
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See photo

Knothead 10-19-2023 06:35 PM

Re: Suburban/Panel Rear Bumper
 
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First pic is front bumper on rear using original holes in bumper. Here is plc with correct rear bumper.

ironman3452 03-08-2024 02:57 AM

Re: Suburban/Panel Rear Bumper
 
I have no pictures on here, but my 64panel has a 4 inch channel on mine, I will take some so you can see


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