pics from friday night...
pulled the bumper
then I saw the pinch seams at the back of the front wheel well and they were bugging me, time for the BFH = flat as can be (hard to tell from this pic + black paint), I'll cut out the lower portion when I do the rocker replacement
when dealing w/the LCA mounts, sawzall is your friend
then time to do a little clean up w/the grinder
while mocking up the stinger I realized my offroad lights will be directly behind it, not to mention the DS one would be blocking access to the clocked winch handle, so off they came to be relocated in a yet to be determined location...
there were some lower mounts that I've never used, they probably could have stayed, but I was having too much fun w/the sawzall :redneck:
cut out the TNT pieces to go around the clayton crossmember
marked where to cut the TMR plates, the sawzall blade was dull as sh1+ by this point, so I'll do these cuts w/the jigsaw later, first pic is where it will go around the TNT kit, second pic is where it'll go around the THOR bumper plates
the bracketry for the ARB bumper appear to be just wide enough that I can work the THOR plates in b/w the brackets and the unibody itself, I cut a channel down the angle of the bracket and will work the THOR plate to fit in this channel and line up w/the factory mounting hardware, this will give me multiple opportunites to weld the plate to the bracket to ensure a solid front end
test fitting the THOR plates, more work to be done...
last project for the night was clocking the winch so the handle was on the top instead of the bottom, bury the front end in mud once and you realize having the handle on the bottom is quite inconvenient, big hole saw for the first cut, then tack welded a piece of flatbar across the hole (my buddy finally gave up the welder for a sec) to drill into to do the second hole saw cut, a little touch up w/the grinder and I have nice access to my new handle location
