2004 Liberty Sport

[wilton]

Been stalking this forum for a few years now and figured I should start posting and try to give back for all the great info. My Liberty has been a work in progress for quite a few years but I'm getting closer to my final goal. I'll figure out how to post photos if any of you are interested.

 

[wilton]

Figured out how to post photos.

 

[Luke]

Lookin’ good!

 

[lfhoward]

Love the steel bumpers.

 

[wilton]

Love the steel bumpers.

Thanks. The rear was more work than I thought but it was $50 JK bumper on OfferUp and the perfect width. I decided to leave the front outer corners on until I have the time to finish it.

 

[CheddarGau]

Thanks. The rear was more work than I thought but it was $50 JK bumper on OfferUp and the perfect width. I decided to leave the front outer corners on until I have the time to finish it.

That is quite the bumper. Which brand is it, and how fabricating did you have to do to get it to mount up.

 

[wilton]

That is quite the bumper. Which brand is it, and how fabricating did you have to do to get it to mount up.

From the info on the add and a little searching, I believe it's an EAG bumper for an 07-18 JK sold on Amazon. It looks like the attached picture but the guy didn't have the tire carrier for it. Didn't matter much to me since I had the move the pivot to the drivers side to match the door swing. As for mounting, I cut the brackets on the bumper down, cut the trailer hitch cross bar out and raised it to the level where the bumper would be. I cut off the stock trailer hitch mount off the cross bar since the bumper already has one. Plated the driver's side and ran additional support to carry the weight of the tire carrier. I made some cardboard templates for how I wanted the sides to finish up to the body and cut up filler pieces from an old WJ ARB bumper and welded it all up. In all I ended up with a lot less overhang and added departure angle.

 

[One from the north]

Very nice! Having the same vintage KJ just wondering which lift kit you have?

 

[wilton]

Very nice! Having the same vintage KJ just wondering which lift kit you have?

Up front I have OME 927's and Bilstein. In the rear I changed out the OME & Bilstein and currently running a shortened WJ Metal Cloak springs and 10" Fox shocks. The rear was too soft and bottoming out even at mild speeds.

I have a JK D30 with an ARB & 4.88, Fox coilovers and front link kit ready to go in. I want to finish some of the current projects going on this right now and get the frame plated before I SAS. After the final front ride height is figured out, I'll long arm the rear. And then there's a 241J that needs to be installed once the long arm is done so I'll only need to have a driveshaft made once. It'll never end but it keeps me out of trouble.

 

[Lesman]

Figured out how to post photos.

What rear bumper is that?

 

[CheddarGau]

What are you using for the front to hold the winch? The front looks pretty clean all considering.

 

[wilton]

What rear bumper is that?

I gave some details of the rear bumper in post #7

 

[wilton]

What are you using for the front to hold the winch? The front looks pretty clean all considering.

I ran 2x2 .250 into the "frame" and another 2x2 perpendicular under the rear bottom side of a winch plate I picked up on Offerup. I used 3 3/8" grade 8 bolts at the sides and 2 from below. I cut and added steel plate to give it support and look good for me. Just it for a few good pulls with no issue. Still need to finish a few things but I got distracted cutting out the wheel wells to just below the headlight and welding most of it back up. Just another project waiting to get finished. At least I was able to get rid of the plastic bumper.

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[Lesman]

From the info on the add and a little searching, I believe it's an EAG bumper for an 07-18 JK sold on Amazon. It looks like the attached picture but the guy didn't have the tire carrier for it. Didn't matter much to me since I had the move the pivot to the drivers side to match the door swing. As for mounting, I cut the brackets on the bumper down, cut the trailer hitch cross bar out and raised it to the level where the bumper would be. I cut off the stock trailer hitch mount off the cross bar since the bumper already has one. Plated the driver's side and ran additional support to carry the weight of the tire carrier. I made some cardboard templates for how I wanted the sides to finish

That is quite the bumper. Which brand is it, and how fabricating did you have to do to get it to mount up.

Did you take any pictures? Mount it at the hitch mount points?

 

[wilton]

Here are a few pictures I took. I did use the hitch mount points. I cut the drop plates on the stock hitch and raised the horizontal bar up to the height of the new bumper and welded it to the hitch on the new bumper. The bumper is tied into the hitch mount so it all comes off as one piece.

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[Lesman]

Very Nice!