Hey I got bored and decided to learn how to use the cad program on my computer
I came up with this bumper and I was wondering what yall thought it'd cost in material to build it. Its not really to scale or nothing

 

Sketchup is great isn't it? I designed the bumper I plan on building using it. If you have a good cheap metal source (Like I do in Delaware), it'll probably run you around $350-400. I priced mine out to be just over $200 but mine is pretty basic.

On a side note, I would appreciate it if you did not drive behind me. I would hate to be on the receiving end of that bumper!!

 

I think the cost would vary depending just what type of metal your spikes were made from.

Then if they were cast or machined

 

Lol for the spikes I'd probably use spike lug nuts off a semi if I actually put them on it they were kinda of a joke at first but now I like'em.
And so far I love sketchup but I'm still learning how to use it

 

I actually put them on it they were kinda of a joke at first but now I like'em.
Til ya catch your shin, knee or thigh (depending on lift) on them...OUCH..

 

Idk whacking my leg might be worth it for the looks on other people's faces when they see it. Plus you could stand on them when your working on the motor and if I use lugnuts I could removem when there in the way

 

diamond plate

 

tweaked it abit and put it on a yota

 

lol. well what if you hit a deer? id hate to have to pry an animal off a bumper. also it may interfere with a winch line if the angle was great enough. if it were me.. id want the bumper to have the ability to slide off of trees, not get stuck on them. not bashing your ideas but i dont see it as practical to put a bumper with spikes on a trail rig... however.. if its a zombie hunting rig, by all means go for it

 

If I hit a deer he's going on ice in the bed so the spikes will keep him from running away lol but seriously theyed just be for looks while I'm on the road. when there not wanted I'd unscrew them and throw'em in the toolbox.

 

I see you found that handy Yota model too.. pretty slick. I have it in some of my models too. you have to hack it up to change the color though (just do one side and mirror it over to the other).
when I do presentations for work/court, you can almost always find a Yota.. it like my own game of where`s waldo... has a roof failure on a shoping mall once, the parking lot was all Yota`s & Vw`s

I once considered Nerf spikes on the front of my zombie rig

 

Yea it took me probably 30minutes to hack out the stock bumper, but I didn't have to cut anything to change the color but it took for ever (made it blue didn't like it ) I found probably 15 90s yotas but I couldn't find a older one.
And what are nerf spikes?

 

Just liek your spikes except I thought of making them out of closed cell foam (like NERF products).. more like prop spikes so to speak. easy enough to cut out with a hot wire foam cutter..
what inspired the idea, only smaller scale

 

Oh ok I was thinking of nerf like nerf bars not the dart guns

 

sweet zombie killer! what program are you using that has a Yota in the presets? i'd say a few hundred in steel, plus your time to cut and weld it up.

I'd also 2nd using removable spikes if you do, and probably something not metal - metal would add a significant amount of weight if they are solid...also foam is a good idea because there might be some idiot who wants to impale themselves on your parked truck and try to sue you (hey, people sue over stupid stuff these days and WIN)

 

The programs called "sketchup make" its free and the toyota is in the 3d warehouse (part of the program)
Id probably go with plastic lug nut covers over solid aluminum/steel lug nut spikes if I could find em in a long size but foam seems like it wouldn't last very long to me