stevenboise
Full Member
I'm starting this thread to document my new bumpers that are being built in Fresno by Billy Simmons at Brute Force Fab.
I've spent countless hours researching bumpers for my 2004 Cladded Avy. Since the cladded version hasn't been made for years, it's tough (if not impossible) to find a manufacturer that still sells bolt-on front bumpers for cladded Avys. I'm not able to build one myself.....that's not my skill set....and I was looking for an established company who's been making bumpers for some years who was willing to take the time to make a custom front and rear bumper for my truck. I did find a few, but ended up choosing Brute Force Fab. Since I live in Boise and he's in Fresno, I had to drive the truck down to him. He'll have it for the next couple weeks building it out.
The front bumper is going to be a typical front winch bumper. The rear bumper is going to have dual swing-out gates with a module design to attach the spare tire and a cargo box. Because it will be module, I can add additional mounts to it for whatever I need. The module design was Billy's idea. I was just looking to put the spare back there and get it out from under the truck. I can't put the spare on the roof as I'm not sure I can get a roof basket on top and still get in the garage now that I lifted the truck a bit. I can't put the spare on the bed covers, like some have done, because our bike rack is going there.
I'll be updating this thread with pictures as Billy gets the bumper built out. I told him that there's a possibility that some readers may have questions and I'd send those questions off to him for an answer if I can't answer it myself.
This has been a long research process and I'm happy that it's finally come to fruition.
This is just a picture of my truck in his garage the day I dropped it off.
I've spent countless hours researching bumpers for my 2004 Cladded Avy. Since the cladded version hasn't been made for years, it's tough (if not impossible) to find a manufacturer that still sells bolt-on front bumpers for cladded Avys. I'm not able to build one myself.....that's not my skill set....and I was looking for an established company who's been making bumpers for some years who was willing to take the time to make a custom front and rear bumper for my truck. I did find a few, but ended up choosing Brute Force Fab. Since I live in Boise and he's in Fresno, I had to drive the truck down to him. He'll have it for the next couple weeks building it out.
The front bumper is going to be a typical front winch bumper. The rear bumper is going to have dual swing-out gates with a module design to attach the spare tire and a cargo box. Because it will be module, I can add additional mounts to it for whatever I need. The module design was Billy's idea. I was just looking to put the spare back there and get it out from under the truck. I can't put the spare on the roof as I'm not sure I can get a roof basket on top and still get in the garage now that I lifted the truck a bit. I can't put the spare on the bed covers, like some have done, because our bike rack is going there.
I'll be updating this thread with pictures as Billy gets the bumper built out. I told him that there's a possibility that some readers may have questions and I'd send those questions off to him for an answer if I can't answer it myself.
This has been a long research process and I'm happy that it's finally come to fruition.
This is just a picture of my truck in his garage the day I dropped it off.