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Home Designed Winch Bumper
    With the right metal worker, one could make almost anything. But designing your own bumper (as with other things) has its risks as mistakes are something that you'll have to live with. So, we're been wanting a winch bumper bar and the ones in the market are rather costly such as TJM and ARBs or don't fit the bill (such as made in Thailand ones) and such did not appeal to us. Costs of mass produced ones are better than custom made but, its not a design you could call you own.

So,  here's how it id done. Who made it? Chia Hua Exhaust and Welding co. at Padungan. Costs? About RM 1,000.

Metal sheets were bent and tacked welded to form the shape of the winch bumper. The brace and mounts were measured, cut and fitted with holes drilled.
The edges were added and all joins were welded.
The holes for the fair lead, spot lights and winch was drawn in and cut with an oxyacetylene torch and grinded smooth.
The winch bar was then dry fitted again to see if there was any need for more adjustments .All holes for mounting, for the chequered plates, etc were drilled.
The bar was then sent for powder coating and the chequered plates which had already been cut to size and holes drilled was attached.
The winch bar with spot lights fitted, was loosely bolted into place and when all was good, the bolts were tightened.