Tupperware
Coasty
tupperware body parts especially the bumper system. A friend liked my
new bumpers I frabricated for my TJ and wanted something simular on
his 2009 JK Rubicon. Man what a PITA to design something for the JK
it is real fugly without the front end tupperware wrap around fenders
this is goind to be a challange. I kind of kidded him and said we
should replace the tupperware bumpers with scheduled 80 PVC pipe he
did not see the humor. I thought the tins on my TJ bumpers were thin
the tupperware just hides the tins and makes it look beefier than it
really is. Lighter weight equals better fuel mileage but in my
opinion increases the fugly factor.
DougW
Make him one of these.
http://englishrussia.com/?p=2236
The ZJ sports "tupperware" but honestly I've ripped the back
bumper cover off a couple of times and it's fairly easy to
snap back on. :)
The rock spot on the front, not so easy, sorta broke part of
the plastic. But a heat gun and some careful poking with a
stick got everything lined back up again.
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DougW
Coasty
wrote:
> Coasty wrote:
> > Well, since the JK models came out I still am not use to or like the
> > tupperware body parts especially the bumper system. A friend liked my
> > new bumpers I frabricated for my TJ and wanted something simular on
> > his 2009 JK Rubicon. Man what a PITA to design something for the JK
> > it is real fugly without the front end tupperware wrap around fenders
> > this is goind to be a challange. I kind of kidded him and said we
> > should replace the tupperware bumpers with scheduled 80 PVC pipe he
> > did not see the humor. I thought the tins on my TJ bumpers were thin
> > the tupperware just hides the tins and makes it look beefier than it
> > really is. Lighter weight equals better fuel mileage but in my
> > opinion increases the fugly factor.
>
>
> The ZJ sports "tupperware" but honestly I've ripped the back
> bumper cover off a couple of times and it's fairly easy to
> snap back on. :)
>
> The rock spot on the front, not so easy, sorta broke part of
> the plastic. But a heat gun and some careful poking with a
> stick got everything lined back up again.
>
> --
> DougW
Don't laugh about 30 years ago when I was incharge of a carpenter shop
we built both and back bumpers from wood for a guys CJ. We used
dunnage from some cargo ships usually mahogany they gave it to us
free. We actually did a glue laminant made of many plys then glassed
it and looked really good.
PeterD
wrote:
>Don't laugh about 30 years ago when I was incharge of a carpenter shop
>we built both and back bumpers from wood for a guys CJ. We used
>dunnage from some cargo ships usually mahogany they gave it to us
>free. We actually did a glue laminant made of many plys then glassed
>it and looked really good.
Wood is considered an acceptable bumper material in NH, provided it is
backed up with a steel piece. More than a few pickup trucks have
wooden bumpers.