Fixin the Jeep

So I did it, I have always wanted an ARB bull bar for the Jeep and now I have it. After the crash of 2008 I needed a new bumper and was running out of excuses so I spent the money on a bull bar and a Warn winch to put in it.

My sister Amy was in town looking for a place to live when she was volunteered to help me pick the bumper up from Denver. It fit in the back of the Jeep, barley… thanks Amy!

Then once the Jeep was in the shop getting the other minor body work done I put the winch into the bumper. This sure sounds easy but moving an 80lb bumper and an 80lb winch by yourself without scratching the paint is not easy. But after a few hours of expanding my vocabulary I got the winch in the bumper and then had to wait to get the Jeep back from the body shop.








When I got the Jeep back I was anything by impressed, let’s just say that I will never ever go back to Spradley Motors for anything. I am sure they will make it right but that’s another story.

So I enlisted the help of Rob a buddy from work to help me move the now ~160lb bumper onto the Jeep. Well it always looks easier then it is. This process evolved drilling, pounding, painting, drinking, wiring, bleeding, and even a little burning but we got it on and it looks great!!!

Now I have a very heavy front end but I can now go off-roading with confidence that I can pull myself out of almost anything.