Building a PreRunner Tube Bumper & Skid Plate FROM SCRATCH on a Full Size Bronco - OJ’s Rusty Nuts!

Hello, folks, and welcome back to the channel!
I’M BACK!!! Sorta…
I wish I was bringing all you hotrod-hungry folks a roadster video, but I’m still smack-dab in the middle of this house shuffle. But hammering nails for a month had me seriously itching to get behind my welding lid. And a Facebook Marketplace deal on some TOO-BIG tires created the instant necessity for a new bumper on the #FullSizeBronco. After all, I’ve always wanted to build a #PreRunnerBronco…and now this sort of looks like one, so, HEY, there’s that. :)
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[@JoSh-oo-Ah]

Just such a tough looking prerunner bumper!!!😊

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

Thanks man!

[@dirtyvet5404]

I really appreciate the detail of using the Pipe Master. The bumper came out super nice. You have inspired a few tricks I will be trying out. Thanks

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

Thanks my friend. That’s always nice to hear, and I appreciate the compliment.

[@marksteitler642]

Very nice admire your work

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

Thanks Mark!

[@brock6516]

Thank you so much for the education on using that tube notch tool and how you use clamps to measure the length! Measuring tubes and notching them breaks my brain so this was very valuable haha Hope this will help me not waste so much tube and get the angles right! Will be using that technique to design and build my front bumper for my Tacoma! Amazing build and thank you again for the huge tip/help!

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

That’s awesome Brock. Thanks for saying so. Comments like this are seriously what keep me motivated on my own projects. I really appreciate the good will and the support! Thank YOU!

[@Amra591]

Great work. Now I want to go with a pre-runner bumper on my Bronco. Look forward to more videos

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

Thanks Manny! I appreciate the support. You should definitely put a prerunner bumper on your Bronco. All the cool kids are doing it. 😊👍🏼👍🏼

[@anotherpewtertahoe]

Phenomenal video. Definitely giving me ideas lol

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

Stoked you like it!

[@anotherpewtertahoe]

@@crazycaseyscustoms I'm currently building a Tahoe "Prerunner", that's technically more of an overlander due to geographical limitations. I've also got full intentions of doing a bumper like this for my Silverado as well. Videos like this are the best. You're in a driveway, with "regular" tooling, making something that looks straight out of Ensenada.

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

Thanks man! I’m getting ready to tackle the rear here pretty soon, and I’ll definitely put it up on the channel when I do. My goal is to completely build the entire truck (cage, suspension, etc), so stay tuned @@anotherpewtertahoe. And feel free to ask any questions; I’ll answer every one that I can. 👍🏼👍🏼

[@diciplinex7407]

Great job man! Good quality work !

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

Thank you VERY much! 👍🏼👍🏼

[@inlovewithsurfin]

Beautiful work!!! Any chance I can commission you to make the weld on mounts to the frame? I’ve got a crazy contraption bumper I’m trying to fab up but I doubt I can make those brackets as clean as you did!

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

….mmmaaaaaaaaayyybbee. 😂 I saved all my templates because for a half a second I was thinking I might produce these bumpers. But then Desolate Motorsports literally released a bumper of the exact same design the day I posted this video, and they sell it for $1,500, and I just couldn’t compete. Are you on IG? You could DM me your address, and I could photocopy my templates and mail them to you. I’d be happy to do that for free. 😊

[@1fknhpycmpr355]

Wow, a new video! Nice work with the bumper!

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

Thanks! Yes, I know; quite the hiatus. Hope to be back at it soon!

[@marshall5143]

very nice mate, the little finishing touches you put into your bar just make the end product look very professional. keep up the good work.

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

Thanks Marshall! I appreciate you saying so. 👍🏼👍🏼

[@laxman3515]

this is the best educational video on this I have seen. Thank you

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

Thanks Geoff! I aim to please.

[@622paco]

Hey Casey, what suspension do you have on the Bronco?

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

Stock. There’s a Daystar leveling puck in there, and really good (Bilstein) shocks.

[@randydoolitle6867]

Finish looks great. Hard work pays off.

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

Thanks Randy! I agree!

[@IcanDriveIt]

Definitely earned a sub from me on this!

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

Thank you! This was a really fun project. I hope to do some more prerunner type stuff soon, too! 👍🏼👍🏼🤘🏼

[@MushraMzx]

Where did you buy the bar and sheet metal?

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

Reliable Hardware & Steel, Santa Rosa, CA. Any “steel supply” should have what you need.

[@datsdylan007]

Almost looks like fence tubing. Looks awesome

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

This is a little bit more expensive material, Dylan. 😂 Though I may or may not have welded some stuff out of some fence tubing when I was young and dumb (re: broke). 😳 Be sure to drink your milk, first.

[@1967dvs]

Is that and Ian shirt at the end of the video??? And dude amazing work on that bumper!!! Super clean build!! I like ur way of thinking things to make it work!

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

Haha! Good eye, @1967dvs. Ian is THE best. Such a creative dude. I bought that shirt when his Shop Inspector was having some high vet bills. Thanks so much for the kind words, and my apologies that I didn’t see your comment sooner. We just got done moving states, so I’ve been swamped, but hoping to get back on the Bronco project soon! Thanks for watching!!

[@lmt-adventures620]

What size tubes?

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

2” OD!

[@Sazqwatch15]

I was curious if you did anything to widen your front track width, other then having more negative offset wheels

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

That’s it.

[@Sazqwatch15]

Appreciate you getting back. Any idea what wheels they are, they look great on there!

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

I believe they were called MR101’s, @@Sazqwatch15. They were a forged method racing beadlock, 15x8” with 3.5” backspacing, I think.

[@Sazqwatch15]

Thank you!!

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

No prob, @@Sazqwatch15!

[@dylanscott1863]

is this street legal

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

The bumper specifically, or the truck in general? I’ve never had anyone give me any grief about it…

[@RolandoLopezNieto]

That bumper is awesome, you gave me lots of ideas for mine, thanks.

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

Awesome, Rolando, glad to hear it. 👍🏼👍🏼

[@durbin_designs792]

This is so clean!!

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

Thank you @Durbin_Designs. Sorry I didn’t see your comment before. We just got done moving states. Hope to get back on the Bronco project soon.

[@martinve7025]

This bumper is perfect, clean and classic!!

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

Thanks Martin! I really like it, too. It completely changed this truck for me.

[@johnwallace4062]

Awesome work brother!

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

Thanks John! I really appreciate it.

[@emartnn]

What was the specs of the sheet metal you used for the skid plate and also the mounting points? I know it is 2 inch tubing, but what is the exact numbers to it, like thickness? Great video. Can't wait to make my own

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

Thank you! Skid plate is 5/16” 6061 aluminum, but 1/4” would have been more than sufficient, and the tubing was 2”x0.120” wall; I actually used HREW, vs DOM, which is fine unless you think you might build onto the bumper with your engine cage at some point in the future.

[@emartnn]

@@crazycaseyscustoms Where did you get your materials from?

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

The tubing came from Reliable Hardware & Steel in Santa Rosa, CA, and the skid plate came from M. Maselli & Sons in Petaluma, CA, @@emartnn. Any metal supply should be able to provide the material, however.

[@emartnn]

@@crazycaseyscustoms Thank you! Do you know the length of the tube you used for the long top cross of the bumper? Also how did you cap off the ends?

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

I used 20’ total for the whole project. The top tube was a little less than 10’. I used the round hole saw remnants from the bumper stringer plates to cap the tube, @@emartnn. Are you trying to build the *exact* same bumper? I may be able to put you together a “kit” with the various plates and tabs; it’s something I have been thinking about doing since I got the CNC plasma table. I’d just need to program the parts in from my original templates. 1/4” mounting plates, 1/8” stringer plates, and I could probably even come up with light and skid plate tabs. I’d have to price the steel out, but I’m thinking it would be around $200. And of course you’d need to buy your tubing and skid plate.

[@emmanuelmiranda9739]

badass!!!! love the work

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

Thanks Emmanuel!

[@botoepfer8588]

killer lots of cool stuff here

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

Thanks Bo!

[@jlermzgt9393]

🤙🏽🤙🏽 motivated me to just build mines already..

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

Stoked to hear that!

[@jlermzgt9393]

Did you use 1.25 tubing for main tube?

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

No, @@jlermzgt9393, that’s 2”.

[@jlermzgt9393]

Also what thickness did you make the mounting brackets ?

[@yrigoyen0108]

You do really good work!!

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

Thank you very much! 👍🏼👍🏼

[@MxGuru1]

Came out super clean

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

Thanks Fabian! I’m getting ready to build a rear bumper pretty soon. Don’t like any of the ones on the market, so, going to make my own. 😊

[@micahbmxdivision]

This is perfect

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

I appreciate that, Micah!

[@madpainter69]

Nice!

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

Thank you!! 👍🏼👍🏼

[@bajamedic]

Super rad!

[@crazycaseyscustoms]

Thanks so much!