Back in May, I decided to move forward and purchase an ARB Bumper to hold my Talon Superwinch.
I liked what ARB had for Chevy's, but I REALLY like the Land Cruiser bumper - it didn't stick out as far.
With that in mind, after seeing someone do this on a GMT800/NBS rig...I thought I'd give it a try. I knew the measurements were really close between the 400 and 800, and I was leaving in a few weeks on my expedition; so out came the welding gear.
With that in mind, I needed someone to fit this new bumper to my truck - in comes Liquid Iron Industries. They have an incredible reputation in the industry with Racing Buggies, RockCrawlers - you name it, if it has 4 wheels, they fab on it. As luck would have it, my bumper arrived a few weeks late which only gave me 4 days to complete the mod!!!
Tim owns Liquid Iron and after I updated him on the status of the bumper, he promised he could make it happen, even last minute. Well, the bumper arrived via freight Thursday evening and friday morning Tim and I went to town on the bumper in his shop; Tim is a man of his word.
Within a few hours, we made a few notches in the Tahoe, CNC'd custom mounts and the fit was PERFECT. I've seen this bumper on Land Cruisers, and I'm not kidding when I say Liquid Iron was able to make it fit better on my rig, then ARB had it fitting on a Land Cruiser.
Here are some pics for you guys. Also, if you're thinking of this mod, Tim saved all the specs from CNC machine...so I'm sure he could make you a set. Within the next few weeks I'm heading back to have the hoops raised b/c we ran out of time the day I was there.
That is also the Liquid Iron LED bar (nice & bright) - while I was there he fabbed and painted a mount so it fit the ARB's original mounts.
Custom Mounts
Shaved the ends to fit the Chevy fender
Notched it to the bumper would slide in
Final Product
I liked what ARB had for Chevy's, but I REALLY like the Land Cruiser bumper - it didn't stick out as far.
With that in mind, after seeing someone do this on a GMT800/NBS rig...I thought I'd give it a try. I knew the measurements were really close between the 400 and 800, and I was leaving in a few weeks on my expedition; so out came the welding gear.
With that in mind, I needed someone to fit this new bumper to my truck - in comes Liquid Iron Industries. They have an incredible reputation in the industry with Racing Buggies, RockCrawlers - you name it, if it has 4 wheels, they fab on it. As luck would have it, my bumper arrived a few weeks late which only gave me 4 days to complete the mod!!!
Tim owns Liquid Iron and after I updated him on the status of the bumper, he promised he could make it happen, even last minute. Well, the bumper arrived via freight Thursday evening and friday morning Tim and I went to town on the bumper in his shop; Tim is a man of his word.
Within a few hours, we made a few notches in the Tahoe, CNC'd custom mounts and the fit was PERFECT. I've seen this bumper on Land Cruisers, and I'm not kidding when I say Liquid Iron was able to make it fit better on my rig, then ARB had it fitting on a Land Cruiser.
Here are some pics for you guys. Also, if you're thinking of this mod, Tim saved all the specs from CNC machine...so I'm sure he could make you a set. Within the next few weeks I'm heading back to have the hoops raised b/c we ran out of time the day I was there.
That is also the Liquid Iron LED bar (nice & bright) - while I was there he fabbed and painted a mount so it fit the ARB's original mounts.
Custom Mounts
Shaved the ends to fit the Chevy fender
Notched it to the bumper would slide in
Final Product
