Im toying around with the idea of building a new rear bumper for my truck to match the front and open up some more storage space..

my idea is to cut the lower rear quarter off the bed from the bodyline down and extend the bumper all the way to the fender then build in small boxes from the frame to the edge of the bumper to store my chains and straps and emergency supplies. id also like to throw some tail light guards on to kind of match my front bumper with some tubular steel

if anyone could throw this all together in photoshop thatd be AWESOME. right now im toying around in paint and this is what ive got

FRONT BUMPER


REAR AS OF NOW


SKETCH OF THE BOX IDEA(both sides)


IDEA FOR THE BUMPER(without the lights and ladder and extra bars)


thats what im toying around with now. Ive got a couple weeks of leave scheduled around christmas so ill probably do it around then

 

Looks like a great idea. Would love to see it complete!

 

thanks. i love the idea of the extra storage space and a stronger rear bumper to match my front and add some protection in the back.. ive just never seen it done before

 

Would be interesting for sure. Where do you plan to attach the side boxes to? My concern is bed & frame flex back there in off camber situations that will twist up and force that box into crushing the bed.