Build Your Own Baseplates Anyone
I bought a 012 Jeep Liberty. I already have a nice SS Falcon tow bar left from the '05 Liberty I had before. So alls I need it the 2 base plates that bolt to the frame. Has anyone built their own ? ...
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I am also a long time welder fab, and I even having some engineering skills.
I agree, sometimes its easier, maybe even cheaper to buy it. Like the hitch receiever I installed on the back a couple weeks ago, $139 delivered to my door. And there is a lot of steel, and metal bending, and fitting around the spare tire and exhaust system, etc etc,.....no way would I attempt to build it myself for a lousy $139. If anything would be worth $400, it would be that receiver, But a couple $20 brackets for $400, it ain't gonna happen.
I thorouly checked it out yesterday, and it will be easier to build than I first thought. The hardest part is removing all the plastic stuff, bumper covers, grill etc etc.
The sad part is if ya spend the $400, the hardest part is still left to go, R&Ring all that plastic.
I still can't believe the rippoff prices for base plates, compared to rear receiver prices.
I agree, sometimes its easier, maybe even cheaper to buy it. Like the hitch receiever I installed on the back a couple weeks ago, $139 delivered to my door. And there is a lot of steel, and metal bending, and fitting around the spare tire and exhaust system, etc etc,.....no way would I attempt to build it myself for a lousy $139. If anything would be worth $400, it would be that receiver, But a couple $20 brackets for $400, it ain't gonna happen.
I thorouly checked it out yesterday, and it will be easier to build than I first thought. The hardest part is removing all the plastic stuff, bumper covers, grill etc etc.
The sad part is if ya spend the $400, the hardest part is still left to go, R&Ring all that plastic.
I still can't believe the rippoff prices for base plates, compared to rear receiver prices.
klutchdust wrote:
I'm a welder and fabricator yet I look at some manufactured items and consider the time and cost involved and there are those occasions when i just buy them. I have an aftermarket bumper
on my 08 JK and I fabricated the plates to fasten the tow bar to. A good welding shop is going to cost as much as buying from the manufacturer.
