Delica Canada | Mitsubishi Van Club

I`m going to make a front bumper with a cradle for a winch. Is there anybody who can help me? I need plans and photos.

I`m going to make something stronger more like this:
http://www.delica.ca/forum/download/file.php?id=4235

I too am installing a (8klbs) winch, hopefully this weekend. Welding and Modifications to stock bumper will be made by Ellis Precision http://www.ellisprecision.ca . I'll post pictures of the process here and on my website http://www.superexceeded.com .

Falco,

We all knew what he meant. But to be sure you can look at the website. Stretch did say he would draw you a picture

FalcoColumbarius wrote:What's a kilopound?

It's 1,000 avoirdupois pounds, or course!

kilo (aka thousand) pound (aka pound)

so isn`t there anybody who`s made his own bumper?

You might want to try the Delica.ru club. Those guys build anything and everything. Just not sure how good your Russian is.

Profister, is there anything you could add regarding the Comrade Club? You may have found something there that is of some help.

Cheers

Well, I wish I could help. The only useful thread on delicaclub.ru is a 17-page discussion regarding front 'winch' bumpers for an L400. Below are some pictures to inspire you.
A few forum members have brought up a safety concern; a strong steel front bumper is a deadly weapon in a collision as it does not absorb the excessive force.

Make sure you get the same weight of your front bumper somewhere in the rear (maybe rear bumper?). The l300 is already a lot heavier in the front than in the back. You don't want to add on another few hundred kg to make it worse.

Profister wrote:A few forum members have brought up a safety concern; a strong steel front bumper is a deadly weapon in a collision as it does not absorb the excessive force.

Very true, also depending on the vehicle it makes pedestrian collisions much more deadly. The problem with bush bars and ARB style bumpers is they're really made with only one thing in mind, off road capability. However, if you've ever driven a stock truck offroad and nudged a tree you'll see just how "crumply" your bumpers soft spots can be! It's a bit of a toss up and I guess it's up to the person who owns the vehicle. If you're offroad enough and you're driving on some nasty roads then you may need that big bumper. But if it's just for show then you're doing something dangerous for really no reason at all.

Another thing about the big heavy bumpers (and skid plates) is depending on how the crumple zones in your vehicle are laid out, the person you hit may not be the only one who suffers in a collision. I think this may be more valid on an L400 than an L300 though, in an L300 you ARE the crumple zone

And very good point fexlboi, seriously, how much more weight do you need to put on the front of an L300? If I ever decided to get a winch I'd look at trying to mount a removable model so you could throw it in the back of the van to try to even out the weight a bit when you're on the trail. Like this guy http://www.warn.com/truck/winches/src/9 ... ount.shtml Also, you can take the thing out of (or off of) the vehicle when you're driving around so it doesn't get stolen!

What'd be really cool is to make an attachment point at the front and the back so you could get yourself outta poop no matter how dumb you were!