The larger diameter tires were probably used to get
increased road speed. You could probably sell the
whole conversion for more than the stock set-up costs.
You might want to offer the set-up for sale on the
Power Wagon Forum:
http://www.dodgepowerwagon.com/wwwboard/index.html
As to the bumper, try the local steel fabrication
yard. They would have all the equipment to bend it
back reasonably straight and are pretty competetive
price-wise. Another possibility is a frame
straightening shop. I'm not up on prices, but I bet
that a straight bumper is worth $200 or better. I dont
think the winch bumpers are as strong as the non-winch
bumper either. If you don't care if it is stock, you
could go to the steel yard and buy an extruded
C-channel or have them bend a channel up from plate
stock. With a little creative cutting and welding at
the ends, it would be hard to distinguish from
original. Tip: I reproduced the bumper for my 1/2 ton
WC for $35 at the local steel yard (material and
labor). Luckily, the 1/2 ton bumper was made as a bent
up C-channel from the factory, so it was a very simple
proposition.
Brandon
--- Enterprise B&B <enterprise@earthlink.net> wrote:
Right now I have
> 9.00 X 20 tires/rims. I
> am told standard are 9.00 X16 which for one thing
> would probably account
> for why the tires/rims are larger than the door
> (which I found when I was
> considering changing the rear mounted tire to a door
> mount). I'm figuring
> the former owner, who used the unit for some serious
> off-road playing, put
> on the larger tires. So my questions here are: Is it
> unreasonably expensive
> to change back to 9.00X16? Any pro/con thoughts
> here?
>
> Also, I have a single piece front bumper which is
> somewhat bent/twisted on
> one side. As we know, this isn't the type of thing
> one can use a hammer to
> straighten and in fact, I don't know how it would be
> done. I'm considering
> changing to the dual front bumpers even though I
> don't have a winch to fit
> between and won't be getting one. Any thoughts here
> including cost and what
> I would do w/the leftover bumper. Figure it's not
> salable due to condition
> and weight.
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